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Inside ‘Hardcore Game of Thrones’, the Podcast That Treats Westeros as a […]
Game of Thrones is everywhere. Between the books, show, after-shows, and podcasts – not to mention YouTube explainers, online fan […]
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Keeping Your Childlike Enthusiasm Alive with Janet VarneyJanet Varney’s positive and generous attitude might be best exemplified by her Nerdist podcast The JV Club; in it the actress, producer, and […]
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Talking to Kumail Nanjiani and Jonah Ray About ‘The Meltdown’The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail premieres on Comedy Central tonight as an eight-episode, half-hour standup showcase based on the very […]
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Brian Huskey on UCB, Improv, and Being a Character ActorBrian Huskey might have once been “that guy,” recognized for his work in commercials and film and TV, but the actor and UCB-trained improviser […]
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‘They Came Together’: Beating a Dead Horse with Efficiency and SpiteMade by smart, talented comedy people and starring smart, talented comedy people, They Came Together is a dumb movie. It’s built on dumb ideas […]
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Carmen Lynch on Translating Comedy from English to Spanish and an […]New York-based comedian Carmen Lynch didn’t come to the city planning to do standup, but she’s been at it for more than a decade. She’s […]
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Trying to Keep Up with the Unstoppable J.B. SmooveJ.B. Smoove is a force to be reckoned with. The quick-witted, high-energy standup, actor, and writer, known for his role as Leon on Curb Your […]
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Talking to Nick Frost About Dance, Passion, and ‘Cuban Fury’Nick Frost is putting himself out there. Just as his Cornetto Trilogy collaborators Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg are working on their own […]
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Talking to Jillian Bell and Charlotte Newhouse About Their Comedy Central […]Jillian Bell and Charlotte Newhouse’s Comedy Central web series Idiotsitter wraps up this week, with the series possibly seeing its odd couple […]
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Jason Bateman Gleefully Gets Away with Rule-Breaking in ‘Bad Words’Bad Words, an inappropriate exercise in audacity starring Jason Bateman, works exceedingly well if you’d laugh at a full-grown adult with life […]
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Andy Daly’s New Show ‘Review’ Is Sharp and Full of Promise
“Life. It’s literally all we have. But is it any good?”
Last night, this so very critical question was posed by Andy Daly’s earnest and […]
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Inside ‘The Thrilling Adventure Hour’ Podcast with Ben Acker and Ben […]
The LA-based monthly short-form comedy and variety show The Thrilling Adventure Hour is entering its ninth year in March, and as a […]
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‘Key & Peele’ Showrunners Ian Roberts and Jay Martel Talk the Third […]Key & Peele wraps up its third season next week, and the dynamic sketch show continues to work like a well-oiled machine, delivering an […]
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Talking to Mike Birbiglia About Retiring ‘My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend’ and […]Mike Birbiglia isn’t in love with standup comedy, and he’s not exactly hot on the one-man show either. The workman-like storyteller says […]
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How to Make a Successful Web Series with Natasha LeggeroOn the spectrum of conceptual talk shows, Natasha Leggero’s Tubbin’ with Tash, which debuted last month on the YouTube channel JASH, is […]
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Talking to Jason Mantzoukas About ‘The League’, Improv, and Playing […]Jason Mantzoukas is known for playing the crazy man, and he couldn’t be happier. The UCB-trained improviser, actor, and writer is most known […]
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Talking to Rob Corddry About ‘Childrens Hospital’The season finale of Childrens Hospital airs tomorrow night at midnight on Adult Swim, and for the show’s first half-hour episode, creator Rob […]
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Talking to David Gordon Green About ‘Prince Avalanche,’ Getting Dumped, […]What exactly a David Gordon Green movie is is a little hard to pin down these days. Before he directed episodes of Eastbound and Down or stoner […]
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Talking to Michael Cera and Sebastian Silva About ‘Crystal Fairy,’ Chile, […]Michael Cera’s been up to a lot lately. Between popping up on Burning Love as a mild-mannered guy with a significant nut allergy, reprising his […]
