Whether it’s as a freak and/or geek, a caterer, or a senior security architect, Martin Starr is best known for one of his roles in three of the most well-received comedies of this century. But between those shows, which somewhat surprisingly includes a nine-year gap from Freaks and Geeks to Party Down and four years […]
Continue ReadingJudd Apatow calls it “hilarious, oddly moving.” Entertainment Weekly says it’s “remarkable, fascinating, totally unexpected.” Even Anthony Jeselnik skipped the jokes for a rare minute to say, “This film is a hilarious, humanizing, and shockingly intimate portrait of a comedian we all previously thought unknowable.” The film they’re referencing is Gilbert, a new documentary about […]
Continue ReadingI’ve been keeping tabs on motherhood for about a year now; out of the corner of my eye, I can see it coming at me sometime in the next few years. It is a strange topic: too serious to bring up casually at parties, and somehow I only hear people talking about parenthood after they […]
Continue ReadingThe best episodes of live television have a nervous excitement to them. People are stoked to be there, on camera, knowing they have the power to cuss but that they’re not going to. Tiffany Haddish, who blew up this past summer from her role in Girls Trip, brought that enthusiasm. Haddish was the first black […]
Continue ReadingIf you have ever found yourself at the UCB Theatre in Chelsea at 11:00pm on a Thursday night, you’ve probably witnessed a comedy wrestling match. Since 2006, Upright Citizens Brigade Wrestling, or the UCBW, has nestled these campy and over-the-top comedy wrestling matches between two competing improv sets at the theater’s long-running Cagematch show. Wrestlers […]
Continue ReadingTaylor Kay Phillips is a writer and comedian living in New York City. She contributes pieces to Reductress and writes for Night Late at UCB. She recently discovered both everything bagels and sparkling water and is kind of dealing with that right now. This week, Taylor talked to me about her issues with women’s magazines […]
Continue ReadingAfter years of rumors, the day of reckoning has arrived for Louis C.K. and his alleged sexual misconduct against women in comedy. Following the news that C.K. had abruptly canceled the premiere of his movie I Love You, Daddy as well as his appearance on tonight’s Late Show, The New York Times just published a […]
Continue ReadingThe comedy podcast universe is ever expanding, not unlike the universe universe. We’re here to make it a bit smaller, a bit more manageable. There are a lot of great shows and each has a lot of great episodes, so we want to highlight the exceptional, the noteworthy. Each week our crack team of podcast […]
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. When it began in 1996, The Daily Show was nothing like what it would become. Hosted by Craig Kilborn, the show dealt mostly with light entertainment news and had a mean-spirited […]
Continue ReadingI was patched into a conference call with comedian Chris Fleming, who was curious as to why our interview was even taking place. “I got an email that said Splitsider wanted to check in on me. It sounded like you guys were concerned, like a friend at a party,” he said. “Oh no, where is […]
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