Billy Eichner made a great guest-host for wherever they’re staging the quarantine editions of ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live. Check out his fabulous monologue. I only wish he really did have a Cameo account. Spoiler alert?
Continue ReadingThe Kennedy Center has announced there will be no Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2020, postponing the ceremony until June 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It’s the first time there will be no Mark Twain Prize given out since The…
Continue ReadingProducers/directors Paul Toogood and Lloyd Stanton enjoyed so much access to so many comedians over the last several years to make their documentary, This Is Stand-Up, which premiered Easter Sunday on Comedy Central. So much as, that to only have …
Continue ReadingDave Chappelle showed up as the not-so-much-of-a surprise guest Tuesday night in a three-hour plus online benefit show put on my famous comedians who perform at The Comedy Store to benefit the employees and lesser-known comics who work at the fabled We…
Continue ReadingIn 2003, I reported on entertainment and other general assignments on staff for The Arizona Republic and hung out most weekends at the Tempe Improv, where I sometimes hosted for the touring headliners. Meanwhile, another sometimes couple of emcees from…
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Continue ReadingBert Kreischer, improv? Yes, and that’s the plan for Kreischer’s new Netflix series, Cabin, an adaptation of Martin Petit’s Les Pecheurs. What’s it all about? After years on the grind, Bert Kreischer sets out on a purifying retr…
Continue ReadingBert Kreischer, improv? Yes, and that’s the plan for Kreischer’s new Netflix series, Cabin, an adaptation of Martin Petit’s Les Pecheurs. What’s it all about? After years on the grind, Bert Kreischer sets out on a purifying retr…
Continue ReadingCollegeHumor launched online in 1999, begat an MTV show in 2009, and turning the corner from 2019 into 2020, now finds itself in a financial hole. IAC, which had bought the site in 2006, announced more than 100 layoffs on Wednesday, after attempts to s…
Continue ReadingHBO’s comedy special Gary Gulman: The Great Depresh will be available on HBO.com and HBO’s YouTube channel in full for free through Saturday, Oct. 12. They’re doing so as part of HBO’s partnership with It’s OK to recognize the i…
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