Hard work, determination and an honestly funny outlook on life pays off. Just ask Roy Wood Jr., or rather, watch Wood’s first stand-up hour special, Father Figure, on Comedy Central. After a two-decade climb through comedy clubs and radio stations across the South and later, across America, through a finalist finish on Last Comic Standing and […]
Continue ReadingWhat innovations are there in television? Multi-camera filming, laugh tracks, color, the variety show, cable, reality TV, HD, digital filming, and a handful of other landmarks (including a few major ones I’m sure I’m forgetting) that have sprung up. The point is, in nearly 100 years of television we’ve seen that it’s not a form […]
Continue ReadingHave you checked out Sam Richardson and Tim Robinson’s hilarious new show Detroiters yet? If you haven’t, you’re not too late — only two episodes have aired so far, and they’re both available to view on the Comedy Central website. The network sent us a sneak peek today from next week’s episode, titled “Sam the […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Daily Show, where Trevor Noah sends correspondent Jordan Klepper to Clifton, New Jersey to investigate the controversy surrounding a vote next week that would change a residential street name to Dick Street — a change that many residents aren’t exactly excited about. “This is not about dick jokes,” Trevor […]
Continue ReadingComedy Central just revealed the premiere date for the third and final season of Andy Daly’s Review. The network announced today that Daly’s Forrest MacNeil will return for his last batch of reviews on Thursday, March 16th at 10:00pm. Last year, Daly and Comedy Central reached a “joint decision” to end the show after the […]
Continue ReadingBack in September, Comedy Central added an hourlong standup special from Daily Show correspondent Roy Wood Jr., and ahead of the special’s premiere this weekend, the network recently released a sneak peek. Titled Father Figure, the special was filmed at Center Stage in Atlanta in the fall and debuts this Sunday at 11:00pm. Check out […]
Continue ReadingGreat news for fans of irresistibly energetic, completely unpredictable comedians: Kurt Braunohler has a new special out March 3rd. Titled… MORE
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This Valentine’s Day, here’s hoping Roy Wood Jr. doesn’t find himself in a frivolous argument with his lady. He performed on Monday’s Tonight Show to joke about just such trivial fights, whether they’re about light bulbs or the thermostat. More importantly, why can’t companies just give us the discount without requiring us to have a […]
Continue ReadingIt’s been a long time coming but this is the week! Pete Holmes’ new HBO series, Crashing will premiere this… MORE
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Here’s a clip from last night’s Daily Show, where Trevor Noah takes a closer look at Donald Trump’s chief strategist Steve Bannon, whose rise in influence and power over Trump has made the Daily Show staff and many members of the press to believe that he’s really the new POTUS and just using Trump as […]
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