February 20, 2016

11 Totally Underground Sketch and Improv Comedy Shows in New York City Great for a First Date

Earlier this week we posted 11 Stand Up Comedy Shows with a twist to shine a spotlight on some of the smaller but still terrific stand up comedy shows in New York City. But stand up isn't the only place to find great comedy, there are also top notch sketch and improv shows happening every where. Writer and Illustrator Grant Lindahl selected 11 great sketch and improv shows for you to check out in New York City.
February 15, 2016

David Spade Doesn’t Get Pranked, David Spade Pranks You

David Spade does not like to get pranked, punked or hidden camera'd in way. He got "Punk'd" once, by Ashton Kutcher but the episode never aired. "I think I was a baby about it," Spade admitted to us in a recent interview about his new series, Fameless. "I think I said don't do it, and Ashton was like 'oh no, really!?'" Spade readily agreed it was all on him.
February 8, 2016

Judd Apatow is Back in NY, Plus News From Clayton English, Pete Lee and Chuck Nice

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 28, 2016

J.B. Smoove’s SNL Pitches Were as Crazy as You Imagine They Would Be

J.B. Smoove who you know and love from Curb Your Enthusiasm and as the wildman host of Last Comic Standing in 2014, and as the madman of periscope and as the most styling comedian in the country was also a writer on Saturday Night Live for two years from 2003-2005.
January 28, 2016

Last Comic Standing Top 5 Finalist Quits Festival, Sets Off Conversation About Harassment and Assault in Comedy

There has been a story bouncing around social media this week about comedian Andy Erikson withdrawing from the SLO Comedy Fest (an annual comedy festival in San Luis Obispo). People drop out of comedy festivals all the time, but when it is a recent Last Comic Standing top three comedian, particularly one with the stage persona of unicorns and rainbows, people take notice.
January 3, 2016

Before You Know Them: Mike Brown Takes a Giant Step Forward With Web Series

There are so many web series out there, that its hard to know what to watch, and we get flooded with requests to watch new web series. Most of the series we get are created by talented, and very funny people, but how do you stand out when there are stacks and stacks of them? If you want to know, you can ask young New York comedian Mike Brown, because when he sent us his web series "Can't Stop Won't Stop" back in October, it definitely stood out.
December 19, 2015

The Clubs Speak! The Best Stand Up Comedy Moments of 2015! (As Decided by the Club Owners, Bookers and People Who Produce Comedy)

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.
November 17, 2015

Martin Short, Piff The Magic Dragon, Kevin Smith, Jim Norton and More to Headline Moontower

The Fifth Annual Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival has released the names of some of the headliners and comedians coming to town and 2016 is promising to prove that Moontower is here to stay as one of the top festivals in the nation.
November 17, 2015

NBC Offers Free Early Access to New All-Comedy Network

The new NBC comedy streaming channel Seeso is set to launch in January with a huge archive of classic comedy plus an abundance of new programming from your favorite comedians and we're excited to see everything they have to offer. If you are excited too, do not miss the chance to get early access to the new network and here's the kicker!