Here’s a fantastic clip from last night’s Full Frontal, where Samantha Bee sits down for another chat with Masha Gessen, a Russian author and dissident who now lives in the US and knows a thing or two about what’s in store for the country with a president like Donald Trump. “Where are we in the […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a fantastic clip from last night’s Full Frontal, where Samantha Bee sits down for another chat with Masha Gessen, a Russian author and dissident who now lives in the US and knows a thing or two about what’s in store for the country with a president like Donald Trump. “Where are we in the […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from Gad Elmaleh’s appearance on last night’s Conan, where he tells O’Brien what it was like to host the French version of Saturday Night Live, which aired its very first episode earlier this month — on a Thursday, of course, to give the show its own “French touch.” The episode included at […]
Continue ReadingWelcome to The Second City Archives, in which we post an exclusive clip each week of some of comedy’s biggest superstars performing early in their careers on the legendary Chicago stage. Second City has generously given us a glimpse into their extensive archive of live performances, and over the coming weeks we’ll be sharing some […]
Continue ReadingBill Burr has a new standup special hitting Netflix later this month. The streaming network announced today that it’s added a new hourlong special from Burr called Walk Your Way Out, which will debut Tuesday, January 31st. Here’s more info from the press release: Before a sold-out crowd at Nashville’s iconic Ryman Auditorium, Burr’s Walk […]
Continue ReadingThey say you never really know a person until you’ve crawled into their skin and walked around in it. I’d like to update that to say that you never really know a person until you’ve listened to their podcast. Podcasting may no longer be in its infancy (I’d say it’s a toddler by now), but […]
Continue ReadingLast Week Tonight returns to HBO next month, and today the network released a very special promo for the show that also features some stars from other HBO series, including Kumail Nanjiani (“Sometimes we don’t want a British man yelling at us about how the world is ending for a whole hour”) and Larry David, […]
Continue ReadingPod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. I’m 40, and for folks of my generation and the generations that followed, there is seemingly no experience so transcendent, joyful, terrible, excruciating, transcendent or overpowering that it cannot be instantly tagged with a corresponding article from The Onion or […]
Continue ReadingAlmost four months after the cast reunited for a special election episode, it’s now official: Will & Grace is returning to NBC with new episodes (whether you think it’s a good idea or not). NBC revealed the news at TCA today, announcing that a 10-episode revival is officially a go featuring the original creators and […]
Continue ReadingListen to “Priyanka Mattoo” on Spreaker. As a former comedy agent at UTA and WME, Priyanka represented numerous big-name writers and performers before leaving to start a TV production company with Jack Black. Now she writes and produces on her own, but she still encounters a tidal wave of comedy hopefuls looking for the advice, […]
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