May 14, 2015

This Week Around the Industry in Comedy: The Turner Upfronts Edition

This week the IBang headed out to the Turner Upfronts at Madison Square Garden, where we got to watch what's coming up at Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, TBS, TNT, and truTV as well as Turner Sports, HLN, CNN and Boomerang.
May 2, 2015

The Daily Show Says Goodbye Samantha Bee With Six Minutes of Memorable Clips

Last night Jon Stewart said goodbye to the longest serving member of the Daily Show news team, Samantha Bee, with a six minute long tribute sharing some of the great moments in Bee history. Samantha is leaving to host her own show on TBS as part of their late night lineup.
April 26, 2015

Heavy Hitters Pack Dr. Katz Live at Moontower as Maron, Pepitone, Phillips, Irrera and Barry Get on the Couch

Dr Katz Live at Moontower Comedy Festival was equally cool, bringing the therapy session segments - part improv game, part late night talk show appearance, part actual therapy - to Austin, minus the Squigglevision. It was also an easy way to catch a bunch of heavy hitters all on one show.
April 23, 2015

Moontower Preview! Hasan Minhaj Talks About Jon Stewart and Trevor Noah

Last year Hasan Minhaj was great at Moontower Comedy Festival but this year he's coming back as a Daily Show Correspondent. Minhaj got his gig with the show this December, at the same time as Trevor Noah was hired. Now just 5 months into his time with the show, Hasan created memorable pieces, and learned so much. He's also going to be on board for the changing of the guard, as Stewart says goodbye to the show and Trevor Noah takes over as the new host. We got to talk with Hasan and ask him about working at the Daily Show during such an exciting time, and about Moontower.
April 21, 2015

Moontower Preview: Jonathan Katz, Still Finding Comedy in Odd Places (Interview)

He has a substandard poodle, he owns the domain name patheticmen.com, his groupies are middle aged jewish couples who invite him over for soup, he likes to find comedy in odd places, and he is celebrating the 20th Anniversary of his show, Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist. The "he" in question, of course is stand up comedian Jonathan Katz.