As pre-show pep talks go, it’ll likely be pretty hard to top the one that precedes Joyelle Johnson’s Love Joy, landing on Peacock Friday, November 5th. […]
Comedy during a pandemic needed to be pretty exceptional to stand out amid the despair and uncertainty of 2020. And indeed, as JFL Awards host Amber […]
In some ways, Solomon Georgio surprised himself with his return to Montreal’s Just for Laughs festival. Four years ago, he made his first appearance at the […]
Animation Continues to Dominate Comic-Con at Home’s Comedy Offerings For the second year in a row, the halls of the San Diego Convention Center fell silent […]
I can’t think of the last time I looked forward to the reaction that Twitter would have to…well, much of anything. But for newly-Emmy nominated writer […]
YELL JOY, the new comedy album from Joyelle Nicole Johnson is now available. You can see Joyelle’s stand-up set on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon […]
Giulia Rozzi’s “Should I Get Bangs?” Wants Talking About Your Feelings to Last Beyond the Pandemic In truth, it wasn’t supposed to be a pandemic podcast […]
SXSW Comedy Opts for Insight Over Innovation…But What’s Next? My feelings about SXSW Comedy and it’s inexplicable lack of growth are well documented. My first trip […]
Seen at SXSW: The Cultural Specificity of Nasim Pedrad’s CHAD In the last few years, popular culture has really sharpened the way that coming of age […]
Seen at SXSW: Kenan Thompson Talks Comedy and Creativity with His #1 Fan, Chance the Rapper There’s something so special about an interviewer who approaches the […]
Seen at SXSW: Hysterical Lets Female Comedians Headline in a Raw, Open, and Affirming Way “I thought we weren’t talking about that?!” Early on in Hysterical, […]
For a platform that spent four years pouring resources into the development of major deals and production of comedy specials, there was precious little mention […]
On February 28, 2020, Calise Hawkins gathered friends, family, and comedy fans in Brooklyn for the recording of her first album, Calise Hawkins is 40 […]
“Today, tomorrow, yesterday…it’s all the same.” -Andy Samberg, Palm Springs…and also me, anytime anyone asks me how things are going these days The last few years […]
“Honestly, it’s fun for my mom!” said comedian, writer, and Anthony Fauci fan Brad Silnutzer, when asked about his recent fame for funny songs that are […]
Nowhere…is Everywhere. It’s hard to imagine a time when the world needs to laugh more. As the heaviness of prolonged isolation, mysterious illness, and the pain […]
As Hollywood and many other corners of the world continue their racial reckoning, the world of animated voiceover will sound a little different as well. […]
Amma Marfo is a writer, speaker, and podcaster based in Boston, MA. Her writing has appeared in Femsplain, The Good Men Project, Pacific Standard, and Talking […]