March 31, 2016
Comedy Central announcements just keep coming today including the list of hour comedy specials greenlit by the network.
March 24, 2016
According to Variety, Netflix has given dark comedy Maniac, starring Emma Stone and Jonah Hill a straight to series order. Jonah Hill plays an institutionalized mental patient who lives a fantasy life in his dreams.
March 14, 2016
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 covered the scene at Gotham Comedy Club, Carolines on Broadway and New York Comedy Club.
March 1, 2016
Ramon Rivas II is a stand up comedian and eminent Latino from Cleveland, OH, but his role in Cleveland comedy goes way beyond either of those two descriptions. He is the latest in a short list of dedicated comedy personalities to take on the unofficial role of keeping the comedy scene vibrant in Cleveland. He was featured in the documentary 'Make Fun' and has been lauded in festivals and competitions all over the United States, and now he's created this brilliant oral history of his city, with commentary from club owners past and present, big personalities and comedy stars including Sinbad, Dave Hill, Jim Tewes and two dozen others.
February 29, 2016
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 covered the scene at Gotham Comedy Club, The Stand, The Comedy Cellar, and Webster Hall.
February 19, 2016
Ari Shaffir’s This Is Not Happening enters the second season of its third incarnation Tuesday on Comedy Central.
February 15, 2016
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 covered the scene at Gotham Comedy Club, The Stand, and The New York Comedy Cellar.
February 10, 2016
Daniel Sloss doesn’t have time to explain comedy to you. The 25-year-old comedian, who has been performing since his late teens, is by all means a veteran comic at this point: Five appearances on Conan, eight years performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, sold-out tours worldwide, and even a popular TED Talk from TEDxEaling, titled It’s Just a Story. And the principle of his 2012 talk still rings true to his shows today, particularly when it comes to his most recent show Dark.
February 8, 2016
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 covered the scene at Gotham Comedy Club, The Stand, and New York Comedy Club.
January 27, 2016
The business of comedy seems to be booming. There are more clubs than there were ten years ago, the number of stand up comics is greater than ever before, and there are new outlets for comedy popping up on what seems like a constant basis, It seems that everyone wants a piece of the comedy business these days but is comedy really booming? We talked with Brian Volk-Weiss, President of Comedy Dynamics about the state of the comedy industry in 2016. Brian Volk Weiss has been in the business of creating comedy for two decades, and helps to create some of the best albums and specials from some of the top comedians working today.
January 17, 2016
This week it was confirmed that Netflix is teaming up with the creator of "The Simpsons" and "Futurama," Matt Groening for a brand new series.
January 15, 2016
Tony Hinchcliffe is a Los Angeles based comedian and writer, and he's one of those comics that has a lot ahead of him, but you probably don't know him yet. His first special One Shot premieres on Netflix January 15 and he will be headlining Caroline’s on Broadway February 5 & 6. Amy Hawthorne talking with Tony about his first stand up special, the decision to shoot it in one shot,
January 6, 2016
Artie Lange has made a career out of being nasty so it is no surprise that when Showtime wanted to create a special based around the most popular show at Montreal's Just For Laughs Festival, they chose Artie Lange to host it.
January 5, 2016
We talked with Koechner about Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, and asked him 6 questions about his role as Scoutmaster Rogers. Plus enter to win a Blu Ray combo pack!
January 4, 2016
Another year in comedy has come to a close and there's already a lot to talk about in 2016. But before we move on, we have one last thing to settle and that's the results of the 2015 Readers Poll.
December 28, 2015
It’s almost impossible to try and list my top comedy moments from 2015, because there were just so many. Trying to only choose 15 was a monumental task. Last year I did more of a review than a “Top 15” list, but this year I decided to try and list the 15 events that meant the most to me. Some of them I was involved in personally, others not, ... but all of them were events I attended to cover for my column in The Interrobang. It’s important to emphasize that they are NOT in order. Every one of them could theoretically be #1.
December 23, 2015
2015's been one of the strongest years for animated series in a long time. The amount of voice talent, the technology to animate and the various distribution outlets have created a perfect storm. That being said, Adult Swim still seems to be the top dog in brutally original and hysterical animated programming. Though FX, Fox and Comedy central do not slack off at all. Below are the best animated series of 2015.
December 21, 2015
As 2015 comes to a close, we we are celebrating the close of another amazing year in comedy. We're also celebrating our second year bringing you news of all the greatest comedy happening on and off the internet. It's time to wrap up the year and put a bow on it, by picking our top ten lists in every comedy category for 2015. And of all the categories, none is nearer and dearer to us than that category of Best Stand Up Comic of 2015.
December 19, 2015
Over the next two weeks, you’ll see all of our picks for the greatest comedy releases and greatest moments in comedy of 2015. But if you want to know what really happened in comedy in 2015, you have to go to the source- the comedy clubs.
December 16, 2015
Bill Burr gets thoughts that come into his head around Christmas time and they aren’t all friendly or happy. But he did manage to feels bad […]
December 14, 2015
Before the shows start taking off for Christmas and New Years, enjoy plenty of brand new Late Night. Here's your guide to comedians hitting up the late night talk shows for this week, December 14, 2015.
December 11, 2015
Miami’s unique and emerging comedy scene will be showcased in the upcoming release from Comedy Records, Live From South Beach. Recorded at the Jackie Gleason Theatre during the 2015 South Beach Comedy Festival, the album features seven of Miami’s top comics.
December 11, 2015
Cause you know, the fucking holidays are coming up. And if Bill Burr can make a fucking homemade pie crust, than god dammit so can you.
December 9, 2015
Elliott Morgan represents how a new generation of young comedians are making their way into the standup scene in the digital age. He wrote this piece on battling political correctness, exclusively for The Interrobang.
November 30, 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 was a holiday week with a little less Jumping, but Jeffrey checked out Gotham Comedy Club for Comedy Juice, had a chat with rising star Roy Wood Jr., and talks about his friend, Patrice O'Neal, who passed away four years ago yesterday.
November 23, 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 checked out Gotham Comedy Club, The Bitter End, The Underground and so much more!
November 22, 2015
Plenty of shows in repeats this week because of the Thanksgiving holiday but there are a few folks sticking around to bring you some live late […]