“Jeff Ross presents Roast Battle” announces celebrity judges and matchups
Comedy Central and Jeff Ross announced that comedic heavyweights Anthony Jeselnik, Jimmy Kimmel, Sarah Silverman and David Spade will serve as celebrity judges deciding the fate of 16 insult-comedy combatants during the four nights of Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle. Additional judges are to be announced. The Thunderdome-of-comedy bracket-style tournament will be filmed live in […]
The Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival announces 2016 lineup
Ding Ding Ding… “and in this corner”. The 2016 edition of the Oddball Comedy & Curiosity festival has officially announced its lineup. And just like in years past, it’s packed to the gills with today top comedy talent including Brian Regan, Dane Cook, Hannibal Buress, Jim Jefferies, John Oliver, Tracy Morgan and more. This year […]
Mike Lawrence is the 2016 “Roast Battle” Champion
16 people entered, one man left and that man is Mike Lawrence. Lawrence is the 2016 Roast Battle Champion. He was crowned Sunday evening after a live telecast on Comedy Central and 4 night competition from Montreal’s Just For Laughs Festival. Lawrence took down Sarah Tiana to take the title. It wasn’t an easy route […]
Here’s your schedule for Comedy Central’s new season of Half Hours
It’s a right of passage for emerging comedians to get a Comedy Central Presents The Half Hour Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents half hour special. Pretty much every great comedian you can think of has gotten one over the course of the last 2+ decades, and though the show’s title has changed a few times over […]
The jokes you didn’t hear from “The Roast of Bruce Willis”
One of our favorite things to do during a Comedy Central Roast is follow the writers of the show to see what jokes didn’t make the cut. We started doing it a few years back when writer Jesse Joyce started sharing such jokes. Joyce has written for the roasts for many years starting in 2007’s […]
Comedy Central announces 2018 class of Half Hours, includes Tim Dillon, Megan Gailey, and Mike Lawrence
Comedy Central has just announced its 2018 lineup for Half Hour specials and it includes some of the best in new and emerging talent. The new round will once again tape in New Orleans at the Civic Theatre on December 8th and 9th and air in early 2018. Emmy Blotnick is a stand-up comedian, actress and […]
This week on TV: Brad Paisley presents some of his comedy friends
This week is an interesting one for Brad Paisley. The country superstar will play ringleader to a 5 of his comedian friends for a comedy special that’s a little bit country and a lot of comedy… The idea is for Paisley to introduce some of his favorite comedians to his audience, it’s a win for […]
Brad Paisley’s Comedy Rodeo is set to bring a little bit country to the comedy game
Country superstar Brad Paisley will play ringleader to a 5 of his comedian friends for a comedy special that’s a little bit country and a lot of comedy… The idea is for Paisley to introduce some of his favorite comedians to his audience, it’s a win for everyone. Who is part of the rodeo? Well […]
The jokes you didn’t hear from the Roast of Rob Lowe
One of our favorite things to do here during a Comedy Central Roast is follow Jesse Joyce’s twitter timeline @jessejoyce. Joyce, one of the writers for many years now starting with 2007’s burn of Flavor Flav, tweets out all of his unused jokes from the show. And they are amazing! Other writers from this particular […]