April 6, 2017
One of the great things about The Daily Show, besides the killer writing and on-the-nose political commentary that it’s provided over the years, is the fact […]
April 4, 2017
Last year, New York City comedy festival Skankfest was launched, quickly making a name for itself as one of the rawest, most cohesive, most talent-driven […]
April 4, 2017
On the internet, the name Funny or Die has become synonymous with comedy. The website, in the ten years since its launch, has generated countless viral videos, […]
April 2, 2017
If you’re a fan of comedy, then you’re probably familiar with the cult classic Airplane! franchise. The original Airplane!, in particular, is known for being on […]
March 31, 2017
A bunch of comedy ambassadors from New York City will soon be heading to Philadelphia for a month-long residency at one of the city’s long-standing […]
March 31, 2017
Since early January, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has been consistently beating out The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon in total viewers on a week-to-week basis. There […]
March 30, 2017
Big things are happening at Pied Piper this year! HBO has just dropped the first teaser trailer for the upcoming fourth season of their hit comedy […]
March 29, 2017
Joe Pera on Conan: “My Sons Are Going to Dunk on Your Sons” New York-by-way-of-Buffalo comedian Joe Pera made his late night debut last year on […]
March 29, 2017
As we noted after last year’s event, New York’s Tribeca Film Festival has begun to carve out a place for itself in the pantheon of film […]
March 27, 2017
Who doesn’t love a good coming of age tale? GKIDS, the distribution company that’s been behind a string of Oscar-nominated animated films in recent years like […]
March 27, 2017
People say that we’re living in a golden age of comedy, and judging by all the killer shows available just in New York City alone, we […]
March 26, 2017
If Hannibal Buress ever decides that he’s done with comedy, he could always fall back on fight promotions. It was just announced this week that Buress […]
March 26, 2017
TV is about to get a lot more fabulous: Deadline is reporting that RuPaul, famous drag queen and host of the hugely popular RuPaul’s Drag Race, […]
March 25, 2017
OPINION: Netflix Won’t Let Adam Sandler Die in Peace As we all know, Netflix has taken to snatching up anything comedy related in recent years. They’re […]
March 24, 2017
Back in December, it was reported that comedian Amy Schumer had been recruited to star in the live action Barbie film, as well as contribute in the […]
March 24, 2017
Exciting news for the stand-up comedy enthusiast in your life: Comedy Dynamics, the independent comedy production company that’s produced specials for the likes of Tom Segura, […]
March 23, 2017
As most people in the developed world know by now, Dave Chappelle released two new specials, The Age of Spin: Live at the Hollywood Palladium and […]
March 21, 2017
In a recent interview with CBS This Morning’s Gayle King, Dave Chappelle opened up about some comments he’d previously made about Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele’s […]
March 21, 2017
Exciting news for all of our blue-haired readers out there: The AARP has just announced the creation of AARP Studios, a production company that will […]
March 20, 2017
Summertime isn’t just a great time for blockbuster movies; It’s also when many of TV’s biggest shows make their return to the small screen. As […]
March 17, 2017
Forgive the pun, but Bobcat Goldthwait is an interesting cat. Having risen to fame as a stand-up comic with a dark and bizarre stage persona, he […]
March 17, 2017
Here’s some interesting news for Netflix users: At a press conference on Thursday, the streaming giant announced that they were officially making an overhaul to their […]
March 16, 2017
If you’re a comic and you want to build yourself a nice little mob of hate-spewing trolls, talk about your politics in your act. If you […]
March 15, 2017
This past weekend, at Canada’s Screen Awards, Dave Chappelle presented Montreal’s Just For Laughs comedy festival with the prestigious Icon Award for their contributions to the […]
March 15, 2017
After a bit of soul-searching and pasta-making, Master of None’s Dev Shah (Aziz Ansari) is set to return to Netflix on Friday, May 12th. Having had […]
March 14, 2017
Selina Meyer may be down, but she’s not out (at least, not yet). In the wake of season five of Veep, protagonist Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) […]
March 14, 2017
Well, we can now definitively say that Stephen Colbert’s recent ratings streak is not a fluke. Since the beginning of February, Colbert’s Late Show has managed […]