David Brenner died today in hospice with his family by his side. The stand-up comedian was 78. Richard Lewis, a longtime friend of Brenner's, said via Twitter today, "Brenner was a star. The king of 'hip, observational comedy.' Mentored me. He was family. This leaves an irreplaceable hole." "On... [Read More]

One of the great travesties of the last few years was when Showtime decided to cancel, The Green Room with Paul Provenza. Why? Because it’s one of the most interesting series for comedy fans to watch. Each show, host Paul Provenza would welcome a roundtable of comedians that would dive into co... [Read More]

Todd Barry hosted the live version of his podcast of the same name. In the last year Barry has not only launched a really solid podcast but he’s beefed up his chops quite a bit with a crowd work only tour. For the first time we got the chance to see how much better he’s […]SXSW 20... [Read More]

GRAND RAPIDS — As part of the 10-day Gilda’s LaughFest here, a much younger crop of upcoming comedians had the chance to sling jokes at the public library. This is a very brief glimpse of one of the many great, free events throughout the festival. If it doesn’t make you smile, we&r... [Read More]

GRAND RAPIDS — If you haven’t heard of Kevin Bozeman yet, you will. The 14-year comedy vet is close to releasing his third album and was a huge highlight of this year’s Gilda’s LaughFest. One of the many events throughout these 10 days of comedy festivities was an intimate ... [Read More]

Tammy Pescatelli gives a solid performance in Finding the Funny. Her Italian-American background shows in a few of the routines on this comedy MP3 album. Her material is mostly stories about herself, her relatives, her husband, and so on, commentary on the media (Nancy Grace, Larry King), or observa... [Read More]

by WitStream Rob Delaney My wife went to Montreal for 3 wks with her friend Kyle once & didn't tell me. What I'm saying is maybe that plane isn't really "missing." Ryan Anderson The snow i... [Read More]

Saturday Night Live will return on March 29th with Louis CK performing the hosting duties for his second time. While excited to see C.K. back at Studio 8H, there’s a long list of people I’d rather see. The thing is, one of the reasons SNL is great and stays fresh is its weekly implementa... [Read More]

by Zach Herwitz In case you missed it, here's all the big comedy stuff that happened this week: -President Barack Obama was a guest on Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifinakis. Here’s how it happened. -We brought you inside SXSW for the Late Night with Seth Meyers panel and Lena Dunha... [Read More]

by Bradford Evans Zach Galifianakis and Jon Hamm are making a movie together. THR reports that the two actors are set to star in a comedy called Keeping Up with the Joneses, which follows a suburban couple who find out their neighbors are undercover spies. Greg Mottola (Superbad, Adventureland) will... [Read More]