Paul Foot: “Swan Power,” at Edinburgh Fringe 2022
*** (out of 5) Americans like me first caught a glimpse of Paul Foot some 14 summers ago, courtesy of Season 6 of NBC’s Last …
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JFL New Faces Booker Jeff Singer Submits Resignation
DEVELOPING… Jeff Singer, longtime booker for Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival, just announced he submitted his resignation. The floodgates opened over the weekend after comedian Mehran Khagnani (previously featured here years ago in my &…
Continue ReadingJFL New Faces Booker Jeff Singer Submits Resignation
DEVELOPING… Jeff Singer, longtime booker for Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival, just announced he submitted his resignation. The floodgates opened over the weekend after comedian Mehran Khagnani (previously featured here years ago in my &…
Continue ReadingPeacock Renews The Amber Ruffin Show through September 2021
Congrats to Amber Ruffin and her crew at The Amber Ruffin Show! The 20th weekly Friday night episode airs tonight, and NBCUniversal announced today that Ruffin’s run on Peacock will continue at least for another six months into September 2021. Ru…
Continue ReadingA Lynchian Take on Seinfeld: The Return
This is genius. Or it’s perfect. Either way, Dominick Nero has figured out how to give us a very Lynchian take on Seinfeld with this masterful remix, “Seinfeld: The Return.” Nero is the video editor for Esquire magazine, and previousl…
Continue ReadingMerrill Markoe Auctioning Off Her Letterman Memorabilia
Merrill Markoe, the Emmy-winning original head writer for Late Night with David Letterman, has begun auctioning off some items from her closet. The first item up for bids: An original 1982 Late Night letter jacket. Bidding started at $500 and is at $2,…
Continue ReadingTiffany Haddish Hosting Second Season of “They Ready” Netflix Half-Hours with Godfrey, Tony Woods, Barbara Carlyle, Erin Jackson, Kimberly Clark, and Dean Edwards
Ready or not, “They Ready” with Tiffany Haddish is back shooting new half-hour stand-up specials tonight and tomorrow for Netflix. It’s all happening in Long Beach, Calif., filmed in front of a select live audience who have been teste…
Continue ReadingMontreal’s Virtual JFL 2020 Festival Announces Additional Headliners, Panels
With just 10 days to go before the postponed Just For Laughs debuts its first virtual comedy confab, the folks at JFL have announced some additional headliner events, dialogues and panels. The virtual JFL (Oct. 9-10, 2020) plans to offer multiple oppor…
Continue ReadingHBO Max Unveils Aug. 20, 2020 Slate Of Comedy Special Debuts
HBO is ready to make its big re-splash into stand-up comedy, unveiling four new comedy specials on the same day later this month on HBO Max. Here’s the teaser trailer: The Summer Comedy Festival programming binge, will feature solo specials from&…
Continue Readingreview: Esther Povitsky, “Hot For My Name” on Comedy Central
This bit by Esther Povitsky about men lusting after “barely legal” teens is out of control, and you shouldn’t have needed recent allegations this summer against multiple Los Angeles comedians to make you rethink that. And yet. Povitsk…
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