Ali Siddiq’s “Damaged Goods” showcases an honest tell-all
Ali Siddiq’s comedy captures pretty average situations on his album, Damaged Goods, out September 16th. He covers the psychological basics such as describing his mother while he jabs about the “I can’t live without you” type of love. He transitions to his negligent father, then his disappointing children, and a surface idea of being a […]
Special Tapings Radar: The Funniest Comics Taping Comedy Specials This Month (October 2024)
L to R clockwise: David Spade, Ali Siddiq, Steph Tolev, Bassem Youssef, Steven Rogers, Shane Mauss, Zach Zimmerman, Matteo Lane, Irene Tu. Today’s October 1st and with a new month comes new comedy specials in the works. Among recent specials shot earlier this year & coming soon is Roy Wood Jr.‘s upcoming Hulu special as […]
This Week In Comedy: Conan Travels The World In New Max Series, “Conan O’Brien Must Go”
This Week In Comedy: Conan O’Brien’s long awaited new travel series, Conan O’Brien Must Go, premieres on Max. The new show where Conan connects with his podcast listeners across the world. The mainstay talk show host makes stops in Norway, Thailand, Argentina, and Ireland to surprise some of his most memorable fans while also taking […]
Interview: Ali Siddiq talks “The Domino Effect Part 2: Loss”
Interviewed by Andrew Buss Last year, Ali Siddiq released his special The Domino Effect. Siddiq has long been a favorite of comics and underground comedy fans, who had perhaps seen his story Mexican’s Got On Boots on This Is Not Happening or saw his first Comedy Central special where Siddiq returned to prison to talk […]
The Laugh Button’s best comedy albums and specials of 2018
Upon starting this list and without much effort we were able to quickly ramble about 100 comedians that put out an hour since December 2017 ticked past us. This is not including all of the half-hour specials and 15 minute ones that were also released. It’s a lot of stand-up comedy to consume via TV, […]
Ali Siddiq talks, “It’s Bigger Than These Bars”
Image/Comedy Central. Some comics spend an entire lifetime trying to figure out who they are onstage, or what sort of comedy they want to do. They find what they’re talking about onstage and their persona to be a constantly evolving thing all its own. A comic’s voice is the most important thing he has, after […]
This week in comedy: Ali Siddiq is back behind bars
This week Ali Siddiq heads back to jail, as he’s set to have his first stand-up comedy special premiere on Comedy Central on Friday. The twist to this special is that Siddiq taped this special in a prison – Bell County Jail in Belton, Texas to be exact. Siddiq began his stand-up comedy career in […]
Watch a preview of Ali Saddiq’s first hour special, “It’s Bigger Than These Bars”
Ali Siddiq is set to have his first stand-up comedy special premiere on Comedy Central later this month. There’s a bit of a twist to this special though, because Siddiq taped this special in a prison – Bell County Jail in Belton, Texas to be exact. Why? Because Siddiq began his stand-up comedy career in […]