Growing up in the church, Yamaneika Saunders was told by others that she had a calling. “When I was growing up people would single me out and say that I would be a preacher. I had no idea how to be a preacher, nor did I want to be. Maybe the gift that they saw […]
Continue ReadingComedy Central’s half hours are back this week, rebranded as Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents. The first in this season’s lineup of emerging comics is Chicago native Chris Redd. Redd got his start over eight years ago by simultaneously taking on improv, sketch, and standup. Since then he’s used his combined skills on the stage and […]
Continue ReadingAugust was a politically charged, incredibly diverse month for standup specials. By the numbers we had: a special about immigration from an immigrant, a special about border politics from a Latino, a special about finally making it from a formerly homeless woman of color, a special about “the change” from a middle-aged woman, and a […]
Continue ReadingThis year’s batch of Comedy Central half-hour standup specials begin airing next week, and the network just gave us the above trailer featuring sneak peeks of all 13 comedians featured this year. Originally announced back in March, Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents was filmed at The Civic Theatre in New Orleans, and Comedy Central will air two […]
Continue ReadingBob Saget has a brand new standup special premiering later this year. According to Deadline, Comedy Dynamics will release Saget’s new special Zero to Sixty, which was taped at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in May and “reflects on Saget’s long career in show business and beyond, detailing when he first learned what sex was, […]
Continue ReadingBill Maher is sticking around at HBO for the next few years. The network announced today that it’s handed out a double-season renewal to Real Time with Bill Maher, which will keep it on the air through 2020. In addition to the renewal, HBO has ordered a standup special from Maher (his 11th HBO standup […]
Continue Reading“I can’t take it.” Those are the opening words of Marc Maron’s new special Too Real, which premieres today on Netflix. True to his cantankerous brand of humor, there’s a lot that he can’t take. But as he ages, there’s even more that he’s learning to come to terms with because, as he puts it, […]
Continue ReadingTalking to Lynne Koplitz is like talking to your own personal comedy aunt. Auntie Lynne, as she calls herself, will tell you wild tales of nights at the Cellar, recall hilarious and heartwarming stories of working with Joan Rivers, and give you advice that she learned in the trenches. In her new Netflix special, Hormonal […]
Continue ReadingJeff Dunham is set to make his Netflix standup special debut next month. Titled Relative Disaster, the special was filmed at the Bord Gais Energy Theater in Dublin and features Dunham and his “demented posse of dummies” in a “gleeful skewering of family and politics.” Dunham’s last special, Unhinged in Hollywood, aired on NBC back in […]
Continue ReadingThe first of Jerry Seinfeld’s two Netflix standup specials debuts next month, and the streaming network just released the trailer. Titled Jerry Before Seinfeld, the hourlong special was taped at The Comic Strip in New York and features some never-before-seen Seinfeld material, including childhood videos and a look at “a library of legal pads with […]
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