March 13, 2019
The National Comedy Center, located in Lucille Ball’s home of Jamestown, NY, was formally designated today as the nation’s official cultural institution dedicated to the art […]
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March 11, 2019
Film-to-television adaptations are a tricky business. They shoulder the burden of staying true to their source material, while also creating enough new story to create a […]
March 11, 2019
In three weeks, the project that Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer have given “1/3 of our lives to,” Broad City, will air its finale on Comedy […]
March 11, 2019
It’s always fascinating to me to see a comedian work through a joke, tweaking it and molding it to a place where it reliably gets laughs. […]
March 9, 2019
This week in comedy, news was all over the place with a few stories orbiting women’s history month including some inter-gender bickering. The big story was […]
March 8, 2019
UPDATE: Stormy Daniels has since clarified that early reports that she was planning to tour are false and that the show planned for March 20 is, […]
March 7, 2019
Bob Geldof once asked us, “Where is the filtered excellence!?” It’s right here. Once a week we take a break from comedy to bring you this week’s […]
March 7, 2019
Comedy Central’s Clusterfest (seems they’ve dropped that whole Colossal thing somewhere) is back for its third annual San Fransisco comedy super-festival and they’ve announced their 2019 […]
March 4, 2019
Our next Comedy Records showcase happens this Monday (March 4) at New York Comedy Club’s Gramercy location! As always the lineup will feature a mix of […]
March 4, 2019
Three day all access badges and single day passes are now on sale for Skankfest 2019. The 4th annual, 3 day event is more of a […]
March 2, 2019
Last week the comedy world was shattered by a tragic loss, with the death of Brody Stevens. This week’s biggest story is all about healing. The […]
February 28, 2019
Bob Geldof once asked us, “Where is the filtered excellence!?” It’s right here. Once a week we take a break from comedy to bring you this week’s […]
February 27, 2019
It’s a big win for comedy, Just for Laughs, and Canada tonight as Just for Laughs released the news that they have completely restructured their plans […]
February 27, 2019
To hear her tell it, the inaugural Black Women in Comedy Festival, coming to Brooklyn this weekend (February 28th-March 3rd, 2019), is really just a dream […]
February 27, 2019
With a few short weeks until South by Southwest kicks off, the long-running Texas festival has finally released its comedy lineup. Eight days of offerings […]
February 24, 2019
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 23, 2019
Comedian Brody Stevens died on Friday at the age of 48. TMZ reported that Stevens committed suicide in his Los Angeles home. Stevens had struggled with […]
February 22, 2019
Adam Ferrara performed a set on James Corden’s Late Late Show last night and absolutely killed showing why his brand new album, Unconditional, won Comedy Album […]
February 22, 2019
Bob Geldof once asked us, “Where is the filtered excellence!?” It’s right here. Once a week we take a break from comedy to bring you this week’s […]
February 21, 2019
Imagine a pitch meeting at a movie studio. Executives excited to hear the latest idea from a filmmaker who’s made them a ton of money in […]
February 19, 2019
Ari Shaffir’s Renamed Storyteller Show: An Oral History (Lessons in how to take a bar gig into one of the best nationally touring shows in comedy.) […]
February 18, 2019
Nate Bargatze knows you brought five friends to the show. And he’s gonna kill it, not just because he wants to do well, but because he […]
February 16, 2019
This week in comedy news we covered plenty. Judd Apatow took some heat from Penthouse this week, via writer Mandy Stadtmiller, Greg Stone has a new […]
February 14, 2019
Bob Geldof once asked us, “Where is the filtered excellence!?” It’s right here. Once a week we take a break from comedy to bring you this week’s […]
February 14, 2019
The Many Spinning Plates of Rory Scovel If you haven’t yet taken a stance on Rory Scovel’s giggle, get ready to take a side- you stand […]
February 12, 2019
It’s a selfie world, and we’re not going to fight it anymore. So our series, Seven Selfies, asks an artist to share seven photos of themselves, […]
February 11, 2019
Dave Chappelle brings it home with a back to back Grammy win! That’s two in a row Dave Chappelle. Last night Chappelle took home the Grammy […]