Gad Elmaleh’s second Netflix standup special debuts next month, and the streaming network recently released a trailer. Titled Gad Elmaleh: American Dream, the special was taped at The Town Hall in New York and covers Elmaleh’s “experiences moving from Paris to New York, struggling to flirt with women in New York clubs, and how he […]
Continue ReadingComedy Dynamics has six new standup specials in the works it’s calling “the ‘90s comedian six-pack.” The specials were taped at the Palace Theater in Los Angeles in November 2017, and Comedy Dynamics will start by releasing Louie Anderson’s special on VOD sometime in April. Following that, new specials will be released on a monthly […]
Continue ReadingMarlon Wayans heads to Netflix later this month with a new standup special. Titled Marlon Wayans: Woke-ish, the special was ordered by the streaming network in September and was filmed at MGM National Harbor’s The Theater in Washington DC. In addition to the standup special, Marlon has a busy year ahead of him – his NBC […]
Continue ReadingWhen Chris Rock abruptly announced yesterday that Tamborine — his first of two intensely anticipated Netflix specials — would be premiering in less than 24 hours, comedy fans let out a collective “Finally!” Not only was Rock’s record-breaking deal with the streaming goliath announced all the way back in 2016, but he spent the majority […]
Continue ReadingNetflix just revealed a big surprise it has in store for Valentine’s Day. The streaming network will debut a brand new standup special from Chris Rock tomorrow called Chris Rock: Tamborine. Directed by Bo Burnham, the special was taped at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York and marks Rock’s first standup special in […]
Continue ReadingAli Siddiq starred in his own half-hour Comedy Central special back in 2016, and this month he returns to the network with his first hourlong special titled It’s Bigger Than These Bars. Comedy Central announced today that Siddiq’s special, which was taped at Texas’s Bell County Jail, will premiere Friday, February 23rd at 11:00pm. Here’s […]
Continue ReadingIn addition to the eighth and final season of Portlandia currently airing on IFC, Fred Armisen has another comedy project coming out next month. Netflix just released the trailer of Armisen’s new special called Standup for Drummers, in which Armisen “explores a variety of topics including his inability to truly understand jazz, the subtle differences […]
Continue ReadingSince he started doing comedy, Tom Segura has been on the slow climb to success through silliness. With Your Mom’s House, the podcast he co-hosts with his wife/fellow comedian Christina P, Segura says the couple is simply “embracing silliness” and “just trying to have fun.” And despite some recent complaints from angry Cajuns and concerned […]
Continue ReadingNetflix is giving a bunch of standups a very literal 15 minutes of fame this year. As first reported by Vulture, the streaming network has added a round of quarter-hour standup specials for an untitled series set to debut sometime in 2018. Here are the 16 comedians who will be featured with their own 15-minute […]
Continue ReadingWhen I caught up with Anjelah Johnson she was at her home in LA, getting ready to head to the Bay Area to spend Christmas with her family before doing a stretch of eight New Year’s weekend shows at Tommy T’s Comedy Club in Pleasanton, just 25 minutes from where she grew up. For Johnson, […]
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