AUSTIN – Day three of the Moontower Comedy Festival showered audiences with far more outstanding talent than rain, though both made appearances all over the city. Much more astonishing than water falling from the sky – a true Texas rarity – was the hodgepodge of megastar...
The long-awaited series premiere of Kroll Show, the brainchild of comedian Nick Kroll, goes down tonight at 10:30 pm ET on Comedy Central, after the season premiere of Workaholics. And in honor of this television event and in honor of one of the most diverse talents in the world...
On Doug Benson's The Benson Interruption podcast, the usually-stoned comedian brings his comedy friends in to do stand-up while he routinely interrupts them as he pleases. It's so fun, Comedy Central made a show out of it in 2010! Well, in the most recent episode, comedian...
AUSTIN – First of all, major kudos are due to the organizers of the first annual Moontower Comedy & Oddity Fest for refraining from naming their all-female stand-up show “Taco Party.” (It must have been especially hard to resist, considering that this lineup was...
Daily BR!NK, a site dedicated to profiling up and coming innovators -- think Internet developers, quirky foodsmiths, activists, scientists and the like -- dedicated a week to the types of folks we're obsessed with 24/7-- comedians. And they obviously did their research, choosing...
During Adult Swim's upfront presentations this morning, the network announced The Heart, She Holler, starring Patton Oswalt, will become a series. The show also stars comedian Heather Lawless, who comedy nerds may know as a member of sketch group Variety Shac, (Chelsea Peretti,...
AUSTIN-- The penultimate night of SXSW festivities began with a one-two-three punch: three comedy shows, one venue, one night. It was also the first evening of comedy shows for the music segment of the festival, the interactive segment having shut down last Tuesday. So, instead...
South by Southwest announced its comedy lineup on Feb. 17-- a list that boasts the likes of Michael Ian Black, Marc Maron and John Oliver. But, tonight we're hearing things are about to get even better in Austin from March 11 - 20, because of the addition of a stellar handful of...
MONTREAL -- Hey, all. I just wanted to post this quick video I shot a few minutes ago. Bo Burnham (who's doing a series of headlining shows this week) and Chelsea Peretti (who was just named one of 10 Comics to Watch by Variety) just hanging out chatting outside the Hyatt --...
