HBO announces new stand-up specials from Jerrod Carmichael, Pete Holmes, and T.J. Miller
HBO gets funny in upcoming months with stand-up specials starring hot talents Jerrod Carmichael, Pete Holmes and T.J. Miller, All Def Comedy from executive producer Russell Simmons and the return of longtime HBO favorite Tracey Ullman in a new sketch comedy series. Here’s the breakdown. Jerrod Carmichael will tape his second solo special for the […]
Watch the first promo for Pete Holmes’, “Faces and Sounds” coming to HBO
Pete Holmes’s new comedy special, Faces and Sounds was taped in Chicago this past April at the Vic Theatre. Maybe you know Pete Holmes from his podcast You Made It Weird. Or The Pete Holmes Show. Or his videos with FrontPage Films. Maybe you saw his hour special Nice Try, The Devil, or his half-hour […]
Pete Holmes’s new special, “Faces and Sounds” premieres on HBO December 3rd
Over the course of his silly, high-energy performance, Holmes shares his thoughts on such disparate topics as: the keys to happiness; the illogicality of nightmares; being an “easy laugh;” what to wear on a flight; bizarre quirks of language; filling one’s “joy quota;” how the British deal with awkward situations; the ridiculousness of porn; and […]
HBO announces debut dates for “Crashing,” “Girls,” and “Last Week Tonight”
HBO has confirmed the February debut dates for new seasons of Girls and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and the new comedy series Crashing. Girls returns for its sixth and final season Sunday, February 12th. Created by and starring Lena Dunham, the Emmy®-winning comedy series is a comic look at the assorted humiliations and […]
Your first look HBO’s “Crashing” starring Pete Holmes
“I’m so excited to share a sneak peek of our new HBO show CRASHING! Wooooooooot!!! So so excited” says Holmes. That’s right, Pete Holmes’ new HBO series Crashing will be here before we know it and here’s our first look at the semi-autobiographical series about his life. The pilot episode was written by Holmes and […]
Artie Lange may be out at “Crashing” following drug arrest
Following an arrest last week in New Jersey for, among other things, possession of heroin, comedian Artie Lange claims he’s been fired from HBO show Crashing. As Page Six reports, on Thursday Lange visited the Len Berman Todd Schmidt in the Morning radio show, where he opened up about his recent success and arrest. During the […]
Hannibal Buress, Tig Notaro, Pete Holmes to headline Boston Calling Comedy Experience
Boston Calling, a mostly-music festival that dabbles in other immersive art experiences, is expanding this year to include a Comedy Experience stage. Headliners include Hannibal Buress, Tig Notaro, Pete Holmes, and Eugene Mirman (the last two grew up just outside the city, incidentally), plus Kate Berlant and John Early, Josh Johnson, Bonnie McFarlane, and more. On the […]
In a new edition of “The Nate Nate Show,” Corden writer Nate Fernald interviews Pete Holmes
Nate Fernald is stand-up comedian and a writer on The Late Late Show with James Corden, but someday, he’ll have his very own show. Actually, he already does, thanks to his backstage access to Corden’s guests and the ability to Photoshop his name onto a logo. Fernald is back with another episode of “The Nate Nate Show,” […]
21 Comedians in Commercials
When word broke earlier this week that Maria Bamford’s Christmas Champ was not going to be resurrected for Target ads this year, I have to admit… I was a little bummed. Not because I like advertisements, rather I dug Bamford’s completely off the wall weirdness and buffoonery toward the commercials. They were a welcome change […]
“Crashing” starring Pete Holmes debuts this February on HBO
Pete is a sheltered suburbanite who married his childhood sweetheart and dreams of making it as a stand-up comedian. But when he finds out his wife is cheating on him, Pete’s world unravels, forcing him to reevaluate his priorities and plunging him into the deep end of the rough-and-tumble New York comedy scene. Starring Pete […]