Roy Wood Jr. made what I still believe was the best stand-up comedy special of 2017. For his second hour on Comedy Central, No One Loves You, the comedian and correspondent on The Daily Show opens with a flair for the dramatic. The lights come up insid…
Continue ReadingChris Distefano comes out of old-school New York City. How old school? The Bronx-born actor Chazz Palminteri introduces him onstage for his first hour special, Size 38 Waist, and also appears in a pre-opening sketch outside the Brooklyn venue. Distefan…
Continue ReadingJames Davis landed on Comedy Central with his own TV series two years ago thanks to Snapchat. His success on that social media video platform gave him the opportunity to star in Hood Adjacent. For his next act, Davis went to Oakland to film his first h…
Continue ReadingRon Funches kicked off Comedy Central’s month of stand-up specials in January, and he’s a great choice to do so. Start your morning, your week, your month, your year off right with an hour of Funches, who is full of giggly pleasure. He̵…
Continue ReadingSpoiler alert: Steve Lemme and Kevin Heffernan aren’t leaving comedy anytime soon. In fact, they co-star in a brand-new truTV comedy series premiering this March, Tacoma FD. Roll the clip. But let’s give them the benefit of the doubt, and s…
Continue ReadingTed Alexandro has a long history of activism offstage, not only on behalf of the downtrodden, but also for his fellow comedians. So if you’re looking for someone to tell you the truth about this concrete jungle where dreams are made of, Ted’…
Continue ReadingPerfect for Valentine’s Day, or for watching the day after or before or any day, here’s Jenny Zigrino on Conan, joking about how you know what part of the country you’re in based on the profiles you see in your dating app, the alterna…
Continue ReadingWould you believe Ray Romano had never released an hour-long comedy special until now? Romano, 61, put out an HBO half-hour in 1996, the same year he got his hit CBS sitcom, Everybody Loves Raymond. As he explains in his first Netflix special, Rig…
Continue ReadingIf we didn’t know any better, we’d think Fluffy was trying to say goodbye. Because his second Netflix special, One Show Fits All, serves as a bookend to his 20-year career in stand-up comedy. It starts off with one hell of a bang – audience chanting al…
Continue ReadingIn the early 2010s, HBO focused on very particular types of Girls: Young, white, privileged, hipster. By the end of the decade, the not-TV cable network has not only diversified but also grown up, including the Insecure Issa Rae, the…
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