If you want to know a lot about Bert Kreischer, then listen to my podcast with him recorded live at Montreal’s Just For Laughs two summers ago. If you want to know why Bert performs shirtless, it’s mostly a party trick that became a habit, and now he’s simply more comfortable that way. As Bert […]
Continue ReadingDemetri Martin went all in on the theme for his Netflix special, The Overthinker. Even in the trailer, which doesn’t show you much of anything from the new hour. Which isn’t all necessarily new. You may recognize a bit or two from his old Comedy Central series, or from his more recent directorial big-screen debut, […]
Continue ReadingIliza Shlesinger has become such the comedy fixture on Netflix that, four specials in, you’re not even surprised that she’s continuing to go by just Iliza. Elder Millennial finds the comedian at a crossroads, in more than one demographic way. She’s not only in her mid-30s now, but she was about to get married when […]
Continue ReadingI’m a fan of Jim Jefferies and a bigger fan of his weekly Comedy Central series. Which makes his 2018 Netflix special that much more disappointing. This Is Me Now feels like a cash grab, and filming it in Britain makes feel even more so, as the setting allows him to talk about all of […]
Continue ReadingDemetri Martin is smarter and cleverer than you and this is something you need to learn to live with. No,… MORE
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New Faces is decidedly different this year in Montreal. Perhaps it’s due to the Amazon Prime Video camera crews following the aspiring stand-up comedians around Just For Laughs. Yep. Mais bien sur. C’est vrai. C’est très certainement! Pardon my French. In recent years, I’ve gone out of my way to try to say something about […]
Continue ReadingChris Redd experienced a breakout summer in 2016, first as a scene-stealer in the The Lonely Island’s movie Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, then as a New Face at Montreal’s Just For Laughs, and finally as an almost-hire at Saturday Night Live. My bad on that almost part. (Understatement) Except SNL did hire Redd as […]
Continue ReadingDouble Threat may be one of my favorite shows/concepts at Just For Laughs. It’s so named because you get to see two stand-up comedians on the up-and-up perform back-to-back half-hour sets, typically in a setting that showcases them at their most pure selves, and intimately enough so you really feel as though you’re in the […]
Continue ReadingIn his Netflix special, Act Happy, Todd Glass unveiled The Todd Glass Band to add more weapons to his comedy arsenal. Glass uses them to great effect, especially in a live setting such as his showcase all this week in Montreal for Just For Laughs, as not only a talented four-piece band, but also as […]
Continue ReadingIn his Netflix special, Act Happy, Todd Glass unveiled The Todd Glass Band to add more weapons to his comedy arsenal. Glass uses them to great effect, especially in a live setting such as his showcase all this week in Montreal for Just For Laughs, as not only a talented four-piece band, but also as […]
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