“Is It Cake?” Returning For Special Holiday Edition
Courtesy of Netflix. Since first premiering in 2022, Is It Cake? has turned out to be a pretty solid unexpected hit series for Netflix. Hosted by Saturday Night Live writer & cast member Mikey Day, the show features bakers who have a simple task: to make cakes that look like real objects, and try to […]
Hot Off The Mic: The Great & Powerful Adam Sandler Made His JRE Debut
Photo from @JoeRogan Instagram. There’s something so admirable to be said about being consistent in your craft & doing it for so many years (for the real greats – it’s decades). Showing up consistently to write new jokes, new scripts, new voices & characters no matter the result, failing gloriously to keep on shooting your […]
This Week In Comedy: Sam Morril Makes His Prime Video Debut With His Sixth Special, “You’ve Changed”
This Week In Comedy: Sam Morril returns with his awaited new stand-up special & Prime Video debut, You’ve Changed. The new special, which follows his 2022 acclaimed hour Same Time Tomorrow on Netflix, finds the fast rising NY comic riffing on his experiences about the worst person he’s ever dated, the challenges of aging, and […]
Hannah Berner Will Cause Your Stomach To Burn In Her Debut Netflix Special “We Ride At Dawn”
Photo Credit: Rachel Rosenstein Hannah Berner is set to release her debut stand-up special, We Ride At Dawn, on Netflix July 9th. The highly anticipated special was filmed at The Fillmore in Philadelphia, PA this past March. The name of the special is an homage to Berner’s fans that have “rode” with her since the […]
Special Tapings Radar: The Funniest Comics Taping Comedy Specials This Month (March 2024)
Every month, 800 Pound Gorilla News scours the comedy cosmos, on the hunt for the comedy world’s rising stars & biggest acts who are about to tape their next hour and we put ’em all here in our Special Tapings Radar. This is where we showcase & highlight all the funniest comedians who are getting […]