Carmen Lynch thought she was going to appear on last week’s audition episode of America’s Got Talent, but AGT decided to save her debut for the “Judges Cut” rounds instead. And so we saw Lynch spotlighted with a set-up from guest judge Ken Jeong talking about quitting his day job as a doctor to pursue […]
Continue ReadingPart of Conan O’Brien’s restructured deal with TBS included a more involved commitment to stand-up comedy, and Team Coco is doing it to it this week at Comic-Con San Diego with the launch of TEAMCOCOHOUSE. Say what? A few blocks from the convention center, TEAMCOCOHOUSE will showcase a daily lineup of comics handpicked by Conan, podcasts, panels, […]
Continue ReadingWhen Sacha Baron Cohen first burst onto the scene with Ali G, Borat and Bruno on British television in 2000 (and then HBO in 2003), you have to remember what America was then. No social media. No hyper-awareness. When he filmed Borat, he could still fool most of the people most of the time, even […]
Continue ReadingMichelle Wolf went meta by mocking similar weekly comedy shows in this segment of her Netflix series, The Break with Michelle Wolf, called, obviously, Segment Time. “This is comedy now,” Wolf says. Comedy on a TV talk show now = Sincerity, lots of facts, accompanied by graphics, and a courageous stance. Take that, Emmy-nominated Last […]
Continue ReadingSkankfest 2018 closed out the weekend with a secret show that turned out to be a very special surprise, as Jim Norton, Rich Vos, Robert Kelly and Keith Robinson joined Colin Quinn for a live rendition of Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn. With @iamcolinquinn, @1keithrobinson, @robertkelly and @RichVos doing the Tough Crowd reunion. I truly […]
Continue ReadingOliver Graves from Santa Rosa, Calif., looks the part of sad clown, doesn’t he? Watch as Graves auditioned for America’s Got Talent 2018 on Tuesday night’s episode. Turns out his attitude is more goth than sad. And clever. And maybe sad, after all. He says he doesn’t get booked on a lot of gigs. Think […]
Continue ReadingIt makes perfect sense in hindsight. We hadn’t heard or seen much of anything out of Sacha Baron Cohen since The Brothers Grimsby movie premiere in February 2016. Baron Cohen only goes into hiding when he’s in disguise, plotting his next satirical surprise on the world. And here it is. Showtime officially announced last week’s […]
Continue ReadingI’m Dying Up Here almost didn’t survive to a second season. Dave Flebotte, who with Jim Carrey created the Showtime adaptation of William Knoedelseder’s best-seller about The Comedy Store in the 1970s, told me over the phone last week that when Showtime gave them “a month to come up with what we would do in a second […]
Continue ReadingI’m Dying Up Here almost didn’t survive to a second season. Dave Flebotte, who with Jim Carrey created the Showtime adaptation of William Knoedelseder’s best-seller about The Comedy Store in the 1970s, told me over the phone last week that when Showtime gave them “a month to come up with what we would do in a second […]
Continue ReadingIf you enjoyed Get Out, and most of you certainly did, myself included, then you’ll be excited to know that Oscar-winning writer Jordan Peele is now creating a new twisted sci-fi anthology series for YouTube Premium. Weird City will debut in 2019, co-created by Peele and Charlie Sanders, nominated for an Emmy for helping write […]
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