Gilbert Gottfried Reveals Title & Vinyl Release For Posthumous Comedy Album, “Still Screaming”
The late & great comedy legend Gilbert Gottfried put up an impressive over 50 year long career in stand-up comedy that included regular guest spots on revered late night shows like The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson & The David Letterman Show. Though throughout his celebrated & historic career, he never put out a proper […]
Jim Gaffigan, Mark Normand, Jerry Seinfeld Among Performers For 18th Annual Stand Up For Heroes Benefit
Every year as part of New York Comedy Festival, the Bob Woodruff Foundation puts on its annual Stand Up For Heroes benefit to honor our nation’s veterans & come together for night of hope, healing and laughter. Each year is notoriously stacked as last year’s event featured stand-up comedians Jimmy Carr, Ronny Chieng, Shane Gillis […]
Gilbert Gottfried’s Posthumous Stand-Up Album Set To Be Released This Fall
When he passed away in 2022, Gilbert Gottfried had over 50 years of being a stand-up comic under his belt. Having first tried stand-up when he was 15 at an open mic night, Gottfried managed to break out during the 1980’s comedy boom and went onto become one of the art form’s most distinctive – […]
New York Comedy Festival Announces 2024 Lineup & Celebrates 20th Anniversary
Judd Apatow, Tracy Morgan & Dan Soder. Courtesy of Peacock, NBC, & Dan Soder. The largest & longest-running annual comedy festival in the United States, New York Comedy Festival, is back and returning for its 20th anniversary this year from Friday, November 8th to Sunday, November 17th, 2024. Among the festival’s impressive lineup includes Judd Apatow, Tracy […]
Tina Friml, Robin Tran & Mitra Jouhari Crushed Their Sets At NYCF 2023 (Event Recap, Part 3)
Our final part of 800 Pound Gorilla News’ coverage of 2023 New York Comedy Festival comes to a close on an excellent high. Check out the recaps from the very hilarious Tina Friml, Robin Tran & Mitra Jouhari who all absolutely crushed their sets this year (and are comics you need to know). Tina Friml […]
They Deserved Better: A Moment Of Reflection and Celebration For Some Great New York Comedy Fest Shows I Missed This Year
2023 New York Comedy Fest. Over the last nine days, I got to cover some amazing shows all over New York for this year’s New York Comedy Fest, each having some very memorable moments worth mentioning. While I couldn’t attend every single show possible (not one single person ever could), I wanted to shout out […]
Big Jay Oakerson is recording his new crowdwork album at NY Comedy Festival tonight
Big Jay Oakerson is one of the best comedians working today. The NYC-based comic’s career has taken off a lot lately with the popularity of his two podcasts – Legion of Skanks and The SDR Show. Additionally his SiriusXM radio show with Dan Soder, The Bonfire recently became a 4 day-a-week show on the satellite […]
Conan O’Brien is all over New York Comedy Festival’s Comics To Watch
This year New York Comedy Festival’s comics to watch have the push of Conan O’Brien’s Team Coco behind them. While the event has existed at the festival for the last 8 years, with the fest’s new title sponsor being TBS, the network brought in O’Brien and his team to put their comedy expertise into the […]
New York Comedy Festival announces its initial schedule
New York Comedy Festival is going under a bit of a change for the 2017 year. Particularly their longterm relationship with Comedy Central came to an end last year and the festival is now headed into a different direction. And that direction, as we announced earlier this year, is with the folks at TBS. Today, […]
TBS partners with the New York Comedy Festival, Conan to return to the Apollo
After many years partnered with Comedy Central, today the New York Comedy Festival has announced its partnership with TBS. The partnership will be done to amplify the week of comedy shows. The festival will run between November 7th-12th and feature over 200 comedians and over 60 shows at various venues across the city. As part […]