Few other comedians have had as much hype behind them in recent years as Hannibal Buress. The thing is, Buress deserves every ounce of it. Over the last few years, we've watched the Chicago-bred comic establish himself as a talented writer -- having completed stints on both...
If Jon Stewart could be called the Ben Franklin of modern American satire, Lizz Winstead is certainly its Betsy Ross. Okay, sure, it’s been a little while here since ninth grade Civics class, but see if you can’t follow the logic train: while Stewart may be responsible for...
Back in 2006 I was at a summer program for teens where Jeff Dye, then a young comedian, did some motivational speaking for us. Years later he was been a finalist on Last Comic Standing, starred in his own half hour Comedy Central Presents special and appeared several times on...
Obsessing about stand-up has its advantages. Perhaps the best byproduct for a true comedy fan is that through the years, we're privy to the comedian's emotional and artistic journey-- all played out intimately onstage. And few comics' evolution has been as satisfying to witness...
By Jay (of MastersOfNone.com) Comedian and actor Steve Rannazzisi plays Kevin on FX's improv-heavy fantasy football comedy The League alongside other heavyweight comedian/actors like Nick Kroll and Jon Lajoie. And after seeing his act at the beautiful new Levity Live comedy...
Comedian Lisa Lampanelli has been a busy broad. You can see her every Sunday night on Celebrity Apprentice, she just landed a role on a new animated series for CMT and she’s getting ever-so-close to launching her one-woman Broadway show. And you can add to that, the release of...
For the last few years, comedian Jo Koy has turned into one of the country's biggest draws in the world of stand-up comedy. A fixture on Chelsea Handler's super popular nightly chat show Chelsea Lately and in the nation's best comedy clubs, Koy's latest project -- his second...
It's always a pleasure to see comedians we've been covering for years rise up through the ranks of the comedy world. And Moshe Kasher is of those people. At the end of 2009 (when we were still Punchline Magazine), we named him a Comic to Watch. And he's since made us look like...
Last week when I was in Grand Rapids taking in the second annual Gilda's Laughfest, I got a chance to catch up with Marc Maron-- in a way that seemed most natural: sitting on a clinically white sofa in front of a few cameras and surrounded by lighting rigs. We covered a lot of...
