Before news broke that Ari Shaffir’s planned comedy special taping had been canceled, but after Shaffir had received plenty of blowback for his social media trolling about Kobe Bryant’s death, his comedy pals Tom Segura and Bert Kreischer t…
Continue ReadingOrson Bean, a frequently popular guest of game shows and talk shows alike from the 1960s to the 1970s, and who still regularly acted in sitcoms and commercials into his 90s, died suddenly Friday night after being hit by cars in Venice, Calif. Bean was …
Continue ReadingAndre D. Thompson made his TV debut on Friday’s Tonight Show, and the New Yorker let it be known that making it in NYC does not guarantee you can make it anywhere. Especially if you don’t have any experience with the forest.
Continue ReadingLeaping lizards! Lorne Michaels has written an open letter to comedy fans in Toronto, excusing John Mulaney from performing for them in person so he can be called back to Saturday Night Live duty, specifically hosting the Feb. 29, 2020, episode of SNL….
Continue ReadingLeaping lizards! Lorne Michaels has written an open letter to comedy fans in Toronto, excusing John Mulaney from performing for them in person so he can be called back to Saturday Night Live duty, specifically hosting the Feb. 29, 2020, episode of SNL….
Continue ReadingCongrats to Erin Jackson on her Late Night set from Thursday, which came about rather quickly. Jackson had done a fund-raising gig last week at Gotham Comedy Club. Pretty big gig, as it’d turn out. Amy Schumer. Jerry Seinfeld. Seth Meyers. After …
Continue ReadingJason Zinoman asked me the other day what I thought of Ari Shaffir’s Kobe Bryant “joke.” I replied that Shaffir was just staying on brand. His brand? Insufferable a-hole. In Zinoman’s column today in The New York Times, he write…
Continue ReadingJust For Laughs has announced the first two gets for Montreal this July, and they’re both biggies. Bill Burr will play the Bell Centre for one night only on Saturday, July 25, 2020. Prices vary from $52.25 to $135.00. And The Nasty Show, back for…
Continue ReadingComedians, assemble! The group Comedy Gives Back is hosting town hall forums today and next Monday to hear from the comedy community about what Comedy Gives Back should focus on in helping comedians. Health care for all comedians? Mental health support…
Continue ReadingDavid Wain has been on the cutting edge of digital comedy since the turn of the century, making short films for his live comedy shows with Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black, debuting a webseries (Wainy Days) on the streaming platform My Damn Chan…
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