February 19, 2016
Ari Shaffir’s This Is Not Happening enters the second season of its third incarnation Tuesday on Comedy Central.
February 15, 2016
Jeffrey Gurian is a writer and comedian in New York who loves to Jump Around. Follow his regular column, right here, to find out what’s happening in comedy, and who Jeffrey Gurian ran into this week in and around New York. This week Jeffrey covered the scene at Gotham Comedy Club, The Stand, and The New York Comedy Cellar.
February 5, 2016
We are once again teaming up with the Bennington Show for Super Bowl Sunday to guarantee we are delivering the best comedy coverage of the biggest football game of the year. As part of that excitement, 29 of the funniest comedians on the planet made 28 of the funniest predictions in the Universe for the biggest sporting event in the United States, which we may or may not be able to refer to as (dun-dun dunnnnn) The Super Bowl. You can hear them on Bennington, or you can read and listen to them right here on The IBang. Let us know in the comments who you are picking and what score you are forseeing. Good luck, and as long as the Coconuts don't win, it will all be good.
December 14, 2015
The annual Just for Laughs Festival is undisputedly the Godfather of Comedy Festivals. Everyone in comedy has either performed at Just for Laughs or wants to, but not everyone can make it to Montreal. This year, Just for Laughs is bringing the festival to you. Today the J4L team has announced that the Pete Holmes Elevator Show, a 90 minute Prime Time Special hosted by Howie Mandell, Funny as Hell featuring plenty of stand up hotsed by Jon Dore, hours of comedy performances from Just For Laughs, and The Nasty Show hosted by Artie Lange!
December 9, 2015
The Stand in New York City, is holding a huge comedy show fundraiser this Sunday night, December 13th benefiting the victims of the recent Paris terrorism attacks. The Stand will be offering late night happy hour specials, an all star lineup, special guests and more so come out for a good cause.
November 10, 2015
We cover the country, but New York's our home, so it's an exciting week when the New York Comedy Festival comes around. It's unlike any other festival in the country. It's gigantic, but it's also decidedly unfestival-like because it's spread out through the entire city without a central focal point. Any week of the year there is a massive festival-worthy list of great comedy happening in New York City so by the time you add in a few extra headlining events, what you really have is a gigantic list of impossible choices and tough decisions.
September 11, 2015
This year, SiriusXM’s Bennington Show and TheInterrobang.com are teaming up to bring you the SECOND annual “Highlander: There Can Be Only ONE Comedian Football Challenge. It’s the toughest, the strongest and the winningest comedians competing in a fight-to-the-finish NFL Football Survivor Pool. They are fighting for pride, and to win a football signed by Rob Gronkowski. That's right, the Gronk Ball.
August 12, 2015
Comedy fans at digg.com put together this compilation of some of our most famous comics putting down hecklers.
August 5, 2015
How is this possible? That’s the first question usually asked by out-of-town comics when they walk in on one of Toronto’s Vapor Lounge comedy shows. The center of Canada’s comedy universe is home to a series of weekly rooms where audience members can openly smoke marijuana while enjoying some of the best standup the city has to offer.
July 25, 2015
Jeffrey Gurian continues to Jump Around up north to cover the last few days of the Montreal Just for Laughs comedy festival. Jeffrey joined our site as […]
July 20, 2015
Jeffrey Gurian is a writer and comedian in New York who loves to Jump Around. Follow his regular column, right here, to find out what’s happening in comedy, and who Jeffrey Gurian ran into this week in and around New York. This week, Jeffrey stopped at Gotham Comedy Club, Carolines, New York Comedy Club and more!
June 11, 2015
Bonnaroo 2015 begins today. Comedy Central is already making fans excited about the amazing lineup of stand-up talent that will be performing at the Festival.
June 8, 2015
Congratulations are in order for Ari Shaffir. He is getting a second season at Comedy Central for his amazing storytelling series “This Is Not Happening.”
May 5, 2015
In July, the comedy world heads to Montreal. It's the 33rd annual Just For Laughs Festival.
April 9, 2015
MOONTOWER COMEDY & ODDITIES FESTIVAL is coming up this month, and once again its shaping up to be one of the best festivals of the year. Moontower, more than any other festival has the feeling of comedy summer camp. The venues are all close enough to walk to, the weather is pretty stunning, and there's great food all around you-- including some of the best bbq in the country. Plus there are parties every night, a giant Ping Pong tournament and walk in access to dozens of events, all with the company of somewhere around 100 of the country's funniest comedians
March 13, 2015
The theme on "This Is Not Happening" with Ari Shaffir on Comedy Central on Thursday was "travel".
March 11, 2015
March 9, 2015
February 24, 2015
Comedy Central is returning to the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas this March.
February 20, 2015
Tom McCaffrey's new documentary hopes to answer the question that a lot of people working to make it in comedy ask, "Why am I doing this!?"
February 4, 2015
Ari Shaffir crushed it on Conan last night, talking about tents, camping, and dirt, and rating porn.
January 24, 2015
Duncan Trussell was one of Ari Shaffir's first guests on the premiere of "This Is Not Happening" on Comedy Central.
January 22, 2015
The stories and news people talk about around the industry when the club closes and they’re sitting at the bar….
January 14, 2015
Turn out the lights and turn on the TV for some comedy tonight in late night.
January 13, 2015
Comedian Ari Shaffir is having a big month, and no, it's not because of the kiss cam video that went viral with Duncan Trussell last week. This Friday at Midnight Comedy Central Presents Ari Shaffir: Paid Regular, Ari's one hour special which was filmed in the original room at the world famous Comedy Store in Los Angeles, and then later this month, his new series "This is Not Happening" debuts on Comedy Central on January 22nd. TiNH may be new to Comedy Central, but it's not new to anyone who loves live comedy. Shaffir's series which has funny people telling funny stories has been performed for two years now as a web series, and live at clubs and festivals since 2010. Ari's podcast, Skeptic Tank also had the distinction of being named one of our "Podcasts You Absolutely Have to Listen To." In honor of Ari Shaffir month, writer Amy Hawthorne talked with Ari about his upcoming special and his comedy.
January 7, 2015
RIOT LA enters its toddler phase this month, with the third outing on Jan 16, 17 and 18. This weekend-long comedy festival packs a lot into a little, in terms of both time and space. In only three days and a few square blocks of Downtown LA, RIOT offers about 35 shows featuring almost 100 comedians from around the country.
December 27, 2014
Here are the comedians and clubs where you can make it an extra Happy New Year!