Here’s what the last season of Andy Daly’s “Review” will look like
It’s been a long wait – over a year!! – but Andy Daly’s bizarre and beloved Comedy Central series, Review, is finally returning to the air. Unfortunately for us all, the show, in which Daly – aka host / professional critic Forrest MacNeil – travels across the country, reviewing things like “best friends” and “aching,” […]
Jim Gaffigan’s “Noble Ape” harnesses tragedy for the sake of comedy
The days of stand-up comedy feature films have dwindled with the advent of streaming options and Netflix’s huge catalog of stand-up comedy specials. Audiences no longer flock to movie theaters to consume these features because there is no need to. The days of Eddie Murphy’s Raw are long gone. However, Jim Gaffigan is taking a […]
Demetri Martin shows off his cleverness on “The Overthinker”
Demetri Martin is smarter and cleverer than you and this is something you need to learn to live with. No, this is not his word. This is just facts. Martin’s new special, The Overthinker, is his second for Netflix and the title sums up his comedic styling perfectly. Often described as one-liner or short-form, Martin […]
Adam Sandler Imagines The Ultimate Nightmare Gig In His New Hilarious Special, “Love You”
Adam Sandler: Love You. Courtesy of Netflix. Photo credit: Scott Yamano. When you’re taping a stand-up special, so much careful consideration goes into every single element of it. Everything has been meticulously calculated, from the venue to the set to the camera placement, and so forth. As a result, every stand-up special you see is […]
Recapping Nicole Byer And Joe Pera At Moontower Comedy Festival 2024
Photo credit: Dusana Risovic. There’s always an excitement in the air whenever a comedy festival rolls into town. Whether you’re a local or just visiting, there’s an infectious aura surrounding those shows that you can’t help but be swept up by. When you walk into the Paramount Theatre for Moontower Comedy Festival, however, there’s little […]
Review: Gary Gulman’s ‘Born On 3rd Base’ Transcends Comedy To Exist In The Gloaming Of Something Greater
Gary Gulman: Born on 3rd Base. Courtesy of Max. In his short story “The Emerald Light in the Air,” Donald Antrim ends the piece with a passage that does something new in fiction, which is to have the character and narrative focus leave the liminal space of the page and enter a wormhole to something […]
Cecily Strong continues “The Search For Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe”
Fans of Saturday Night Live may have noticed that Cecily Strong hasn’t been on the first few episodes of this season. That’s because she’s been in Los Angeles, bringing Jane Wagner’s one-woman show to life. That show, The Search For Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, first started out as a vehicle for Lily Tomlin in 1985. […]
J-L Cauvin becomes Trump in new album “Fireside Craps: 45s First 100 Daze”
You Lucky Dog Productions is a fairly new comedy label, and their second release just dropped this week: J-L Cauvin’s spot-on Trump impression album Fireside Craps: 45s First 100 Daze. Here, Cauvin (as Trump) claims to be emulating FDR’s “Fireside Chats,” where the President would discuss the daily goings-on around the White House and his […]
Netflix’s new comedy series “GLOW” shines – but how brightly?
Who says men get to have all the fun? In the world of wrestling — full of body slams, elbows, and low blows — why shouldn’t girls get a try? With G.L.O.W., the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling are throwing their hat into the ring, contending for the title of “Netflix’s next great original series.” G.L.O.W. […]
Andrew Santino aims for a home run in his first hour special, “Home Field Advantage”
Most comedians’ grandparents probably die long before their grandkid sees success (comedy’s a marathon), but not Andrew Santino’s grandma. She’s gotten to see her grandson tape a half-hour for Comedy Central, release a comedy album (Say No More), and star in Showtime’s new series I’m Dying Up Here — and, when Showtime asked him to tape […]