June 5, 2016
Skankfest is not your typical comedy festival.
May 20, 2016
Dan Soder is a name most Interrobang readers already know and love. If you don't, this is the perfect time to be figuring that out. Dan co-hosts a SiriusXM radio show - The Bonfire- that is growing bigger every day. He's co-starring on a hit Showtime series- Billions. He's written and starred in a Comedy Central digital series, Used People.
May 17, 2016
Popular comedy podcast Legion of Skanks announced Monday via Twitter that they will be leaving The Anthony Cumia Network (recently renamed Compound Media) for good after May 31st. […]
May 8, 2016
If you love sitting still and listening, well you get in that chair and shut your butt because NYC’s Podfest is almost here. More than twenty podcasts will be recorded in front of a live audience on the weekend of May 21st at Brooklyn’s Bell House and Manhattan’s Cake Shop.
May 2, 2016
The Legion of Skanks Podcast, and its hosts Big Jay Oakerson, Dave Smith and Luis J. Gomez, officially announced the comedy festival they've been teasing for weeks-- Skankfest is Coming to NYC in June!
March 23, 2016
Every month, one of New York City’s hottest comedy clubs, The Stand, holds an event called The Mash-Up Show. The show, hosted by comedians Luis J. Gomez and Adrienne Iapalucci, features a deep roster of comics who take the stage two at a time.
February 29, 2016
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 23, 2016
We've been excitedly following the progress of Big Jay Oakerson's new Seeso Series "What's Your Fucking Deal" since the first time we heard of it. When the show taped in Greenwich Village's "Village Underground" we were there, we premiered the first clip a few weeks ago, and now there's a full and freaking fantastic trailer to check out.
February 18, 2016
A big part of being a comedian is taking risks. From stepping foot on stage to pushing your material as far as it can go and everything in between, it’s like playing a game of Operation with a blindfold on. But that’s half the fun. Which is why comedians generally enjoy doing shows that challenge them to step outside of their comfort zone. For both them and the audience, it breaks up the monotony of the typical stand-up comedy show. New York City residents have access to literally thousands of comedy shows every year. Here are some of the best shows in NYC where comedians perform stand-up with a twist.
February 12, 2016
With Valentines Day right around the corner, love is in the air-- but is it in the green room of comedy venues around the U.S.? Apparently not, since these more than eligible laugh makers are still making reservations for one. Hopefully, with a little help from our very own Cupid, these guys and gals will live laugh-ily ever after (and maybe even record a dual stand-up special!).
February 8, 2016
In the last few decades, we've seen superhero movies go from clear-cut, black & white celebrations of Good triumphing over Evil to moody, subtle meditations on the gray areas in between and the very idea of what makes a Hero. Luis J Gomez and Dave Smith have waded into this murky territory with their new animated short The Alliance of Really Really Good People. But as you can imagine coming from two thirds of Legion of Skanks, "subtle" it is not. This teaser episode promises to show that some of the worst people in history, from Hilter to Justin Bieber, are merely misunderstood defenders of America.
December 20, 2015
New York Newsday is reporting that Anthony Cumia, host of The Anthony Cumia Show was arrested on Sunday morning in his Long Island home after he "got into an argument with a woman that stemmed into physical violence."