Julio Torres on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Here, Julio Torres treats you to a sneak preview of his HBO special, My Favorite Shapes, which premieres Aug. 10. Take it away, Julio!
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Jackie Fabulous survives “Judges Cuts” on America’s Got Talent 2019
Jackie Fabulous said her Jamaican mother had never seen her perform stand-up comedy before, until she made it to the Judges Cuts rounds of America’s Got Talent 2019. She did mom proud by getting a standing ovation from the judges, kudos from gues…
Continue ReadingShane Torres on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Shane Torres knows his name could have turned out a lot worse if his first name were Spanish and his last name Irish, and not the other way around. As Torres joked on The Late Show, he also finds himself making more odd noises as he gets older, and fee…
Continue ReadingHere are your headliners for the 2019 New York Comedy Festival
This year’s New York Comedy Festival, happening Nov. 4-10, 2019, will feature headlining performances from Nate Bargatze, Nicole Byer, Stephen Colbert, Comedy Bang! Bang!, Vir Das, Kathleen Madigan, Bill Maher, Demetri Martin, Norm McDonald, Trev…
Continue ReadingReggie Watts joins the cast of CBS soap opera in bold and beautiful stunt casting
We all could use some good, lighthearted news. Thank God for Reggie Watts. And thank goodness for some good, old-fashioned hijinks among TV shows sharing the same studio facilities. I remember watching classic clips of Johnny Carson heading out of his …
Continue ReadingHere’s that ironically meta message from Bill Cosby from a 1984 “Fat Albert” episode about people in prison
“All of those people who are in prison right now were kids once, just like you. They went to school. They had girlfriends, boyfriends. They played baseball. Rode their bikes. Just like you! And then, somewhere along the way, they did something wr…
Continue ReadingR.I.P. David Kimowitz, comedy manager and co-owner of The Stand in NYC
David Kimowitz, a beloved comedy manager and co-owner of The Stand comedy club and restaurant, died in his New Jersey home early Saturday. Kimowitz was 40. The au pair for his two children, 26-year-old Karen L. Bermudez-Rodriguez, also died Saturday mo…
Continue ReadingRonny Chieng and Roy Wood Jr. should talk about the 2020 campaign every week on TV
For all of the special live editions of late-night talk shows happening right now, by far my favorite dissection of the state of American politics now by comedians is happening now in an almost live fashion by Comedy Central’s This Week at the Co…
Continue ReadingReview: Whitney Cummings, “Can I Touch It?” on Netflix
Look. I hope this isn’t a spoiler, but you’re going to see what Whitney Cummings looks like as a sex robot, and you’re going to see her and her robot likeness together onstage for half of this Netflix special. Can you touch it? No. Bu…
Continue ReadingA guide to the Americans performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019
It’s not even August yet, and already Edinburgh is off to the races with this year’s Fringe, including thousands of shows all over the Scottish city for the next four weeks. The Comic’s Comic is here to tell you which of us Yanks are …
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