October 17, 2017
Today Just for Laughs announced that earlier this summer while they were running the world’s biggest comedy festival, they were also collaborating with Felix & Paul […]
July 23, 2017
The first time Natasha Leggero came to Just for Laughs Montreal, it would be a stretch to say she went to the festival. Despite a slot […]
September 22, 2016
Moshe Kasher is coming to late night! Comedy Central announced Wednesday that they have greenlighted Moshe Kasher’s new show, Problematic with Moshe Kasher, which they originally […]
July 10, 2016
SXSW Festival's comedy week grows every year and for most of us who are unable to get down to Austin to check out the madness, Showtime has been bringing us an annual two part series showing you what you missed.
April 7, 2016
Brian Volk-Weiss is the President of Comedy Dynamics, the largest independent producer and distributor of recorded comedy in North America. As part of our new monthly series, we talked with Brian, who was very candid answering the big question: when is it time?
February 3, 2016
Only four years in and RIOT has grown into a mature and formidable national festival! The two and a half day event was crammed with eye-catching headliners like David Cross, Gilbert Gottfried, TJ Miller and Ron Funches and had more talent scuttled onto the generic Comics To Watch showcases than many festivals have as their top names.
January 27, 2016
The business of comedy seems to be booming. There are more clubs than there were ten years ago, the number of stand up comics is greater than ever before, and there are new outlets for comedy popping up on what seems like a constant basis, It seems that everyone wants a piece of the comedy business these days but is comedy really booming? We talked with Brian Volk-Weiss, President of Comedy Dynamics about the state of the comedy industry in 2016. Brian Volk Weiss has been in the business of creating comedy for two decades, and helps to create some of the best albums and specials from some of the top comedians working today.
January 20, 2016
January 29-31 marks the fourth edition of Los Angeles’s RIOT comedy festival, a weekend that turns a few blocks of downtown LA into the epicenter of up-and-coming comedy from around the country.
September 17, 2015
During last night’s GOP presidential candidate debate Anne Coulter pissed of a lot of people when she tweeted “How many f—ing Jews do these people think […]
July 26, 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 23, 2015
Yesterday was my first day back in Montreal for the 2015 Just For Laughs Festival and there's already so much to talk about I don't know where to start.
May 5, 2015
In July, the comedy world heads to Montreal. It's the 33rd annual Just For Laughs Festival.
April 6, 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 reports from Comedy Juice, and the Oxygen Red Carpet....
March 24, 2015
It's late night comedy on a Tuesday.
February 1, 2015
Jeffrey Gurian is a comedian and writer in New York City. He spent the day with Brian Volk-Weiss, president of Comedy Dynamics. The interview has been reproduced in its entirety below.
January 28, 2015
There's a woman hosting in late night tonight!
November 17, 2014
It's the start of the week, but here's who's being funny at the end of the day.
August 5, 2014
On @Midnight, Jesse Joyce, Moshe Kasher And Donnell Rawlings are asked to come with terms that aren't racist, but definitely sound like they could be.
August 4, 2014
It's a new week with a fresh comedy on the late night talk shows.
July 21, 2014
You never know how much one comedian, show or event is going to change the shape of a scene. Even a little show in the back of a comic book shop could grow to influence everything from a generation of open mic'ers, to the podcast landscape and even which comedians you get to see on your television. And that’s exactly what The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail has done.
July 11, 2014
Start the weekend with some late night comedy including two new Half Hour specials from Comedy Central.
June 30, 2014
It's 4th of July week so most of the late night talk shows are in reruns.
June 12, 2014
Late Night stages are always a great place to find your favorite comedians. Here are some of the comics who will be on Late Night, Tonight!
May 22, 2014
In a Rapid Refresh on @Midnight, Matt Jones, Whitney Cummings and Moshe Kasher try to solve the puzzle of Pat Sajak's climate change denial.
May 13, 2014
Some of the comedians appearing on late night tv tonight.