November 19, 2018
PopTV sure knows how to throw a holiday party. In an auditorium packed with fans, the network offered the first US airing of their Canadian-produced hit […]
November 19, 2018
In total, Nick Kroll serves as the voice of 25 characters on the acclaimed Netflix comedy Big Mouth. Vulture Festival-goers were treated to the sounds of […]
October 31, 2018
As I’m sure you remember, puberty has an odd progression to it. You spend the years leading up to it fervently wishing to change, only to […]
October 11, 2018
I imagine there has never been more laughing from an award preamble at this ceremony. There certainly hasn’t been that much laughing prompted by the mention […]
October 10, 2018
I aspire to the calm and cool of Sam Jay. Ahead of a four show night at Newport’s Rogue Island Comedy Festival, the Comedy Lineup comic […]
October 3, 2018
There are two closed-captioning surprises to be found when watching D.L. Hughley’s latest hourlong special (and first for Netflix), Contrarian. The first is the description of […]
September 28, 2018
. You’re not imagining it. Kevin Hart really is everywhere. The breakneck pace of his press tour for Night School, opening today and also starring Tiffany […]
September 20, 2018
It’s never worthwhile to ask Reggie Watts what to expect from his performances. The highly innovative comedian/musician/bandleader/actor’s success hinges on his ability to continually subvert […]
September 17, 2018
I still remember the first season finale of BoJack Horseman, and the emotionally poignant moment where the titular washed-up actor—deeply embarrassed by what’s been revealed about […]
September 13, 2018
“The community is very excited about it, but I don’t think they have a clue of how great it’s going to be.” Back in May, this […]
August 11, 2018
Do you remember the last time a comedic film won a Best Picture Oscar? By official record, you’d have to go back to 2011’s silent […]
August 10, 2018
“Interesting lives make for amazing stories!”, The Next Level host Kevin Hart says to Tacarra Williams just before she heads up for her life-changing set on […]
June 29, 2018
When Erik Griffin took to the stage for his latest special, AmERIKan Warrior, he looks calm and composed, ready to ease into his newest hour of […]
June 13, 2018
Sklars and Stripes Embraces the Challenge of a Divided Nation Circa 2017 I still remember texting a comedian friend of mine a few days after the […]
June 7, 2018
Early on in the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt pilot, the Indiana mole women are interviewed on the TODAY Show by Matt Lauer. In a now eerie line, […]
May 31, 2018
Ordinarily, I am loath to compare an entity or experience to its iteration the year prior. I wanted badly for this to be the case with […]
May 27, 2018
Photos via Vanyaland617 on Instagram Pod Save America and Plenty of Stand Up One of my favorite festival pastimes is guessing who a festivalgoer is hoping […]
May 26, 2018
In day 1 of Boston Calling’s comedy offerings, we learned that we have Harvard University’s admissions department to thank for Lovett or Leave It and Pod […]
May 10, 2018
Sorry to Bother You is a 2018 science fiction comedy film written and directed by Boots Riley and starring Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler, Omari Hardwick, Terry Crews, Patton Oswalt, David Cross, Danny Glover, Steven Yeun, and Armie […]
May 1, 2018
Wednesday marks the third season premiere of truTV’s gameshow Comedy Knockout, in which comics battle through a series of games to determine who’s the funniest person […]
April 26, 2018
It feels wholly uninspired to ask the founder of the Women in Comedy Festival how it feels to plan such an event in the age of […]
April 22, 2018
When we spoke to Emma Willmann ahead of this weekend’s Women in Comedy Festival, she marked it as an opportunity to make sure she had new […]
April 21, 2018
Comedian, writer, actress and activist Kerry Coddett (HBO, Comedy Central, MTV) is a staff writer for Wyatt Cenac’s PROBLEM AREAS which debuted Friday, April 13th @ 11:30 PM ET on HBO, making her one of the few black, […]
April 21, 2018
This year’s Women in Comedy Festival boasts its largest level of involvement with television networks in the festival’s history. Between workshops, sponsorships, and panels, nearly every […]
April 20, 2018
It’s not often that a comic on a festival lineup has an intro that features the phrase “excited to be playing hooky from school.” But the […]
April 14, 2018
When we spoke, I congratulated Emma Willmann on a blockbuster year- one that included a recurring role on The CW’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, the Inside the Closet […]
March 31, 2018
There was a central theme in my conversation with Aida Rodriguez: fearlessness. That fearlessness drives the way she informs and structures her comedy, it informs the […]