This Week on TV: A&E goes “Black and White”
This Week on TV we get back to summer normalcy post holiday. We get 9 premieres in total including A&E’s new talk show, Black and White. The comedic talk show hosted by Christian Finnegan and Sherrod Small cover race in America through sketches and discussions with celebrity guests. The series kicks off Wednesday, July 13th […]
This week on TV: Jeff Ross presents Roast Battle
This week on TV, Comedy Central brings us Roast Battle live from Montreal and the Just For Laughs comedy festival, MADtv returns, and A&E delivers in Black and White. On Tuesday, the sketch comedy series MADtv returns to a new network (CW) and a new time slot (primetime rather than late night) after airing on […]
Jim Gaffigan and Charlamagne Tha God stop by A&E’s “Black and White”
Black and White, hosted by Christian Finnegan and Sherrod Small, is a provocative weekly in-studio show that tackles the third rail of both comedy and politics: race. Here’s a look at the first episode where comedians and co-hosts Christian Finnegan and Sherrod Small breakdown racial profiling in the headlines. Jim Gaffigan and Charlamagne Tha God […]
The Laugh Button Podcast #80: Sherrod Small and Christian Finnegan discuss “Black And White”
Mark and Matt talk about race. What do they know about it? Not much really, so they go to the experts, comedians Sherrod Small and Christian Finnegan. Both star in the new A&E series “Black And White” which talks about these issues in America with special guests and sketches on the topic. The premiered this […]
A list of comedy benefit shows to help Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts
Way too many people on the East Coast are still feeling the effects of Hurricane Sandy. Some just lost power, some flooded, while others lost literally their entire homes and memories. As they’re prone to do, the comedy community is rallying to help out those still hurting from the storm. From the big, well-known comedians […]
Christian Finnegan, Sean Patton, and Paul Virzi deploy some “Goodwill Hunting” when it comes to bombing on stage
We previously reported that one of New York’s favorite comedy clubs, The Stand would spend this summer closed as it works on opening a newer, bigger location in the city. But they left us with a parting gift, a short web video reflecting the pain of bombing on stage but set to the backdrop of […]
New documentary to explore the influence of the dirty joke book, “Truly Tasteless Jokes”
If you are a comedy fan of a certain age, chances are you heard about, owned, or read the 1980s book, Truly Tasteless Jokes written by Blanche Knott. They were just what the title suggests, risque jokes that you can read and tell your friends. This upcoming documentary by comedians Jeff Cerulli and Matt Ritter […]