When Curb Your Enthusiasm wrapped up its eighth season in 2011, the mystery of if there would be a season 9 lingered for years. Finally, to the surprise of many — including the cast and crew — Curb did return in 2017 after a six-year hiatus. There was perhaps only one person from the show […]
Continue ReadingThe web series Psusy unabashedly proclaims itself to be the Broad City of New Zealand. The series stars Jaya Beach-Robertson and Aria Dehar as Karen and Sharee, two friends who in each episode get into escapades that go from the seemingly realistic to completely absurd, gross, and over-the-top circumstances that effortlessly segue into something with […]
Continue ReadingThe web series Psusy unabashedly proclaims itself to be the Broad City of New Zealand. The series stars Jaya Beach-Robertson and Aria Dehar as Karen and Sharee, two friends who in each episode get into escapades that go from the seemingly realistic to completely absurd, gross, and over-the-top circumstances that effortlessly segue into something with […]
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Some people quit stand-up comedy. Some people don’t quit until they die. And others just fade away, for a variety of reasons. What was Lou DiMaggio’s excuse? That’s one of the questions answered in Where Have You Gone Lou DiMaggio?, a documentary film by Brad Kulhman which opens today in Los Angeles and will become available for […]
Continue ReadingCareer wise, I would just like to be known for really giving 150 percent every time I go onstage and… MORE
Stay hungry: Talking to Sebastian Maniscalco about his new book, upbringing, and his career appeared first on The Laugh Button.
If at first you don’t recognize Jay R. Ferguson by name, you may still instantly recall him by his beard. For many it was during his days at Stan Rizzo on Mad Men — the free-spirited art director at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce who was often joined at the hip with Peggy Olson in late […]
Continue ReadingMany kids grow up with dreams of having careers in entertainment, but few will ever realize those ambitions, and the number who get to do so alongside the same friends they romanticized “Hollywood” with as adolescents is difficult to imagine. For Matt Porter, Max Azulay, and Phil Primason, childhood and high school friends, they could […]
Continue ReadingSome comics spend an entire lifetime trying to figure out who they are onstage, or what sort of comedy they… MORE
Ali Siddiq talks, “It’s Bigger Than These Bars” appeared first on The Laugh Button.
After being incarcerated for drug trafficking at 19 and spending six years behind bars, Ali Siddiq emerged from prison with a new skill set: standup comedy. “A lot of comics will come backstage before a show and say, ‘How’s the crowd?’ The reason I never ask that is because I came from a horrible crowd. […]
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