June 10, 2016

New Comedy Doc ‘Can We Take a Joke?’ Trailer Released This Week

Ted Balaker’s 2015 comedy documentary Can We Take a Joke? was picked up for distribution by Samuel Goldwyn Films on April 1st. At the time, Balaker was gearing up to tour the film around a few college campuses, but it was unknown when the film would see any wider distribution. That information became available this week, along with a fresh new trailer for the film.
January 7, 2016

Tom Segura’s New Special Shares a Year Of His Life and It’s a Blast

Tom Segura already had a healthy and very loyal following before his first Netflix special Completely Normal was released in 2014. He’d amassed these ardent fans thanks to his first two albums, Thrilled and White Girls With Cornrows, his much loved appearances on The Joe Rogan Experience and The Crabfeast, and his wildly popular podcast Your Mom’s House with fellow comedian and wife Christina Pazsitzky. But Completely Normal brought Tom’s Q score to a whole new level, and his new special Mostly Stories, which premieres on January 8, is poised to build on that success.
December 25, 2014

The Comedians Call It: 22 Great Comics Tell Us Who Will Be the Next Big Thing

For a week we've been talking about who was great, who excelled and who out performed everyone in 2014. But 2014 is sooooooo 2014. What really matters is who is going to kill it, crush it, wrap it up and take it home in a nylon sack in 2015. We wanted to know who is going to be the big ticket next year and so we went to the people who know best- their closest friends and competitors, other stand up comics.
November 1, 2014

The Best Stand Up Halloween Costumes: 20 People Who Dressed as Comedians: Atell, Friedlander, Kinison and More

You thought Halloween had become lost forever to the sexy cop, the sexy boxer and the sexy mailperson. No, there's still creativity out there, you just have to look for it. We found 20 people who decided that the scariest thing they could be this year-- was a stand up comedian.
August 23, 2014

Sydney Castillo Wins Funniest Wins

Fresh off his win on TBS's Comedy Competition Funniest Wins, Sydney Castillo has big plans for his $100,000 cash prize, and his shot at a digital series on Marlon Wayan's digital short website, What the Funny. We got to talk with Sydney about his season with Funniest Wins, and what his plans are now that he's won.