February 6, 2018
This year the Tribeca Film Festival will open its prestigious run with a comedy film documentary. Tribeca fest-goers will have the opportunity to see the World […]
December 22, 2017
SiriusXM announced a special tribute to the legendary comedian Don Rickles this Christmas. The tribute will include the premiere of a brand new documentary about the […]
December 18, 2017
Television continues to be tremendous in series that are specifically designed to be comedies as well as dramatic series that have strong comedy elements and players […]
November 30, 2017
Live Comedy in New York City This Week: New York features some of the best live comedy in the world every single night, from Manhattan to […]
October 18, 2017
We are giving away a pair of tickets to one of the funniest and funnest nights in comedy! Every year, young comedians from New York City […]
July 20, 2017
Back in May, it was announced that comedian Chris Gethard’s beloved variety/talk show hybrid, The Chris Gethard Show, had been picked up by truTV. At the time, […]
June 23, 2017
Prepare to return to Camp Firewood! It’s been awhile since the initial announcement of Wet Hot American Summer: 10 Years Later, but now we […]
June 23, 2017
Will Ferrell is a full service late night talk show guest.
June 19, 2017
This week, if you're a Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler fan, you are in luck. The Saturday Night Live luminaries are everywhere this week in late night promoting their new comedy movie, "The House".
June 1, 2017
Get ready for a summer of action-packed, hilarious, romantic, cheesy, and critically acclaimed movies. From indie films like Dean and Folk Hero & Funny Guy to bigger blockbusters like Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Snatched, there’s a wide range of personalities to pick from. You can go with an animated, action-comedy, romance, a remake, a sequel, or a totally original film. With a variety of flicks to choose from, we compiled a full list of comedies to check out. Which ones are you going to go see?
May 4, 2017
TruTV is making a bold, and fabulous move, snatching up The Chris Gethard Show and promising 16 hour long episodes. Wait, it gets better, truTV will […]
April 26, 2017
I want to start by thanking the 8th Annual Women in Comedy Festival (held each year in Boston, MA) for giving me a wonderful gift. I […]
April 10, 2017
A Don Rickles conversation series which was planned as the first release for AARP Studios will still be released, and the production company released the trailer […]
March 22, 2017
We know Andy Daly. He's one of our favorite comedians and performers working today.
March 22, 2017
Desperate times call for desperate measures and in 2017, the classic telethon is getting a digital makeover. Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Tom Hanks and scads of […]
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 […]
February 27, 2017
For once, a case of joke theft can be proven or disproved with a single trucker hat.
February 24, 2017
Are you a fan of Saturday Night Live? Do you relish turning on the TV to find a classic film starring one of your favorite SNL […]
February 10, 2017
Details are slim so far, but HBO has just announced an exciting new project that they’re working on in collaboration with Amy Poehler and Bob’s […]
December 27, 2016
It was a big year for comedy news in 2016 with news both good and bad– the loss of some legends of comedy in the fields of […]
December 27, 2016
Last year, we said it was tough finding great comedy movies to pick for our top ten. This year it was even tougher. But there were a […]
December 26, 2016
At the end of each year I usually write a post called Jeffrey Gurian’s Favorite Comedy Things from all the events I attended personally, all year […]
December 22, 2016
Comedian and actor Nick Thune has appeared on The Tonight Show 10 times, Conan 2 times, and Late Night 1 time. He performs comedy to sold […]
December 6, 2016
Each year, the founding members of the Upright Citizens Brigade get together to host The Del Close Marathon, a 56-hour non-stop improv and stand-up comedy […]
November 29, 2016
Lorne Michaels has probably watched and enjoyed Michael Che’s debut hour special. After all, he hired Che, put his faith in him to carry half of […]
November 17, 2016
The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail started out as a small local show in the back of a comic book shop and became a huge hit […]
October 31, 2016
Last Thursday, New York’s next wave of great comics came out to participate in an event that has been the talk of the comedy community every […]