It’s hard to trace back exactly how old improv is. Sure, Second City may have been founded in the 1950s,… MORE
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Sloane Crosley may be an accomplished writer, but she’s still humble. Crosley is the acclaimed author of essay collections I Was Told There’d Be Cake, How Did You Get This Number, today’s release Look Alive Out There, and the very funny novel The Clasp, which deals with jackhammering outside her apartment and the general day-to-day grind of living in […]
Continue ReadingThe employees at Onion Inc., the company behind satire sites The Onion and ClickHole as well as The A.V. Club, have voted to unionize and will be the latest group of online publication staffers to join the Writers Guild of America. The news was announced today in a post published at The A.V. Club revealing that a majority of staffers at […]
Continue ReadingThe Comedy Cellar is one of the most recognized and celebrated comedy clubs in the world. Founded in 1982, the… MORE
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The Comedy Cellar is one of the most recognized and celebrated comedy clubs in the world. Founded in 1982, the… MORE
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The very first thing you can read on Chris Gethard’s website, therefore the first thing you’ll read when you Google his name, is a description that is so aptly him: “Welcome to the online home of ‘comedian’ Chris Gethard — the host of The Chris Gethard Show, the Beautiful/Anonymous podcast, the star of Career Suicide, […]
Continue ReadingAsk the average person on the street, “Who has had the widest reach in comedy over the last 30 years?” and you will surely get many different answers. Dave Chappelle? Bill Burr? Louis C.K.? Dane Cook? Whitney Cummings? They’ve all had career moments that set new standards in the business, but instead of looking at […]
Continue ReadingNext Tuesday, Netflix bolsters its reputation as the go-to source for comedy with the release of season 2 of The Standups. The six-episode series features all-new half hours from Joe List, Aparna Nancherla, Kyle Kinane, Gina Yashere, Brent Morin, and Rachel Feinstein. What sets the show apart is its choice to shoot 30-minute sets with […]
Continue ReadingThe mind, voice, and hands behind The Great Gonzo, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, saxophonist Zoot and three-dimes-shy-of-a-quarter Beauregard the janitor, Dave Goelz is the second-longest serving member of Jim Henson’s original Muppet collaborators behind Caroll Spinney, the man inside Big Bird. A former industrial designer, Goelz, 71, came aboard as a part-time puppet builder after meeting […]
Continue ReadingEric Von Hoffman and Jay Johnston have helped create, write, and star as many characters during their time on shows like Mr. Show and W/ Bob and David, but no character has been more important to them or stuck with them for as long as Guy Suavé. A foul-mouthed spy who first debuted as a […]
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