April 25, 2019

The Strange and Wonderful Barry Marder on Letters From a Nut: the Movie, Becoming Jerry Seinfeld’s Best Friend, and the Genesis of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

Back in the late 90’s a wonderful book series came into being that has since spawned many offspring including nine or so book sequels, multiple stage […]
April 7, 2019

Comedy Bits: This Week in Comedy News, Adam Sandler Announcement, Billy Connolly Sighting, a Comedy Duo Splits, Michelle Wolf Roasts a Luncheon and More

  This week in comedy news, we covered plenty of Comedy Central announcements including some updates on Clusterfest, another development deal, and a few new podcasts. […]
April 4, 2019

Brian Regan, Jerry Seinfeld, Jon Stewart, Michael Che, Iliza Shlesinger Hanging Out at Comedy’s Biggest Annual Show

Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Burr, Michael Che, John Mulaney, Brian Regan, Iliza Shlesinger, John Oliver, Tracy Morgan and Jon Stewart, all came together with other celeb super […]
March 24, 2019

Comedy Bits: This Week in Comedy News Two New Festivals, New Specials From Kevin Hart and Anthony Jeselnik, More Mindy, and Nicole Byer and Sasheer Zamata are Best Friends!

This week in comedy, there were announcements, trailers and premiere dates everywhere! We had the exclusive world premiere of the trailer for Chad Daniels new hour […]
February 24, 2019

Comedy Bits: The Razzies are In, Pilot News, a Larry Sanders Tribute, New Podcasts; Iliza Shlesinger, Abby Elliott, Nathan Macintosh, Jimmy Fallon, Lonely Island and More

This week in comedy news was dominated by a devastating story. The entire comedy community was rocked to learn that LA comedy bedrock Brody Stevens committed […]
February 12, 2019

John Mulaney and Sebastian Maniscalco Will Anchor LucyFest at National Comedy Center in 2019

Sebastian Maniscalco and John Mulaney will headline the 2019 Lucille Ball Comedy Festival, August 7-11. Following up big after a wildly successful LucyFest in 2018, for the […]
February 2, 2019

Comedy Bits: This Week in Other Comedy News, Jerry Seinfeld, Pete Davidson, Artie Lange, Bill Cosby and Jim Jefferies.

This week we wrote about Comedy Central announcing dates for Clusterfest, Nicky Sunshine’s new show, Michael Che’s big shocking announcement, the new power pairing of Judd […]
January 23, 2019

Ernie Kovacs to be Celebrated by National Comedy Center with Exhibit of Never-Before-Seen Archives

“The Ernie Kovacs Centennial Exhibit” to Debut in August 2019 The National Comedy Center will celebrate the centennial year of legendary comedy innovator Ernie Kovacs with […]
December 30, 2018

The 2018 Awards for Remarkable Achievements of Exceptional Noteworthiness for Unrelated Things in Comedy

Some of the best comedy moments defy categorization but that doesn’t mean they don’t deserve recognition. Some of these ‘awards’ are genuine and some of them […]
December 24, 2018

Ricky Gervais, Seinfeld, and Louis C.K. N-Word Video Upsets Social Media But What Do Other Comics Think!?

A clip from the 2011 HBO special “Talking Funny” is upsetting the internet this weekend. The video shows Louis C.K., Chris Rock, Seinfeld and Ricky Gervais […]