How Andy Samberg’s “SNL” Digital Short With Charli XCX Came To Be
Courtesy of NBC. “An SNL Digital Short.” Those simple words on a title card brings back nostalgia for mid-2000’s fan of the landmark sketch series. It meant that a new outing from The Lonely Island – comprised of Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer – was on the way. In recent years, we haven’t seen […]
Thomas Haden Church Joins Cast Of “Tires” Season 2
Courtesy of HBO & Netflix. Academy-Award nominated actor Thomas Haden Church, who’s previously made comedic performances in the hit films Easy A, The Peanut Butter Falcon, Idiocracy & last year’s action comedy series Twisted Metal on Peacock, has announced his newest role. He’ll be teaming up with the dawg Shane Gillis to join the season […]
Jim Abrahams, “Airplane!” & “The Naked Gun” Writer, Dies At 80
Courtesy of Jim Abrahams. It’s with heavy hearts we report the renowned director & writer Jim Abrahams, best known for his work on the hit spoof movies Airplane!, The Naked Gun, Top Secret & The Kentucky Fried Movie among others, has passed away at 80. He died Tuesday of natural causes in his Santa Monica […]
Michelle Buteau To Host The 2024 Billboard Music Awards
Courtesy of Michelle Buteau. Just before premiering her new Netflix comedy special, A Buteau-ful Mind at Radio City Music Hall, on New Year’s Eve, comedian & actress Michelle Buteau has been tapped to host the 2024 Billboard Music Awards December 12th at 7 PM CT on FOX. The multi-hyphenate’s newest hosting gig with Billboard is […]
Netflix Lands Ari Shaffir’s Next Two Specials & “Jew,” The Streamer’s First YouTube Re-Release
Courtesy of Ari Shaffir. Ari Shaffir is returning to Netflix in a new deal for his next two stand-up comedy specials as well as the re-release of his 2022 YouTube special, Jew. The first of the two specials in the new deal is titled Ari Shaffir: America’s Sweetheart, premiering globally on Netflix January 14th, 2025 […]
This Week In Comedy: Anthony Jeselnik Premieres His Third Netflix Special “Bones And All”
Courtesy of Netflix. This Week In Comedy: It’s Thanksgiving Week and returning with his first comedy special in over five years is the master of dark comedy Anthony Jeselnik. In his new special premiering on Netflix, Bones And All, “Jeselnik celebrates 20 years of delivering witty, boundary-pushing comedy in his new razor-sharp stand-up special.” The […]
15 Of The Best Holiday Comedy Movies Ranked
Courtesy of Netflix, Warner Bros. Pictures & Paramount Pictures. Depending on who you ask, the holidays are now well upon us (especially with Thanksgiving arriving in less than a week come Thursday). So matter if you began celebrating the holidays November 1st after Halloween or are waiting to begin on Black Friday, one thing we […]
Comedy Albums For The Frequent Podcast Listener: Part 1
Screenshots from the Soder Podcast & Bad Friends Podcast. It easily goes without saying that podcasting in 2024 has taken on a new life of its own as an entertaining art form & medium. More often than not (especially in the stand-up comedy space), when one’s being described as a stand-up comedian chances are likely […]
“Have I Got News For You” Renewed For Season Two On CNN
Courtesy of CNN. Earlier this fall, former Daily Show correspondent Roy Wood Jr. made his television hosting return with CNN‘s American version of the long-running BBC comedy quiz show Have I Got News For You. Fellow comics Amber Ruffin & Michael Ian Black joined Wood Jr. along for the ride as team captains & today, […]
A Mini Oral History Of “Bookie” Season Two
L-R: Omar J. Dorsey, Chuck Lorre, Nick Bakay, & Rob Corddry. Photo credit: Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Vulture. Max’s Bookie is coming back for a long-awaited second season. The show – which stars Sebastian Maniscalco and Omar J. Dorsey – was a popular favorite with audiences and critics alike. So it wasn’t too much of a […]