July 24, 2015
Actor Ed Helms will be sitting down with Ron Bennington to tape an episode of Bennington's Unmasked series on July 30th and you can request free tickets to be in the studio audience.
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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.
July 21, 2015
You probably recognize Wyatt Cenac from The Daily Show. Most people do. He was a standout correspondent on the show from 2008-2012, earning 2 Emmys and a WGA award along the way. But Wyatt is also an accomplished stand-up comedian, whose tone and subject matter certainly helped him land the gig, but go well beyond fake news stories pointing out the hilarious hypocrisy of political candidates or the actual news. The full spectrum of Cenac will be on display this week at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, as he performs a solo show called Furry Dumb Fighter at Cafe Cleopatra July 20-14.
July 20, 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 stopped at Gotham Comedy Club, Carolines, New York Comedy Club and more!
July 19, 2015
When you interview a comedic magic dragon, you get sarcastic answers. Because comedic magic dragons are quite smart aleck-y. But this particular comedic magic dragon is having a great week because he just got himself a golden buzzer on America's Got Talent. PiffTheMagicDragon had a great set on his first appearance on AGT in round one, really impressing Howard Stern, Howie Mandel, and Heidi Klum in his first appearance earlier this season. He also got almost 3 million views on the clip that got posted on YouTube.
July 16, 2015
Amy doesn’t need anybody to defend her, because she didn’t do anything wrong, but comics are basically truth seekers, and I was curious to get the reaction from some of the Latino and Black comics that are on the scene and see what they thought about the whole thing, especially because the Washington Post article said that only white people are laughing at Amy’s jokes.
July 15, 2015
In May, when the opportunity came up to visit the set of our favorite shows, we ran at the chance. TruTV's Friends of the People is one of the best sketch shows on television right now.
July 13, 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 […]
July 10, 2015
The Washington Post, one of our nation's most venerable guardians of free speech took a step in a surprising direction earlier this week, publishing an article by Dr. Stacey Patton and David Leonard that called out comedian Amy Schumer as a racist.
July 10, 2015
Jim and Jeannie Gaffigan have done what most people say they want to do, but few accomplish. They've created a hilariously funny television show about their lives and their family and they did it all exactly how they wanted to. The Jim Gaffigan Show premieres Wednesday July 15th on TV Land, and yesterday Jim and Jeannie sat down with SiriusXM's Ron Bennington in the world famous Carolines on Broadway Comedy Club, in front of a packed house to talk about how they pulled it all off. Their story is like a class on television 101, and any aspiring comedian or fan who just loves to go beyond the fourth wall will want to hear this hour from start to finish.
July 9, 2015
Bridget Everett is is one of the most dynamic and compelling entertainers around. Straddling the line between music, comedy and cabaret as confidently as she straddles some of her audience members during her performance, Bridget’s big tits, big voice and big personality create a show that truly needs to be experienced. In addition to touring with Amy Schumer and performing at festivals and theaters from coast to coast, Bridget has a long-running residency with Tender Moments (a band that just happens to include Beastie Boy Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz) at Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater in New York.
July 9, 2015
Jim Carrey burst onto the scene from Canada to Los Angeles as a comedy star, becoming known for his stand-up and impressions in TV appearances. He gained popularity […]
July 7, 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 […]
July 6, 2015
Actress, comedian, and radio personality Stacey Prussman has been a regular guest on the Artie Lange show, and the Howard Stern Show, and is the host of PBS's Emmy Award winning "Great Places to Live." Stacey is also a nationally recognized motivational speaker on the topic of eating disorders.
July 2, 2015
On Saturday, June 27, Joe, Antony, and I went to Milk Studios to see the replica of Seinfeld: The Apartment. Hulu built this installation to promote their acquisition of every Seinfeld episode for their streaming service.
June 30, 2015
The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail opens its second season on Comedy Central this week, as it continues its fifth year as the preeminent independent comedy show in Los Angeles. We talked with producer Emily Gordon and co-host Jonah Ray about the live show’s accidental magic and the intentional decisions on how to capture that magic for TV.
June 30, 2015
There are some movies where a sequel would be dang-near impossible to make, because the filmmakers were just plain dumb. Damn! To help Hollywood, we've brainstormed potential sequels of films that you might think were destined to stand on their own. Not so fast.
June 29, 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 visited The Stand, UCB Chelsea, the theater at FIT and more!
June 27, 2015
Owen Smith's name is familiar to comedy fans on both coasts and his face is familiar to television viewers, who may still just know him as a “Hey, it’s THAT guy!” thanks to his numerous guest roles and memorable commercial appearances (he was the guy who did a choreographed dance with his State Farm agent on the jumbotron). He’s also a prolific writer who contributed to Are We There Yet?, Deon Cole’s Black Box, and 2013 reboot of The Arsenio Hall Show.
June 25, 2015
Lisa Lampanelli went "Back to the Drawing Board" for her new special, and she wants to help others do the same.
June 25, 2015
Comedies, above all movies, are often difficult to predict in terms of their staying power and how they will age over time. A lot of the […]
June 24, 2015
Monday night Lisa Lampanelli appeared at the infamous 92nd Street Y in conversation with radio host Ron Bennington, to promote her new special, Back to the Drawing Board. It was an important and meaningful night for Lisa, not only because of the history of incredible speakers who have sat down in conversation at the 92Y, but also because it was her first time speaking frankly, in front of a live audience about everything that's happened in the past two years.
June 24, 2015
Last week MTV2 premiered its newest show, Not Exactly News. Each week the MTV2 news team promises to cover everything important in the viral video-verse from […]
June 22, 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 visited Gotham, The Cellar, The Creek and the Cave and the 92nd Street Y.
June 22, 2015
Comedian, writer, actor and producer Jim Gaffigan will be the guest on the next episode of Unmasked with host Ron Bennington. In his one hour series, Bennington interviews the biggest names in comedy about their craft, and their creativity in front of a live audience.
June 21, 2015
Author, comedian and award winning comedy writer Gary Greenberg has been a writer and has served as head writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live, and he's a bestselling author. Mike met Gary Greenberg in 1993 when they were both working at New York Comedy Club, which was owned by Al Martin (who now owns Broadway Comedy Club). Mike said "me and Gary bonded fast he is one of my oldest and closest friends in comedy."
June 18, 2015
Brandon T. Jackson returns to New York City to headline here for the first time as an adult. He's played a lot of clubs, and plenty of bars throughout the city, but tonight and this weekend, he's headlining Gotham, and it's a something he's ready and excited for. He was born in Detroit, lives in LA but he thinks of himself as a New York comic, because that's where he first started accumulating his comedy skills, so headlining here, at this point in his life, is an important moment.