May 25, 2015

John Mulaney Recording a Special, Steve Buscemi Taping with Jim Gaffigan and News From Dan Soder, Joe List, Nick Vatterott and More

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 reports from The Soho Film Festival, Gotham Comedy Club, The Stand, The Actor's Temple and More.
April 6, 2015

Mark Normand Is Very Busy, Harland Williams Visits New York and Oxygen Launches Funny Girls

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 reports from Comedy Juice, and the Oxygen Red Carpet....
March 23, 2015

Kevin Hart Surprise Sets, Yannis Pappas Has New Web Series and Roy Wood Jr. and Kurt Metzger Both Working on Pilots and More This Week in New York Clubs

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 reports from Comedy Juice, The Comedy Cellar, The Stand and more...
March 17, 2015

Dan Soder Wins Laughfest Funniest

Dan Soder has added another championship to his name. He was named the 2015 Gilda's LaughFest Seriously Funny Comedian. The festival held in Grand Rapids, Michigan ran from March 5th through March 15th this year. Soder took the title after a two night showcase with 9 other comedians competin
March 16, 2015

Amy Schumer Hits Up Gotham Unannounced with Chris Rock, Janeane Garofalo in Gaffigan’s New Series, Lil Rel News and More From the NY Clubs

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 reports from Gotham Comedy Club.
February 23, 2015

Cipha Sounds Signs With Jay Z, Catching Up with John Witherspoon, and Big Jay Heads to LA

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 reports from The Stand, Gotham Comedy Live and Carolines on Broadway!
January 7, 2015

Los Angeles Gearing Up For An Amazing RIOT LA Fest: Here’s Your Insider’s Guide to the Best Shows at the Fest

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 25, 2014

The Comedians Call It: 22 Great Comics Tell Us Who Will Be the Next Big Thing

For a week we've been talking about who was great, who excelled and who out performed everyone in 2014. But 2014 is sooooooo 2014. What really matters is who is going to kill it, crush it, wrap it up and take it home in a nylon sack in 2015. We wanted to know who is going to be the big ticket next year and so we went to the people who know best- their closest friends and competitors, other stand up comics.
December 15, 2014

Russell Peters Crushed a Packed Madison Square Garden, George Wallace TV Taping, and Whats New With Colin Quinn, Artie Lange, Joe List, and More!

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 went to see Russell Peters at Madison Square Garden, George Wallace taping for TV, Colin Quinn and other greats at the Liberty Theater, and more.
November 10, 2014

Joe List Wins Comedian Highlander Football Challenge. Joe List is The One.

It started with 49 comedians, battling it out in the Ron and Fez Show/The Interrobang ESPN NFL Comedian Eliminator Challenge. To win, they had to beat the odds, and the other comedians by picking one winning team each week of the NFL season. Anyone who chose wrong was eliminated. To win, you only had to outlast everyone else, until there was only one.
November 8, 2014

Amy Schumer Kills Carnegie Hall, Big Jay Oakerson’s Album Release, and News From Ari Shaffir on Day Four of the New York Comedy Fest

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 each week in comedy, and who Jeffrey Gurian ran into this week in and around New York. This week, continuing updates all week from the best shows at the New York Comedy Festival. On Friday night Jeffrey hit up Carnegie Hall to see Amy Schumer, and The Stand.
November 6, 2014

Comedy Central to Release Big Jay Oakerson Album

Monday November 17th Comedy Central Records will be releasing a gigantic new comedy album from New York's new king of crowdwork, Big Jay Oakerson. The album is titled "The Crowd Work Sessions: What’s Your F@!?#ng Deal?!” and will be available on iTunes, Amazon MP3 and all streaming services.
September 15, 2014

Richard Lewis in Town, Michael Che Gets a New Gig, Carlos Mencia Has News, and More This Week in Comedy

Jeffrey Gurian 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. In today’s column, Richard Lewis does a DVD signing, Michael Che gets a new SNL gig, Carlos Mencia has two new series in the works, and more!
September 3, 2014

Highlander! There Can Be Only One, Comedian Football Challenge

This year, the Ron and Fez Show and TheInterrobang.com are teaming up to bring you the first annual "Highlander: There Can Only Be 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 helmet signed by these 12 football champsions.
August 20, 2014

T.J. Miller Tells You Why You Should Hit Up the Denver High Plains Comedy Festival This Week

T.J. Miller is an LA-by-way-of-Chicago (by way of Denver) comedian who can currently be seen in HBO’s Silicon Valley, but has also graced the big and small screen more times than you can count. His stand-up is a mix of everything weird and wonderful that defies any other type of description. T.J. spoke with the IBang about the upcoming High Plains Comedy Festival in Denver, CO and why Denver kicks ass.
August 13, 2014

Why Inside Amy Schumer Should Win Every Emmy

Just a few weeks ago, Inside Amy Schumer was nominated for an Emmy in “Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series”. And as one browses the nominations, it's hard to figure out: Why was IAS only nominated for one Emmy? With numerous comedic nods being doled out (over ten categories total), shouldn't Amy's name have popped up in at least a couple of divisions?
June 19, 2014

The Podcast You Absolutely Have to Listen To: Legion of Skanks

“The Podcast You Absolutely Have To Listen To” is a new series where we talk about the podcasts on the internet you should be checking out. If you’re living on planet Earth, you already know about the most famous ones– like WTF with Marc Maron, The Adam Carolla Show, The Nerdist, The Joe Rogan Experience, and Comedy Bang Bang. But there are literally thousands more and we’re combing through them for you, to let you know which ones you should check out first.
June 6, 2014

Hit The Lights: Stand Up Labs Dark Comedy Show

Thursday marked the second edition of Stand Up Labs Dark Comedy Show (or as it's known to blind people: The Comedy Show). The Dark Show takes your traditional comedy showcase and places it in a pitch black room, eliminating one of the key senses that you thought was vital to enjoying a stand-up show.