July 27, 2015

Big Jay Oakerson and Dan Soder’s “The Bonfire” Premieres Monday July 27

Comedy Central's first live weekly show on SiriusXM satellite radio, The Bonfire with Big Jay Oakerson and Dan Soder premieres tonight, Monday, July 27. Tune in at 6:00pm eastern time to hear two hours of live talk about comedy, entertainment, sports and live call in from two of New York's great stand up talents, Dan and Big Jay.
July 23, 2015

Norm Macdonald Says He’s Doing a Lot of Fake Laughing on Last Comic Standing

Last night on The Tonight Show, Norm Macdonald talked about being a Judge on Last Comic Standing. It didn't make the clips, but Norm said for the "small pittance" they gave him to do the show, he will be "raped by the Devil for all time" for going against Jesus. Fallon asked him if he was having any fun with the show. Norm ducked the answer in his very Norm way, and only said that he's developing a lot of pretend laugh lines. "Some guys just don't have it," Norm said. You can teach all the craft you want but a guy is either funny or not."
July 16, 2015

7 Great Comedians (who aren’t white) Answer the Question “Is Amy Schumer Racist?”

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 14, 2015

Chris D’Elia Will Guest on Unmasked with Ron Bennington at Montreal’s Just For Laughs Festival

Yesterday Ron Bennington announced that for the first time ever, he's taking Unmasked up to the Montreal Just for Laughs Comedy Festival. He already announced that he'll be sitting down with Bill Burr in front of a live studio audience for an hour interview, and now he's added a second show, with a live audience with special guest Chris D'Elia.