Often when a person is described as “Hollywood” it is used in a pejorative manner. But after a long conversation with Nick Swardson about his 17 years spent building a career in Los Angeles, I would describe him as very “Hollywood” and mean it with nothing but respect. For Swardson, LA is a place where […]
Continue ReadingDuring a speech to Long Island police officers over the weekend, Donald Trump made a statement that encouraged police brutality when he told officers “Please don’t be too nice.” As if that weren’t awful enough, the White House attempted to defend the comment yesterday when Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that Trump “was making a joke.” […]
Continue ReadingNate Bargatze is Jimmy Fallon’s favorite stand-up comedian, and Bargatze has the Tonight Show credits to back that up. Nate also has gone on tour with Fallon, multiple tours to entertain the troops in Iraq and Kuwait, and has two hit comedy albums to boot: Yelled At By A Clown and Full Time Magic. Those […]
Continue ReadingSeason 1 of Kevin Hart Presents: The Next Level closes out this Sunday with comedian Ray Grady. Grady, a Chicago native and former telephone/cable contractor, has been in the game for 15 years thanks to a push from a former boss and some tough love from his barber. Since then he’s toured the country doing […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s President Show, where Anthony Atamanuik’s Donald Trump is joined by Mario Cantone as the new White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci, who offers plenty of high praise for Trump as well as more warnings for Reince Preibus. “I’m gonna fire so many people I don’t know who it’s gonna […]
Continue ReadingThe Daily Show with Trevor Noah is hitting the road in October. Comedy Central announced this week that The Daily Show will tape a week of shows at Chicago’s Athenaeum Theatre in an event the show’s calling Undesked Chicago 2017: Let’s Do This Before It Gets Too Damn Cold. The shows will tape from Monday, […]
Continue ReadingMark your calendars now: Comedy Central has just announced a whole slew of important dates, like the fall premieres of Broad… MORE
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Chicago fans of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah can see Noah and his correspondents up close and personal this October, as Comedy Central is taking the show on the road to the Athenaeum Theatre. “The Daily Show Undesked Chicago 2017: Let’s Do This Before It Gets Too Damn Cold” will broadcast Monday, Oct. 16, through Thursday, Oct. […]
Continue ReadingGreat news for fans of this summer’s new late-night entries on Comedy Central, as the network announced during the summer TCAs that it has granted extensions to both The Jim Jefferies Show and The President Show through the end of 2017. The Jim Jefferies Show, which has aired at 10:30 p.m. Tuesdays ET/PT following Tosh.0, […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Daily Show, where Trevor Noah recaps Donald Trump’s bizarre and inappropriate speech at the annual Boy Scout Jamboree in West Virginia on Monday night. “Sweet Jesus! Trump sounds less like a president and more like a drunk stepdad,” Noah says. “Did this guy just regale 40,000 preteen boys with […]
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