November 3, 2014

Behind the Scenes at Triumph the Insult Comic’s New Show, News From Robert Klein, Why Gilbert Gottfried Doesn’t Like Blind People 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. In today’s column, Jeffrey attends a taping of the new Jack and Triumph show, attends a comedy benefit, and reports on himself!
November 2, 2014

Our Top Picks for What To Do at the New York Comedy Festival

This week the New York Comedy Festival takes over a long list of New York City theaters and clubs. With well over 100 shows to choose from over the course of 5 days, you might be looking for some help deciding which events to attend.
October 27, 2014

George Carlin Honored, Ardie Fuqua Talks About His Devastating Injuries, Jay Pharoah, Mel Brooks, Rick Newman, The Naked Show 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. In today’s column, we get an update on what comedian Ardie Fuqua has been dealing with since he was in a terrible car crash with Tracy Morgan this summer, plus news from the George Carlin Way dedication ceremony, what's Rick Newman doing these days, and a Mel Brooks update.
October 27, 2014

Michael Ian Black, Jim Norton, Kurt Metzger Part of @Midnight New York Line Up

Comedy Central's talk show game show @Midnight is coming to New York City for a weeks worth of episodes starting November 3, 2014 and will feature some great comedy names. Every night on @midnight three comedian guests join host Chris Hardwick to compete for points by coming up with hashtags, captions and answering questions about news and pop culture.
October 27, 2014

New York Comedy Festival Lineup 2014

The New York Comedy Festival is coming to town and New York is ready, planning FIVE spectacular days, over ONE HUNDRED shows, nearly TWO HUNDRED performers. Stay tuned for our Editors Picks and more names to be added as the New York Comedy Festival approaches.
October 19, 2014

New Radio Show “Bennington” Premiered on SiriusXM and Trended for Three Hours

The #2 trending topic for almost three hours in the United States on Friday was #Bennington signaling the arrival of the much anticipated Ron Bennington solo radio show on SiriusXM's Opie Radio Channel. Except it turned out not to be a solo show after all.
August 26, 2014

Bonnie McFarlane Picks Five Male Comedians Women Actually Love

There persists an idea that women don’t love comedy as much as men do and it’s totally ridiculous. Most women I know love to laugh between botox appointments when their foreheads are malleable enough. The problem is navigating the comedy scene where misogyny breeds like the Ebola virus but without the incessant race to find a cure.
August 25, 2014

Top 5 Uncensored Comedy Underground Moments

If you watched the first season of “Comedy Underground with Dave Attell” you got a taste of live, raw, uncensored comedy in your living room. But if you think that’s as uncensored as comedy gets, you should check out the live Comedy Underground shows Attell has been putting on at The Village Underground during hiatus. Here are four great moments from the last two, that are definitely not ready for prime time.