Sommore is 52. Leslie Jones is 51. While Jones broke out as a star as the oldest cast member ever hired by Saturday Night Live four years ago, you haven’t seen much of Sommore onscreen outside of her stand-up comedy. The difference is that Ch…
Continue ReadingAfter Daniel Sloss finished performing his newest show, Daniel Sloss: X, the crowd slowly rose to give a standing ovation—slower than I had expected. Everyone was clapping, but I began to wonder if others were still stuck in their seats like I was. Since I came to the show on assignment, I tried to keep a running list of Sloss’s jokes in my head so I could pepper them throughout
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Continue ReadingAfter Daniel Sloss finished performing his newest show, Daniel Sloss: X, the crowd slowly rose to give a standing ovation—slower than I had expected. Everyone was clapping, but I began to wonder if others were still stuck in their seats like I was. Since I came to the show on assignment, I tried to keep a running list of Sloss’s jokes in my head so I could pepper them throughout
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Continue ReadingAccording to many famous comedians, political correctness is suffocating the creativity of those within the comedy world. Most notably, Jerry Seinfeld said of today’s comedy climate, “There’s a creepy PC thing out there that really bothers me,” going so far to say he had to change his set in order not to offend a younger audience. However, there are many comics today that, despite the political climate, still throw caution
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Continue ReadingIt’s been said that “all comedy is subjective.” The exception to that rule is Henry Rollins. Rollins, the former frontman to the California punk band Black Flag, has spent the majority of his post-music career performing live spoken word and comedy shows across the country—a practice that has produced many hours of interesting, engaging and hilarious material. With the release of his latest live album, Keep Talking, Pal, the savage
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Continue ReadingNone of you are going to agree with me on this list. And that’s okay. It’s not easy to do a year-in-review Top 10 List (or whatever arbitrary number Buzzfeed picks that day). The sheer volume of stand-up produced this year made things even more difficult. I watched every qualifying stand-up special that came out in 2018. Every. Single. One. I don’t like Top Anything lists because, it’s like, you didn’t
Continue ReadingOf all of the comedy comeback specials in 2018, Ellen DeGeneres delivers the most fascinating and funniest take. In case you’re keeping track, the other stand-up comedians who returned to the stage after a long break (10 years or more) with new h…
Continue ReadingPete Holmes is one of only two people who have called me “Sean L.” in everyday conversation, and it makes perfect sense. Holmes is a comedian who loves the sounds of words. Sean L. becomes Shonnelle, which bequeaths me an alter-ego. In his …
Continue ReadingVir Das got America’s attention with his first Netflix special, last year’s Abroad Understanding. Filming it in a small theater in New York City, then cutting it together with footage of him performing the same material in an arena in India…
Continue ReadingI’ve long held a love/ambivalence about the comedian and actor Russell Brand. On the one hand, Brand holds a world of ideas within his head and a dazzling gift for sharing his ideas and prompting bigger conversations about life and love and every…
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