The Daily Show announces first guest hosts for 2023, and more
Check out the first five weeks of guest hosts for Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, kicking off next Tuesday with Leslie Jones, and continuing with …
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Jackie Fabulous performs on America’s Got Talent: All-Stars
Jackie Fabulous made it to the semifinals of AGT Season 14, and that earned her an invite back this January for AGT All-Stars. She didn’t …
Continue ReadingJamie Leahey performs on America’s Got Talent: All-Stars
He’s only 13, but Jamie Leahey already made the finals of Britain’s Got Talent last year and got invited to AGT: All-Stars. Jamie says he …
Continue ReadingR.I.P. Kelly Monteith (1942-2023)
Kelly Monteith died on New Year’s Day at his home in California. Monteith was 80, and has suffered two strokes in early 2021 that left …
Continue ReadingLioz Shem Tov performs on America’s Got Talent: All-Stars
Lioz Shem Tov has gotten around. Since performing on Season 13 of AGT, the comedy mentalist has gone on to compete in the Got Talent …
Continue ReadingTerry Fator performs on America’s Got Talent: All-Stars
NBC kicked off 2023 with an all-star competition edition of America’s Got Talent, and AGT season 2 winner Terry Fator — who has made major …
Continue ReadingStanding Up To Bad Men
Let’s do better in 2023, comedy industry! Please?!?! Read my last weekly comedy news dispatch for 2022, which catches up with some of the most …
Continue ReadingEpisode #418: 2022 Comedy MVPs with Jason Zinoman
It’s the end of 2022, which means it’s time once again for my annual year-end check-in with Jason Zinoman, critic at-large for The New York …
Continue ReadingR.I.P. Brandon “Boogie B.” Montrell
Brandon Montrell, better known as the comedian Boogie B., died tragically Friday in a shooting outside of a New Orleans supermarket. Montrell was 43. Montrell …
Continue ReadingEpisode #417: Mike Bridenstine
Mike Bridenstine is based in Los Angeles, was raised in Iowa, but it was his time in between in Chicago that helped form him and …
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