A little-known fact about improv is that a lot of it used to be accompanied by music, specifically a piano. One comedian who actually began the deviation from live music in improv was UCB co-founder Matt Besser, but as many things in life seem to do, those elements have come full circle. On his podcast […]
Continue ReadingTo celebrate the premiere of 2017, his new Netflix special, Louis C.K. returned to Saturday Night Live for his fourth hosting gig – and he’s such a natural on the SNL stage, it’s crazy to think it’s been under five years since his very first visit. As expected, the standup delivered an extended monologue full […]
Continue ReadingHassan S. Ali is a comedy writer, video maker, and creative technologist with over 15 million video views, 2 viral chatbots, and yet zero grandchildren to give his mother. He is the creative marketing director at The Onion and editor and founding member of Slackjaw, the largest humor publication on Medium. Recently he talked to me about […]
Continue ReadingA wave of shock and grief swept through the Austin comedy scene yesterday as news spread that 2016’s Funniest Person in Austin winner Lashonda Lester passed away unexpectedly. Known for her ease on stage, Lester was a consummate professional in both her writing and delivery with jokes that never had an unnecessary word and yet […]
Continue ReadingDan Pasternack is a comedy producer and programmer as well as a scribbler and superfan who loves alliterative couplets almost as much as he loves comedy. His passion and his professional life have brought him into contact with comedy legends and lore of the past and present. For each installment of The Comedy Curator, Dan […]
Continue ReadingDick Cavett said it rather well when he introduced his next guest onto his show in 1972: “When great comedians gather late at night over coffee and cheesecake to pay tribute to those among them who have scaled the heights and brought the art of public performing to its zenith, one name, I suppose, stands […]
Continue ReadingComedy Central has a history of taking short form web series and expanding them to long-form primetime shows. That pattern continues this Sunday night at 10:00pm as The Gorburger Show makes its television debut. For those not familiar with the format, Gorburger is a large, blue alien who has arrived to Earth to forcefully take […]
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 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 ReadingA royal rumble has been held over the past year or so for the Donald Trump Impression Championship belt, and though plenty of people have thrown their coiffed wig into the ring, anyone who has seen Anthony Atamanuik take the stage as the moldy Utz Cheese Ball currently serving as president knows who the top […]
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