March 3, 2016

Can We Survive This Election Without Jon Stewart?

The year was 2000. A presidential election had just ended in, what, a tie? Somewhere between the recounts and the hanging chads, we were watching our country come unglued. No one knew how to process what was happening. No one except Jon Stewart.
March 2, 2016

Up Next… Judah Friedlander. Through the Lense of New York Comedy

Photographer Phil Provencio caught World Champion Judah Friedlander on a rainy Wednesday night in Greenwich Village. He was photographed just a block from the infamous Comedy Cellar on Minetta Lane right next to village institutions Cafe Wha? and the Minetta Tavern.
March 1, 2016

Salon Gives Love To Samantha Bee and Throws Shade at Trevor Noah

The geniuses over at Comedy Central keep their jobs despite losing Jon Stewart, Steven Colbert and Jon Oliver. Now Salon.com is making the case that letting Samantha Bee get away should leave Comedy Central execs sobbing as well.
February 29, 2016

Big Jay Oakerson Tapes His Special, Bill Burr Holds Court at The Stand, Dave Attell at Comedy Juice and More

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 6, 2016

Egyptian Jon Stewart- Bassem Youssef- is Coming to Fusion

Bassem Youssef also known as the “Egyptian Jon Stewart” took Egypt by storm when he started the first satirical news show of its kind during the Arab Spring. His introduction to America came via The Daily Show the same show that inspired Bassem to use satire to skewer the political situation in his home country. It only makes sense that Daily Show producer Kathy Egan is hopping on board the Fusion launch of Youssef’s new show dedicated to American politics and culture, The Democracy Handbook.
February 1, 2016

Jeffrey Ross, Gilbert Gottfried Pay Tribute to Abe Vigoda, the Impractical Jokers Take Over Radio City, We Head to Florida and More!

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 Radio City Music Hall, and took a trip to FLA to check out comedy in Boca and Miami.