“Semi-Prominent Negro” from W. Kamau Bell should be required listening
W. Kamau Bell is the guy whose gigs require reporting the injustices. He was the host of the short lived FX show, Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, and he recently hosted CNN’s United Shades of America. It’s pretty obvious from those titles that he has a slant, and of course, that is the expectation […]
W. Kamau Bell’s busy week: Updates on his book and podcast, plus new tour dates
Tons of news from W. Kamau Bell‘s camp this week, meaning we’ve got a lot of new projects from the triple-threat stand-up, writer, and political commentator coming soon. First up, Bell has re-launched the podcast he hosts with fellow comic Hari Kondabolu, Politically Re-Active; the show, in which the two Very Woke bros give their well-informed, humorous takes […]
W. Kamau Bell confirms that being Dave Chappelle’s opener is a tough gig
Comedian and host of CNN’s United Shades of America, W. Kamau Bell, stopped by The Tonight Show to hype his new book, The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell. Well, actually, the book, a compilation of essays and stories inspired by and about Bell’s life as a multi-hypenate entertainer and cultural commentator, is fully titled The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: […]
Hannibal Buress breaks down election tweets on “Totally Biased”
<p> <p> </p> </p> <p> Hannibal Buress </p> was called upon by <p> W. Kamau Bell </p> , the host of <p> Totally Biased </p> to break down some things that were made on Twitter post election. The final judgement from Buress… step up your Twitter game.
CNN to premiere “The History of Comedy” in February
The History of Comedy, executive produced by Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner (Hazy Mills) with Emmy Award winners Mark Herzog and Christopher G. Cowen (Herzog & Company), will premiere Thursday, February 9th, at 9pm on CNN. Following a world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. Using archival footage punctuated by contemporary interviews with comedy legends, […]
W. Kamau Bell’s “Semi-Prominent Negro” set for album release, Tour announced
Critically-acclaimed socio-political comedian W. Kamau Bell (Totally Biased, CNN’s United Shades of America) announces the album release of his first solo stand-up special W. Kamau Bell: Semi-Prominent Negro. Directed by Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me, Freakonomics) and originally seen on Showtime, Semi-Prominent Negro was filmed before a live audience in Brooklyn and features Kamau’s uniquely […]
Vice TV Explores The History Of Black Comedy In New Docuseries, “Black Comedy In America”
Screenshot. Courtesy of Vice TV. Vice TV is premiering a new docuseries looking back the impact of America’s most prolific Black comedians titled Black Comedy In America, premiering tonight at 10 PM ET on the platform & hosted by comedians Tiffany Haddish, Chris Spencer & Ryan Davis. The new docuseries “explores the comedic pioneers of […]
The Laugh Button’s best comedy albums and specials of 2018
Upon starting this list and without much effort we were able to quickly ramble about 100 comedians that put out an hour since December 2017 ticked past us. This is not including all of the half-hour specials and 15 minute ones that were also released. It’s a lot of stand-up comedy to consume via TV, […]
W. Kamau Bell taped one of the final episodes of “Parts Unknown” with Anthony Bourdain
The color of the world dimmed a bit when it learned of the surprising suicide of Anthony Bourdain. Not only did the man live an interesting life, he influenced an uncountable amount of people. The final episodes of his CNN show, Parts Unknown premiere this weekend. The first of said eps puts CNN host and […]
This week on TV: “Glow” returns for another season in the ring
This week Netflix’s great comedy, GLOW is set to return for season 2 this Friday. For those that missed season 1. It’s a dark comedy set in the 1980s and loosely based on characters from the female wresting league of the same name starring Marc Maron and Alison Brie. Season 2 presents the crew with […]