Though Janeane Garofalo does indeed maintain no social media presence, she is definitely a comedian that you need to follow, however that can accomplished.
Luckily, this brand new comedy special If I May, now streaming at Seeso, makes that a little bit easier.
Here are two little morsels just in case you forgot how much of a delight Garofalo can be.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
SNL’s Pete Davidson will be showing off what brought him into the spotlight in the first place, stand-up (which then led to SNL).
He has a whole hour long stand-up special coming on Comedy Central, Pete Davidson: SMD premiering this Saturday, October 29th at 11PM.
Get a taste of Pete not in costume or character, but just himself dissing on Staten Island in this preview clip.
As Louis CK wrote in his e-mail announcing the release of his special, many comedians that started out in Boston see Barry Crimmins as a sort of godfather in the Boston comedy scene.
You’ve might have heard of Crimmins from the much lauded, powerful documentary, Call Me Lucky, by Bobcat Goldthwait. He is also held in such hard regard in Boston comedy for so many years. In fact, it’s almost crazy to think that this is his first live comedy special.
CK adds, “Barry is a legend. A great mind, an author and activist and political satirist. He has been an important voice of passion and reason since the 1970s. He has stood before thousands of audiences of every size and type and told them the truth with wit and wisdom, with anger and compassion. Barry was a towering example to me when I started doing standup at age 18. He fostered the comedy scene that I cut my teeth on and later became my friend. More than all of that, I am his fan. I love his voice. He makes me laugh. He’s always right. There has NEVER been another comic like him.”
So, with that all of said, you can now get Whatever Threatens You, shot this summer in Lawrence, Kansas by CK himself for just $5.
Tonight’s a night for specials.
The latest episode of The Half Hour features the half hour stand-up special of Matthew Broussard. That airs at midnight on Comedy Central.
On Fusion, they have an entire block of specials starting with an docu-special about income inequality with Chris Cubas called Chris Gets Money at 5PM PDT. Following that, The Onion Presents Iconic Images of Election 2016 airs at 6PM PDT and Bassem Youssef’s own comedy docu-special Muslim Invasion at 6:30PM PDT.
OK, you’ve got your Friday TV watching cut out for you.
Just to be clear, it’s a stand-up special that you should definitely go watch and nothing else.
Jena’s first comedy special has just started streaming at Seeso. If you need a palate cleanser from the words of a “nasty man”, this would be the perfect thing to watch right now.
For this TV special, Bert Kreischer is in the relative safety of stage at a theater during a stand-up taping as opposed all the other crazy things that reality TV has made him do.
That being said, he stays on brand in this promo with taking his shirt off.
Bert Kreishcher: The Machine premieres on Showtime on Friday, November 11th.
Midnight on Comedy Central.
The latest hour of stand-up to come from the one of the best comedians of our time, Kyle Kinane, is having its world premiere tonight. So, wherever you are, we’d hope that you tune in because Kinane’s stand-up is probably better than whatever else you have going on.
This week’s pairing of Comedy Central’s The Half Hour brings 22-23 minutes of heat from Naomi Ekperigin, who might have recently seen on Late Night, and Ahmed Bharoocha who has been one of our favorites for awhile now.
You can catch their half hours respectively at 12AM and 12:30AM tonight on Comedy Central.
Here’s this Ekperigin bit on becoming a Jewish wife if you’re still undecided with your plans tonight.
Chris Rock Will Do Two Comedy Specials at Netflix for $40 Million
How often will Netflix be outspending HBO?
When it comes to Chris Rock comedy specials, it almost went without saying that HBO was the place that it would be.
That all changed today with Rock reportedly getting a $40 million deal for two comedy specials.
The times have indeed changed and Netflix not only is gaining in on HBO prestige with their increasing number of critically acclaimed and award winning series and specials, but it seems like they’ve got the money to keep this pace up.
This deal puts Rock on the Forbes list for top earning comedians for the next two years by the way.
Above all, we’re happy to hear that the latest stand-up from Chris Rock will be two new hours rather than just a host monologue or a couple of minutes as an awards show presenter.
Joe DeRosa Is Taping His Comedy Central Hour Special at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery Tomorrow
It’s free to go and you won’t have to be worrying about hearing the sound of an outdoor movie.
Oh, also, Joe DeRosa is so damn hysterical and you absolutely shouldn’t miss him taping an hour long comedy special.
There is a taping at 7:30PM and 9:30PM and you can reserve your tickets at the link above.
It’s a wonderful time of a year anytime that a new hour of stand-up comedy from Kyle Kinane is set to come out. Fortunately, his latest special, Loose in Chicago, is set for its premiere this Saturday at midnight on Comedy Central.
There is still the majority of the week to get through before then, so here are three whole preview clips, one video and two audio (via The Laugh Button) that will see you through until Saturday night. Bits on the whitest thing he’s ever said, gun control, and testing people’s morality are, as you might suspect, pretty damn great.
This is another example that shows that Mike Birbiglia has one of the best independent business models in comedy that integrates live touring, books, comedy specials, movie adaptations, etc.
Over the last few years, Birbiglia has very successfully performed, adapted, and released My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend, Sleepwalk with Me and Don’t Think Twice in various platforms and media.
Birbiglia is now on to his latest comedy special, almost like clockwork, that will cap off the nationwide tour of “Thank God for Jokes. The special will start streaming on Netflix sometime next year.
For now, if you’re in Brooklyn/NYC, you can get tickets for the taping that’s happening on November 4th & 5th at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Harvey Theater.
Well, it might be just perfect timing for a new election themed special from Robert Smigel and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog as the almost 64 million people that watched last night’s presidential debate are still trying to stop their head from spinning.
Triumph’s Election Watch 2016 just started streaming on Hulu over the weekend and not only focuses on Trump and Hillary, but Gary “Aleppo Moment” Johnson.
If you have a Hulu account (remember Hulu isn’t free at all anymore), you can watch it here.
That’s right Comedy Central has a feature length film’s worth of stand-up tonight as two episodes of The Half Hour will also be joined by Lewis Black’s new hour special.
Specifically, the three specials will premiere on Comedy Central as follows:
Lewis Black: Black to the Future 10PM
The Half Hour: Mike Recine 12AM
The Half Hour: Jacqueline Novak 12:30AM
If you want a bit of a preview of each special, here’s Jacqueline dissecting the idea of “apple women”, Lewis Black talking about the unbelievable notion that some people won’t be voting next month, and Mike wondering about the absence of songs about fighting couples being mistaken.
This week’s edition of Comedy Central’s The Half Hour features half hour stand-up specials from Nick Turner and Martha Kelly.
Specifically, it’ll be Martha’s special at 12AM and Nick’s at 12:30AM tonight on Comedy Central.
We’re not sure if this was done intentionally or not, but Nick’s preview clip deals with one dog and Martha’s deals with four cats and one dog. Is it forecasting a sort of raining cats and dogs jokes? Guess you’ll have to tune in tonight to find out.
This is in addition to upcoming specials that have already been announced for Deon Cole, Dan Soder, Kyle Kinane, Big Jay Oakerson, Jordan Klepper, Trevor Moore, and Pete Davidson.
Comedy Central has got the next several months of stand-up specials lined up
Lewis Black’s Black to the Future is actually being taped tonight and will premiere next month on Friday, October 7th.
The hour specials from Mark Normand (which will be presented by Amy Schumer) and Roy Wood Jr. are set to premiere in 2017.
Looking at this slate of specials, has to wonder if there’s another special from Bridget Everett, Nikki Glaser, etc. in the works over at Comedy Central.
Vimeo continues to be on brand with their high-minded picks in comedy.
John Early and Kate Berlant are working on their own short form series that will be released exclusively on Vimeo, which doesn’t need any more details to get you intrigued. You’ve probably seen them do work solo on Netflix’s Characters and together in such works as Dinner Party.
While Trevor Noah is making waves as the host of The Daily Show, South Africa has another comedy export coming our way in the form of a stand up special from another one of their biggest comedians, Loyiso Gola. Set to tape next week on Wednesday, September 28th at House of Yes in Brooklyn. Tickets available here.
We’re going to keep our fingers crossed that Vimeo’s only going to keep goind down this road of making their own comedy.
This week’s edition of Comedy Central’s The Half Hour will feature the comedy stylings of Ali Saddiq and Cy Amundson, making for a night of very pointed observational comedy.
You can see so with this preview of Ali’s bit about Father’s Day and Cy’s bit about social media disconnecting us all, then watch Ali’s special at 12AM and Cy’s right after at 12:30AM all on Comedy Central.
Doug Stanhope’s latest stand-up special, No Place Like Home, is now streaming exclusively over at Seeso. It’s a good reason to get Seeso, but, if you’re stubborn, it’ll come out in other formats in a few months.
It’s Doug’s first special shot in Bisbee, AZ, where Doug currently lives, which should clue you in on his personal he wanted to be with this brand new hour.
You can see for yourself how personal he gets in this clip where he talks about the state of mental health care in this country through the perspective of his girlfriend Bingo.
Doug Stanhope’s latest stand-up special No Place Like Home is definitely one that we’re impressed that Seeso landed.
From the looks of this preview clip, where Stanhope dissects the concept of poverty, you should definitely be glad you have/get Seeso to watch it.
No Place Like Home starts streaming on September 15th at Seeso.
This weekend of Comedy Central’s The Half Hour will be one that will be definitely full of tomfoolery and we can’t wait.
Aparna Nancherla’s special is at 12AM and Nate Fernald’s is right after at 12:30AM on Comedy Central.
This weekend’s edition of The Half Hour on Comedy Central will feature Nate Fernald and his hijinks-laden comedy.
Get a taste of his mischief here before the premiere tomorrow night at 12:30AM right after Aparna Nancherla’s half hour.
Kyle Kinane’s New Special “Loose in Chicago” to Premiere on October 15th
Mark your calendars everyone as a new hour from Kyle Kinane is almost annual event that you’ll never want to miss.
Again, that’s Saturday, October 15th on Comedy Central.