Jerrod Carmichael’s new special, “8” premieres on HBO March 11th
Jerrod Carmichael, an exceptionally hilarious stand-up comedian and the co-creator and star of NBC’s The Carmichael Show, has been very busy lately. His sitcom in production on its third season since 2015, so it’s no surprise that he’s taken a few years to release a follow-up to his debut stand-up special, 2014’s Love at the […]
Jerrod Carmichael To Star In New Comedy Docuseries For HBO
Jerrod Carmichael is going to star in a brand new comedy docuseries for HBO. The title is easy enough to remember. It’s called Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show. In the trailer for the series, we can see a lot of focus on his relationship with his parents – whom he came out to a few years […]
All the comedy wins – and the awkward moments – at the 2022 Emmys
The Emmy Awards were last night, and has come to be expected, it was overall a mixed bag. There were some genuinely great moments, blended in with some very strange and awkward bits of television. But first, let’s start with the winners. The winners could more or less be predicted a mile away, but that’s […]
The 20 Best Comedy Albums And Specials of 2021
A good stand-up special serves as a time capsule of sorts for the comedian. We’re not really referring to it being topical (that isn’t always the best approach). But rather, it is a representation of where that comedian was at that moment in life. Going into 2021, we were prepared to hear a lot of […]
Looking into the eyes of Bo Burnham: A discussion about his new film “Eighth Grade”
I sit across from him in a hotel room suite at Chicago’s Waldorf Astoria. We are both slouching into our adjacent chairs. Not out of discomfort, but because this is how two people in their mid 20’s tend to converse. There’s a relaxed feel to this whole operation. It is all very low-key. But when […]