November 1, 2017
Todd Barry returned to Late Night – the show where he made his television debut at the age of 18 in a viewer mail segment with […]
September 30, 2017
Thursday night, SiriusXM hosted their annual Top Comic competition. The culmination of a half year long search for Canada’s funniest ended with Gavin Matts taking home […]
September 23, 2017
Once again, SiriusXM will be hosting its Top Comic competition during JFL42, and Todd Barry is excited to be a part of it as the event’s […]
March 15, 2017
Tuesday night on the Late Show, Todd Barry braved the Blizzard of 2017 to hang out with Stephen Colbert to talk about his new book, Thank […]
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 29, 2017
Tonight’s live Comedy Central Roast Battle II is the culmination of a month of roasty TV, and about six months of preparation by the combatants. […]
January 18, 2017
It’s January, which means it’s almost time for the return of Jeff Ross Presents: Roast Battle! Season Two, which is going by the name Roast Battle […]
December 1, 2016
Veteran comic Todd Barry has just finished work on his upcoming book, Thank You for Coming to Hattiesburg: One Comedian’s Tour of Not-Quite-the-Biggest Cities in […]
September 16, 2016
If you think Just for Laughs is only about Montreal, think you’re missing at least half the story. We’re less than a week away from JFL42 […]
August 3, 2016
For those of you who didn’t grab tickets to the tapings on 106 and Park back in May, this is your first chance to get a […]
June 27, 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 […]
June 1, 2016
The Just For Laughs Festival continues to roll out the biggest names in comedy.
May 6, 2016
NBCUniversal announced today that they will continue to expand the programming for their comedy streaming service, Seeso, with the addition of their new show,
February 29, 2016
Last night while the world was watching the 88th Annual Academy Awards, we had our eye on what comedians thought of the ceremony and Chris Rock's monologue in particular.
February 15, 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, and The New York Comedy Cellar.
February 5, 2016
We are once again teaming up with the Bennington Show for Super Bowl Sunday to guarantee we are delivering the best comedy coverage of the biggest football game of the year. As part of that excitement, 29 of the funniest comedians on the planet made 28 of the funniest predictions in the Universe for the biggest sporting event in the United States, which we may or may not be able to refer to as (dun-dun dunnnnn) The Super Bowl. You can hear them on Bennington, or you can read and listen to them right here on The IBang. Let us know in the comments who you are picking and what score you are forseeing. Good luck, and as long as the Coconuts don't win, it will all be good.
January 5, 2016
Any time you hang out with a group of comedians, they will inevitably start talking about which rooms they love. The mere mention of a beloved performance space will make the most sardonic of headliners light up and earnestly exclaim “that is a GREAT room, I love playing there” What makes these rooms so great?
November 29, 2015
Tickets are on sale now for the legendary San Francisco Sketchfest which includes plenty of sketch and much much more. This year's events has more highlights than lowlights and an impossibly long list of too cool events but none more exciting than the "Waiting for Guffman" Reunion and screening with Bob Balaban, Christopher Guest, Parker Pose and Fred Willard.
November 9, 2015
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 stopped at The Stand, The Village Underground, Bravo TV and more! Also Jeffrey is going up this week at Broadway Comedy Club for his first headlining gig ever! Scroll down for details and please join us to support comedy's biggest supporter this Thursday!
November 5, 2015
Aziz Ansari is hitting it all over the place. Best selling book, selling out stand up shows all over the place, and now he's got a new series out on Netflix that is getting rave reviews all over the place.
August 12, 2015
Comedy fans at digg.com put together this compilation of some of our most famous comics putting down hecklers.
July 28, 2015
For those looking for something different this year in the festival circuit, the Fun Fun Fun Fest is celebrating their 10th Anniversary in Austin and in addition to a huge music line up for the fest, they've also got big plans for their comedy stage.
July 8, 2015
Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival is back! Get excited to see some giant comedy stars in this traveling festival
May 29, 2015
In 1982, Late Night with David Letterman premiered on NBC. The same year, Todd Barry was an 18-year-old kid living in Florida, watching Late Night, and practicing his Paul Shaffer impression.
May 20, 2015
We spoke to 15 comedians who were invited to perform on Letterman's show and asked them what it was like, what it meant to their careers, and what they think Letterman's legacy will be
May 18, 2015
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 reports from some of the smaller shows around the city in addition to hitting up The Stand and, Gotham Comedy.
April 26, 2015
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.