January 9, 2016

White Flight, Not Done Right. A Look at Comedy Central’s Newest Digital Series

Comedy Central has been embracing the lack of attention span in its core demographic while simultaneously giving newer faces a chance to create some groundbreaking comedy with web series. Web series are a great way to explore comedy premises, without breaking the bank to do it, and CC seems to love this concept.
May 6, 2015

Comedy Smashes Into Music at Full Speed at The Goddamn Comedy Jam

"If I polled you, 99% of this crowd would rather be rock stars than whatever the fuck they do now. Myself included, so this is a dream." That's Roastmaster General Jeff Ross, segueing from the stand-up part to the musical part of his set at April's The Goddamn Comedy Jam. GDCJ is a monthly show at the Lyric Theater in Hollywood that features comedians doing sets of regular material, then rocking out with house band Elemenopy, live band karaoke style.
May 16, 2014

Who Pranked the Bridgetown Comedy Festival

The Bridgetown Comedy Festival, founded in 2008 by Andy Wood, Matt Braunger, and Kim Brady, just celebrated its 7th year of bringing the finest comedy in the world to Portland, Oregon. This year featured over 200 comics, including Emo Philips, Reggie Watts, W. Kamau Bell, Nathan Fielder, and Dan Harmon, who drunkenly announced the end of "Community" on the afterparty dance floor.