Your Just For Laughs “New Faces of Comedy” Class of 2016
It’s official and better late than never. The Just For Laughs Festival has made this year’s “New Faces” showcase announcement. The lineups for NF: Comedy, NF: Characters, and NF: Unrepped are now all set and we’ve got the full breakdown for you. Let’s welcome in the Class of 2016. NEW FACES OF COMEDY:(L to R) […]
“Kevin Hart Presents: Hart of the City” is part stand-up, part travelogue
Comedy’s biggest star takes the pulse of the comedy scene in eight major cities across the country in Kevin Hart Presents: Hart of the City. A stand-up series with a distinct travel dimension, Hart of the City follows Kevin Hart through each destination as he seeks out the freshest and finest voices in the local […]
Josh Johnson makes his late night debut on “The Tonight Show”
Comedian Josh Johnson made his first appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and it was a strong one. It wasn’t, however, Johnson’s first time in the Tonight Show studio – last year, he was one of the show’s writers, waiting to make his stand-up debut til he was officially off staff. Johnson also […]
Jon Stewart To Continue Hosting “The Daily Show” On Mondays Through 2025
Courtesy of Comedy Central. Photo credit: Matt Wilson. Looks like Jon Stewart has been enjoying his time at his ole stomping grounds on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show since returning to host the staple satirical late night series earlier this year. After initially signing on to host the show throughout the 2024 presidential election cycle, […]
Jon Stewart Had A Star-Studded Group Join Him For Netflix Is A Joke Festival
This year has marked an interesting year for Jon Stewart. After leaving The Daily Show in 2015, he’s gone onto do a number of other things. But 2024 was the year he made his surprising return to the desk on Comedy Central, which he’ll do every Monday night until the election. Despite returning to his […]
Josh Johnson Makes “The Daily Show” Debut As The Show’s Newest Correspondent
For the past couple weeks, the Comedy Central staple series & fan favorite late night show The Daily Show has been back with new episodes in an even newer format since the show’s previous host Trevor Noah left at the end of 2022. Since the show’s 2024 return on February 12th, we saw the triumphant […]
Josh Johnson, Demetri Martin & More To Perform At Gilda’s LaughFest 2024
Josh Johnson & Demetri Martin. Gilda’s LaughFest is back for 2024 & has announced its artists for the upcoming comedy festival taking place March 6-10th in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Here’s the lineup for Gilda’s LaughFest 2024. This year’s lineup features headliners Tammy Pescatelli, Josh Johnson, Piff the Magic Dragon, and Demetri Martin playing various venues […]
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 […]
Netflix to launch 15-minute comedy special series for emerging comics
Courtesy of Mindy Tucker When it comes to stand-up comedy Netflix it trying to do something different again. In addition to releasing the lion’s share of stand-up specials in 2017 (averaging 1 a week) they also took an experiment with launching The Standups by taking 6 great comedians and giving them half hour specials and […]
Josh Johnson drops by “Conan” to explain that he is not an alpha male
Josh Johnson was the guest comedian on Conan and he took the opportunity to tell everyone how not an alpha male he is. In fact Johnson takes it a few steps further by declaring he’s not even a Beta male, he’s “a three below omega.” Giving further proof by talking about how his life was […]