Crapshoot Comedy Festival released full schedule including 2 ACLU benefits with Tig Notaro
Today, Crapshoot Comedy Festival announced its full lineup of performers. It’s a robust list of stand-up comedy taking place right in the heart of downtown Las Vegas. Twenty Seven comedians performing over the course of 3 days. The festival ends with a double header of two “Nasty Women” shows headlined by Tig Notaro and benefiting […]
National Comedy Center, CNN partner for live promotion tour of “The History of Comedy”
In support of the series launch of The History of Comedy, CNN Original Series in partnership with the National Comedy Center, the first national non-profit cultural institution dedicated to comedy, will present Stand-Up Live! The showcase will feature some of today’s freshest and funniest stand-up comics and hit the legendary New York City comedy club […]
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 […]
Michelle Buteau To Premiere Second Netflix Special, “A Buteau-ful Mind At Radio City Music Hall”
Courtesy of Netflix. Actress & comedian Michelle Buteau is ringing in 2025 with a brand new Netflix comedy special this New Year’s Eve titled Michelle Buteau: A Buteau-ful Mind at Radio City Music Hall. Per the official synopsis: she’s making ‘HERstory’ as she’s “the first female comic to record a special at the iconic Radio […]
Special Tapings Radar: The Funniest Comics Taping Comedy Specials This Month (June 2024)
L to R clockwise: Seth Meyers, Tom Papa, Felipe Esparza, Michelle Buteau, John Crist, Gina Brillon, Josh Gondelman, Jason Sáenz. June is here, which means it’s time to share our outstanding lineup for this month’s Special Tapings Radar. This is where we showcase & highlight all the funniest comedians who are getting ready to record […]
Don’t Put These Comedic Legends In A Box: Recapping This Year’s Comedy Actress Roundtable
Courtesy of Beau Grealy/The Hollywood Reporter Ever felt boxed in? Well, you’re in good company. On May 26th The Hollywood Reporter gathered Ego Nwodim (Saturday Night Live), Kristen Wiig (Palm Royale), Maya Rudolph (Loot), Michelle Buteau (Survival of the Thickest), Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary) and Renée Elise Goldsberry (Girls5eva) around a table to talk all […]
This Week In Comedy: Jimmy Fallon Celebrates 10 Years Of “The Tonight Show”
This Week In Comedy: It’s a one of a kind week for late night ahead. Jimmy Fallon will be taking this week to formally celebrate the 10th Anniversary of his run as host of The Tonight Show in a primetime special that will look back at the many unforgettable moments that have defined the show’s […]
Michelle Buteau & Ilana Glazer Star In The Pregnancy Comedy “Babes”
Last Fall, 800 Pound Gorilla News learned about the film studio Neon Rated landing the distribution rights to the new scripted comedy from Pamela Adlon (who’s behind the Emmy award winning Better Things & King of the Hill) in her directorial debut, Babes. The new film, starring stand-up comedians Michelle Buteau & Ilana Glazer, has […]
Pamela Adlon’s Directorial Debut, ‘Babes,’ To Be Distributed By Neon
Ilana Glazer, Courtesy of Prime Video. Michelle Buteau, Courtesy of Netflix. Hasan Minhaj, Courtesy of Netflix. Pamela Adlon, of Better Things and King Of The Hill fame, will have her Ilana Glazer and Josh Rabinowitz scripted comedy, Babes, distributed state-side by Neon. The film stars Glazer as a woman who gets pregnant after sleeping with […]
Eric Andre Launches New Podcast, “Bombing With Eric Andre”
Eric Andre Eric Andre has partnered up with iHeartMedia and Will Ferrell’s Big Money Players Network for a new podcast. For any comedy fans that want to hear horror stories from doing stand-up, this sounds like it’ll be the right podcast for you! Details on Eric Andre’s new podcast. The new podcast is called Bombing […]