When Curb Your Enthusiasm wrapped up its eighth season in 2011, the mystery of if there would be a season 9 lingered for years. Finally, to the surprise of many — including the cast and crew — Curb did return in 2017 after a six-year hiatus. There was perhaps only one person from the show […]
Continue ReadingComedy Central has a brand new web series that shows a working night for an NYC comedian, and the first three episodes debut right here. Titled Thank You, Goodnight, the part-scripted, part-standup showcase-style series follows Yamaneika Saunders, Joel Kim Booster, and Casey James Salengo, who bring up-and-coming standups Alzo Slade, Shalewa Sharpe, and Ryan Beck, respectively, along for […]
Continue ReadingComedy Central has a brand new web series that shows a working night for an NYC comedian, and the first three episodes debut right here. Titled Thank You, Goodnight, the part-scripted, part-standup showcase-style series follows Yamaneika Saunders, Joel Kim Booster, and Casey James Salengo, who bring up-and-coming standups Alzo Slade, Shalewa Sharpe, and Ryan Beck, respectively, along for […]
Continue ReadingThe Sklar Brothers have teamed up with Audible to release a 6-hour audio documentary they made while on the road. Titled Sklars and Stripes, the project will be out as an Audible original on Thursday, April 5th, and if you purchase it, the audio documentary will also come with the Sklars’s full standup album recorded […]
Continue ReadingRay Romano is the latest comedian to land a Netflix standup special. Deadline reports that the streaming network has ordered an hourlong special from Romano, who starred in Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon’s film The Big Sick last year. A release date has not yet been revealed, but surprisingly, it will make Romano’s first-ever […]
Continue ReadingBack in December, Ricky Gervais announced that he had a new standup special in the works at Netflix called Humanity, and today the streaming network released the trailer. The special was taped at the Apollo Hammersmith in London last year and features his takes on “aging, becoming spoiled, his perspective on having kids and more.” […]
Continue ReadingMove over, Steve Martin and Martin Short, because there’s another extremely exciting comedy special happening at Netflix. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the streaming network has added a standup special from Billy Eichner, which will also make his first standup special ever. The special, which is currently untitled, is described as “a unique blend of […]
Continue ReadingWomen in comedy are often seen as solitary creatures, like mountain lions or that bird that fell in love with a statue. Female comics are isolated from each other on bookings and can view each other as competition in the green room. “When I started comedy, there was always only one woman on the show,” […]
Continue ReadingAfter being incarcerated for drug trafficking at 19 and spending six years behind bars, Ali Siddiq emerged from prison with a new skill set: standup comedy. “A lot of comics will come backstage before a show and say, ‘How’s the crowd?’ The reason I never ask that is because I came from a horrible crowd. […]
Continue ReadingDenver-based standup and Those Who Can’t co-creator/star Adam Cayton-Holland has a new album coming out next month. Titled Adam Cayton-Holland Performs His Signature Bits, the album was recorded at Union Hall in Brooklyn and will be released by Comedy Central Records on Friday, March 23rd. Here’s a preview track from the album: In addition to […]
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