As part of its ongoing promotion for the network’s new drama about stand-up comedy, I’m Dying Up Here, Showtime has rolled out solo stand-up specials for each of the three comedians playing comedians in the series. The third and final of these specials, Erik Griffin: The Ugly Truth, premiered earlier in July. Directed by Scott Moran […]
Continue ReadingIt’s perhaps fitting that in this era of too much comedy, the first stand-up to deliver two new comedy specials at the same time would be Ari Shaffir. As I wrote for Decider, it’s an audacious move: No, if it’s audacious you seek, look no further than the guy who dropped his pants in his […]
Continue ReadingFOX has used recent summers to test out shows for potential syndication in both daytime and late-night, with The Wendy Williams Show and Page Six TV being the most notable success stories so far. In between, Real Housewives of New York‘s Bethenny Frankel also earned a talk show this way, only to have it cancelled […]
Continue ReadingWhen it was announced that Jim Jefferies would be getting a weekly political show on Comedy Central, the last thing anyone could have expected was grace or subtlety. Throughout his career, Jefferies has become known for his extremely blunt approach to humor. His tendency to Go There on just about any subject you can imagine […]
Continue ReadingDylan Brody looks like he could be Dana Gould’s big brother. Both in life and in comedy. They’re both funnier and smarter than even the above-average stand-up comedian, still funny more than three decades after they started hitting the comedy club stages, and perhaps more appreciated by their peers than by the masses. But as […]
Continue ReadingAfter reviewing so many hourlong comedy “specials” over the past couple of years, it’s so refreshing to see some of my favorite stand-up comedians putting out half-hours for Netflix. All killer, no filler. You can read my review of Netflix’s The Standups on Decider. Here are quotes from each of the six half-hours in The […]
Continue ReadingThe Internet’s relentless, rigorous demand for content, combined with show business’s relentless, rigorous desire for cash money, has combined in 2017 to bestow us with a bounty of stand-up comedy hours and variety specials, as well as a rash of rankings by amateur and professional armchair critics alike. My two cents? As you may already […]
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“Here we go again.” This is a sentiment expressed throughout directors’ Katie Pengra and Dustin Svehlak’s documentary, Funniest. The film follows… MORE
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GLOW (Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling) opens on a close-up of Ruth Wilder’s (Alison Brie) face at an audition giving a rousing speech that makes her look like a shoe-in for the role. The punchline, of course, is that she’s actually been reading the man’s part. Her line? “Sorry to interrupt, but your wife is on […]
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