April 9, 2017
Morten Nielsen is a Danish anthropologist currently doing a research project and a book on stand-up comedy in New York.
April 5, 2017
It’s April, which means it’s almost time for one of the most exciting events of the year. “Is it 4/20?” you ask. That’s not what I […]
March 28, 2017
This is our fourth year covering the Moontower Comedy and Oddity Festival and we’re even more excited for our upcoming week in Austin than years past. The […]
March 21, 2017
This week I checked out Modern Vaudeville, a show presented by experimental comedian Ian Abramson. It was a fun night with comedians, performers showing their musical […]
March 9, 2017
NBC has just announced an as-yet-unnamed single-camera comedy pilot that, so far, is packed to the brim with talent. The show is being written by Saturday […]
March 8, 2017
One of the country’s best-named festivals, Chicago’s 26th Annual Comedy Festival, has just announced the first round of confirmed performers for their 4th annual event, taking […]
February 24, 2017
Last year, Los Angeles-by-way-of-Chicago comedian Ian Abramson made waves with his bizarrely refreshing new stand-up show, 7 Minutes in Purgatory, and drew attention for his highly […]
February 20, 2017
80s actor James Woods took off Patton Oswalt’s shoe and is tweeting up a storm about it. Last night, as the host of the 2017 Writers […]
February 19, 2017
Montreal Just for Laughs is the godfather of comedy festivals and there is no annual event at Just for Laughs or any other festival that is […]
February 13, 2017
Comedian Patton Oswalt finally got his Grammy win, five years in the making, at Sunday’s award ceremony. Previously, Oswalt’s 2012 album Finest Hour and 2015’s Tragedy […]
January 30, 2017
It was a Cinderella story in all the best ways. Frank Castillo, a comic who works as a doorman at the world-famous Comedy Store beat out […]
January 30, 2017
Last night on the Live Roast Battle II Finale on Comedy Central, Jeffrey Ross opened the show asking “How did this happen!?!” after welcoming roast fans […]