October 5, 2016

Dane Cook Never Stole Jokes: An Insider Looks at the Most Famous Joke Theft Allegations in Modern Comedy: Dane Cook, Amy Schumer, Denis Leary and Carlos Mencia

Comedy Dynamics President Brian Volk-Weiss Talks About Joke Theft and Plagiarism Brian Volk-Weiss is the President of Comedy Dynamics, the largest independent producer and distributor of recorded […]
March 31, 2016

World Premiere of Bill Hicks Rant in E-Minor: Variations Will Air on SiriusXM’s Comedy Greats Channel

This Friday April 1, SiriusXM will air the world premiere of an uncut original performance, Bill Hicks Rant in E-Minor: Variations on SiriusXM's Comedy Greats Channel. As part of the special event, Ron Bennington will host Bill Hicks: A Life in Comedy, an hour special featuring some of today's most important and admired comedians talking about why Bill Hicks was so important to comedy.
August 28, 2015

Watch a Never Before Released Clip of Comedic Genius Bill Hicks

Comedy Dynamics will release Bill Hicks: The Complete Collection box set with 12 CDs, 6 DVDs, and a photo book on September 11, and we're helping them spread the word with this never before released clip of Hicks performing at Igby's, Los Angeles in 1990.
March 12, 2015

Bill Hicks Albums, Unreleased Material To Be Re-Released

Bill Hicks, the influential comedian whose cutting wit and acute social observational brand of humor influenced everyone from Denis Leary, Marc Maron, Dave Attell and Patton Oswalt through Lewis Black and Russell Brand, will be the subject of a career spanning retrospective covering all of his audio and video output.
August 29, 2014

Neal Brennan Talks About The Approval Matrix, Comedy Kale and Why Journalists are Hypocrites

Neal Brennan—a standup veteran, writer, director of Inside Amy Schumer, and co-creator of Chapelle's Show—has now taken on yet another venture: he's the host of Sundance's new show The Approval Matrix. Currently in its third week, the show is based on the much-loved back page of New York Magazine, which grades pop culture topics on a scale of “brilliant to despicable,” and “low-brow to high-brow.” With only three episodes under his belt, Brennan has already managed to offend masses, calling Louie C.K. “the kale of comedy” and stating that he believes “affirmative action has no place in art.” Neal sat down with us to discuss his new job, his comments about kale, and why he thinks journalists are hypocrites (uh-oh).
August 7, 2014

The 5: Five Songs Inspired by Comedians

Dave Chappelle said in his film Block Party, "Every comic wants to be a musician. Every musician thinks they're funny." It's an accurate statement that has been true since the early beginnings of both comedy and music.