March 16, 2017
Almost no one has heard of the animated series Animals. on HBO. The show returns for a second season on Friday, with about as little fanfare […]
November 14, 2016
Wanda Sykes drew loud boos from her hometown crowd Saturday night at the TD Garden, and Boston great Nick DiPaolo is taking heat now on social […]
October 21, 2016
Wanda Sykes’ brand new special, What Happened…Ms Sykes? debuts tonight on EPIX, and get ready because Sykes comes out swinging. First off all, nobody can use the […]
March 7, 2016
If you were psyched to hear Wanda Sykes as the voice of the Sofa Queen Sunday night on Bob’s Burgers,you'll be happy to hear there might be a lot more Wanda Sykes on network tv!
February 28, 2016
Last night Saturday Night Live's Kate McKinnon and Silicon Valley's Kumail Nanjiani hosted the Independent Spirit Awards and were charming and funny all afternoon, but the shining bright spot of the awards was their brilliant parody of Carol.
July 23, 2015
Yesterday was my first day back in Montreal for the 2015 Just For Laughs Festival and there's already so much to talk about I don't know where to start.
July 3, 2015
Just a few weeks ago when Dave Chappelle added a seventh show to his Montreal Just For Laughs run, it seemed like a big deal, but […]
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.
April 24, 2015
Moontower Comedy Festival is not just a chance for fans to see their favorite stand up comedians, it's also a chance for comedians to see their friends, and watch other comics they admire. Amy Hawthorne asked seven comedians, "Who are you most excited to see here - either personally or onstage?"
April 21, 2015
He has a substandard poodle, he owns the domain name patheticmen.com, his groupies are middle aged jewish couples who invite him over for soup, he likes to find comedy in odd places, and he is celebrating the 20th Anniversary of his show, Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist. The "he" in question, of course is stand up comedian Jonathan Katz.
January 20, 2015
The Moontower Comedy and Oddity Fest is returning to Austin, Texas for its 4th year!
November 14, 2014
Gilda's Laughfest 2015 has announced its first round of headliners and shows for next year's comedy festival in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
September 7, 2014
A funeral service was held for comedy legend Joan Rivers on Sunday at Temple Emanu-El on New York City's Upper East Side.
August 17, 2014
Here's the trailer for Bonnie McFarlane's documentary "Women Aren't Funny" which looks for any truth behind the myth that women don't belong in stand up comedy.
June 17, 2014
Executive producer and mentor for Last Comic Standing went on Late Night with Seth Meyers to explain the changes on this season of LCS.
June 16, 2014
Comedians On Late Night TV Monday June 16: Wanda Sykes, Keenan Ivory Wayans, Jesse Joyce, Lennon Parham, Chris D'Elia and More
June 13, 2014
Last night on Last Comic Standing the semi finals were underway. Fourteen of the twenty eight semifinalists worked on their sets with celebrity mentors Wanda Sykes and Amy Schumer, and got some tips on tightening up their act. We thought all of the comics really brought their A games to the stage this round, but the judges seemed less enthused with some of the performers, and they seemed to have no trouble narrowing the fourteen performers down to five.
June 12, 2014
Tonight on Last Comic Standing, the semi finals begin. They started with 100 comedians. Twenty eight survived the invitational round. Those twenty eight will now compete against each other to see who will make it to the Last Comic Standing finals.
May 19, 2014
NBC has been keeping most of the details about this year's all new season of Last Comic Standing. Most of the format details are super hush, and the names of the comedians have been largely guarded with the exception of a few comedians we've seen in promos. But NBC announced today, that in addition to all the great comedians already involved, there will be a number of huge comedy names serving as celebrity mentors.
May 15, 2014
Every comedian has a class they belong to. It's the year they entered comedy. It's a defining year, and you never forget the other people who were in your "class." Comedian Mike Bocchetti was in the class of 1992. Since then he's gone on to appearances on the Howard Stern Show, the Jim Breuer Show and The Opie and Anthony Show on SiriusXM. He appeared on 2 seasons of NBC's Last Comic Standing and acted with Robert DeNiro in the feature film "The Family". Mike was also the announcer for the Artie Lange Show which aired on DirectTV and co-founded Blasted Films with comedian Ken Burmeister. This is his look at the class of 1992.
April 12, 2014
Wanda's kid is going to have a great day at school on Monday.
December 19, 2011
Rich Vos and Bonnie McFarlane are two incredibly funny comedians who just happen to be married to each other. They came by the SiriusXM studios recently […]