Jimmy Fallon is taking the week off to mourn the death of his mother. According to Entertainment Weekly, this week’s tapings of The Tonight Show have been canceled following the news that Fallon’s mother Gloria passed away on Saturday at the age of 68. NBC also canceled Friday’s episode so Fallon could be at the […]
Continue ReadingPod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Lauren Lapkus and Paul F. Tompkins’ chemistry has been perfected on countless Comedy Bang Bang recordings and live appearances together. They’re two of the podcasting world’s most ubiquitous, beloved, and consistently funny comic geniuses and their collaborations as a foul-mouthed, suspiciously […]
Continue ReadingSo Larry David’s Holocaust joke didn’t go over well. Let’s get that out of the way. “I’ve always been obsessed with women,” said David right after making a joke about Harvey Weinstein, “and I’ve often wondered if I’d grown up in Poland when Hitler came to power and was sent to a concentration camp, would […]
Continue ReadingThe Daily Show’s Michelle Wolf makes her HBO standup special debut next month, and the network released a teaser trailer today. Titled Michelle Wolf: Nice Lady, the hourlong special was taped at the Skirball Center in New York City and features Wolf’s “surprising thoughts on feminism, the environment and how nature is sexist, the mystery […]
Continue ReadingDeRay Davis is one of the latest standups to land a special on Netflix, and this week the streaming network released the trailer. Titled DeRay Davis: How to Act Black, the special was filmed at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta and marks Davis’s Netflix standup special debut. How to Act Black heads to Netflix on […]
Continue ReadingIn July, HBO gave a series order to a standup series from Russell Simmons called All Def Comedy, and today the network revealed the premiere date. Hosted by Tony Rock, the six-episode, half-hour show was taped last month at the Avalon Theatre in Los Angeles and debuts on HBO Friday, December 1st at 10:00pm, with […]
Continue ReadingIn July, HBO gave a series order to a standup series from Russell Simmons called All Def Comedy, and today the network revealed the premiere date. Hosted by Tony Rock, the six-episode, half-hour show was taped last month at the Avalon Theatre in Los Angeles and debuts on HBO Friday, December 1st at 10:00pm, with […]
Continue ReadingWelcome to our Fall Comedy Reads series, where we take a closer look at some of the newly released comedy-related books worth checking out this month. It’s difficult to articulate exactly what it is about The Golden Girls that made it last this long in our hearts. Or at least, it can be difficult to point to […]
Continue ReadingWelcome to our Fall Comedy Reads series, where we take a closer look at some of the newly released comedy-related books worth checking out this month. It’s difficult to articulate exactly what it is about The Golden Girls that made it last this long in our hearts. Or at least, it can be difficult to point to […]
Continue ReadingWhen Anthony Atamanuik’s President Show aired its series premiere back in April, the episode included a segment where Atamanuik’s Trump got extremely excited when a big truck pulled up on the street next to him. A clip of the segment made the rounds on Twitter, showing Trump sharing his ultimate fantasy involving another big truck, […]
Continue Reading