Sketchy MVPs: David Alan Grier from “In Living Color”
We all love Amy Schumer, everyone knows how brilliant Key & Peele are, and you’ve watched Will Ferrell’s classic SNL sketches countless of times. But in this weekly column Sketchy MVPs, The Laugh Button shines a light on comedians from our favorites shows and troupes who don’t often get rightful credit for their contributions to sketch comedy. In […]
NBC will air an unedited N-word on “The Carmichael Show”
The internet is truly abuzz with this week’s news that NBC will not edit a racial slur in an upcoming episode of The Carmichael Show. The episode in question won’t air until May, but the network (for some reason) made everyone aware now, nearly three months beforehand. NBC may be a bit skittish, thus their […]
Aziz Ansari, Comedy Bang! Bang! and “Carmichael Show” cast among the 4th annual Vulture Festival’s comedy lineup
The 4th annual Vulture Festival hits New York City the weekend of May 20-21, and the lineup – featuring events that appeal to culture site Vulture.com’s broad readership – has an amazing slate of comedy shows. They’ll be hosting much, much more than live performances – the calendar includes conversations with Aziz Ansari, Demetri Martin, and the […]
Jerrod Carmichael on why it’s important to wear a watch, and to always question everything
TV star and stand-up comic Jerrod Carmichael sat down with GQ recently, to model some t-shirts and talk about his new comedy special, his hit sitcom, and why he loves pushing boundaries so much. Between telling the style mag why he wears a replica of MLK’s watch and why he’s still single, he gave some […]
Here are some highlights from Jerrod Carmichael’s lengthy interview with Questlove
The effervescent Jerrod Carmichael stopped by Questlove’s Pandora radio show, Questlove Supreme, and the stand-up had a lot of updates on his TV show, his tour, and everything else he’s been up to recently. The lengthy interview is full of playful banter, and lots of thoughtful Q+As on Carmichael’s first forays into stand-up, his decision […]
Jerrod Carmichael makes the late night rounds to give his take on gun control and “the N-word”
Jerrod Carmichael — creator of hit NBC sitcom The Carmichael Show and one of the sharpest stand-ups out there — stopped by Late Night with Seth Meyers to unwind from his hectic schedule and share some light-hearted opinions on the N-word. Walking out with a tumbler full of bourbon (because honestly, why not), Carmichael’s his usual affable […]
NBC officially cancels “The Carmichael Show” after creator and star Jerrod Carmichael quits
Rolling into this long 4th of July weekend, the comedy world received some unexpected news late Friday afternoon: creator and star of NBC sitcom The Carmichael Show, Jerrod Carmichael, had announced he was leaving the series. Within hours, the network issued a statement confirming Carmichael’s departure, and announcing that — without its lead — The Carmichael Show was […]