Keith Malley and Chemda Khalili began podcasting out of their apartment in Queens in March of 2005, three months before Apple recognized podcasting officially on iTunes. “Keith and The Girl” quickly became one of the most popular podcasts, and by 2011,…
Continue ReadingKyle Mooney has worked as a cast member on Saturday Night Live for six seasons now, but he’s not getting on air nearly as much as he used to. Which makes his short video about a new cast member struggling to make it on air that much more meta, kn…
Continue ReadingComedy Central decided to celebrate this year’s International Women’s Day by releasing the cable network’s first free streaming stand-up comedy special, Emily Heller: Ice Thickeners. Heller even opens her debut hour by joking in a pre-show intervi…
Continue ReadingIdris Elba hosted Saturday Night Live, and in his monologue, he fondly remembered working “down the street” from Rockefeller Center, two avenues west at 49th Street and Broadway. As the bouncer/doorman at Carolines on Broadway. Fun fact! El…
Continue ReadingOn Thursday, the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival announced the 60 comedians participating in the 10th annual stand-up comedy contest in Atlanta this May, and it didn’t take anyone too long to wonder what was wrong with that picture. As stand-up Sa…
Continue ReadingRachel Feinstein recently got married, and planning the wedding wasn’t one of her top priorities. As she explained in this performance on Conan. Her husband is a firefighter, which also provides Feinstein with new stories and a new voice to tell …
Continue ReadingToday’s International Women’s Day, and Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Trevor Noah is celebrating by announcing a new one-hour special report from correspondent Desi Lydic. Desi Lydic: Abroad finds the comedian exploring how and …
Continue ReadingSteve-O isn’t the only Jackass to consider a future in stand-up comedy. Bam Margera, the 39-year-old skateboarder who rode the Jackass wave into two MTV spin-off series, Viva La Bam and Bam’s Unholy Union, launched his first comedy tour a m…
Continue Reading“I was in The Hangover! Hangover 2! Cut out of Funny People!” — Steven Brody Stevens (1970-2019) On Thursday night’s Conan, Judd Apatow and Conan O’Brien talked about how so many comedians loved Brody, who took his own life two weeks …
Continue ReadingWhat’s in a baby name? Your entire future, possibly. Dwayne Perkins explains and offers a solution in his debut performance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Roll the clip!
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