Written by: Joseph Santiago

Louis C.K. has already visited many New York City coffee shops on the show Louie, so it only makes sense to visit the mecca itself, Portlandia.

Recently Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein wrapped up their production of season six of Portlandia. There ha been photos of stand up comedian Louis C.K. during the filming, and IFC has confirmed that stand up comedian Louis C.K. will be guest starring in Portlandia show this upcoming year:

Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein both posted photos of themselves hanging out with Louis on social media last week. Steve Buscemi is also there! read more

Written by: Joseph Santiago

The Magazine Time Out London recently added Doug Standhope top 10 favorite stand up comedians. Doug Standhope would definitely make a lot of comics top ten list. He’s considered to be the very best stand up comic performing today.

He is unapologetic, abrasive, politically polarizing and highly opinionated. His twitter profile says ‘Drunk, comedian, obsolete” and at any given time, at least one of those is wrong.

Doug Standhope top ten comedians include some heavy hitters Dave Attell, Neil Hamburger, Junior Stopka, and Sean Rouse. Stanhope calls Rouse a “master craftsman” and “madly original.” Attell comes in at number 7, but that doesn’t stop Stanhope from calling him the “greatest comedian ever.” Coming in at number 2 on the list, Doug praises Steve Rannazzisi, calling him a heroic survivor of 9/11. Maybe the news hasn’t reached London yet but someone might want to go back and get a new quote on that one. Although Stanhope’s list focuses mostly on comedians performing today, his number 1 is comedy legend Mitch Hedberg. read more

Written by: Joseph Santiago

STATEN ISLAND SUMMER Trailer (2015)

The lack of movies featuring Staten Island, the least populous borough of New York City has been a cross born by all former and current residents of New York’s Richmond County. Today, however, Staten Island Summer brought the borough out of the background and gave the region a spotlight. The same spotlight that’s been notoriously missing since the opening scenes of the Godfather.

There’s more to living in Staten Island than the quiet neighborhoods outside of New York City might let on at first glance. Many locals consider the relaxed, recreational vibe something to rally around. The old joke of “Gym-Tan-Laundry” isn’t so much a description of a lifestyle, but more a stereotype that needs to be gently broken. read more

Written by: Joseph Santiago

Amy Schumer is on the cover GQ’s Magazine as the cover girl posing with C-3PO.

The  female stand up comedian and star of the upcoming movie Trainwreck is dressed up in “Star Wars” Leia bikini and can be seen on the cover deep throating C-3PO finger. Inside the Magazine you’ll notice Amy Schumer laying in the the bed with both droids C-3PO and R2-D2. As C-3PO lights her cigarette and she pushes R2-D2 buttons.

GQ recently announced Amy Schumer is “The Funniest Woman in the Galaxy”. We wish that we could share more of the article from the GQ men’s magazine. They only sent these StarWars theme pics. In the press release, which features Amy Schumer getting hot & dirty with the famed Star Wars droids C-3PO on the Cover of the Men’s Magazine. read more

Written by: Joseph Santiago

The American actor and stand up comedian Bill Cosby age 77 has admitted that in 2005 that he had sleeping pills in his possession with the intent to give these young women so he could have sex with them. This is evident from the documents of a lawsuit against Cosby in 2005, which have been claimed by the US news agency AP.

PAPERS CASE IN 2005 NOW PUBLIC
Last week, the lawyer said Cosby that it would be embarrassing if those documents would be published after ten years. In response, the AP asked for publicity and got the pieces. The information comes from a case in which Cosby was accused of sexual abuse. read more

By James Lang

What happens when a billionaire pop star makes it onto the stand-up stage of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon? Well, Madonna has solved that one for us with a pathetic attempt at stand-up. The saddest part? The Tonight Show represented the pinnacle of a stand-up comic’s career; a lifetime of pinching pennies and trying to survive until the next gig.

Watch the video below and you’ll see that the act was clearly staged. Was it that she was trying to blow it so badly that it was funny? Or did she simply not prepare and thought she could just “Madonna It”? read more

By James Lang April 1, 2015

Following Jon Stewart’s departure announcement on  February 10, 2015,  Comedy Central gave the official  word  on Monday (March 30, 2015) that  Trevor Noah  would be  taking over as host for The Daily Show. Jon  Stewart has  been credited with not only developing a  top-rated show  in a tough times a lot,  but creating the  category itself.  Sure, Saturday Night Live has done their  “Weekend  Update” for a number of years, but there hadn’t been a dedicated  satirical news show prior to Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show along with its sister program The Colbert Report. So, to say that Trevor Noah has some big shoes to fill would be an absolute understatement. read more

by Hannah Chusid

I’m sitting at my desk at around noon on a Friday morning, Skyping with comedian Christian Finnegan. He has been featured on Comedy Central and on the show Are We There Yet?.

Hannah Chusid: Here I am sitting with Christian Finnegan on Skype. How are you?
Christian Finnegan: Just swell, thanks…just smashing. Just one moment of bliss after another.

HC: It’s great because we actually do have a mutual friend [my college professor], Stephen Gardner.

CF: Oh yeah, that’s right. I know him as “Cheeky” of course. He’s sort of like Dudley Moore and Arthur—only more drunk. That’s not true—he’s your teacher. He’s a very upstanding, very professional, educator of the young minds. read more

Written by: Joseph Santiago

chatting with her as she’s sipping her glass of red wine.

Hannah Chusid: Marina Franklin, your set was great. I was able to peak in.

Marina Franklin: It was very laid back tonight.

HC: Laid back? It’s a brand new club that just opened 2 nights ago.

MF: Yeah, it’s great.

HC: It’s great. It has a really great atmosphere in here. It looks like a really fancy, high-end comedy club. read more

By Leo Goodman

Most people think the only way to be a success as a comic is to be a household name.  Comics know the truth, which is that if you can support yourself doing what you love, without needing a day job, you’ve pretty much made it and anything after that is icing on the cake.  Towards that end, Jeff Lawrence has carved himself a place in the New York comedy scene . Along with performing regularly at clubs throughout the city and beyond, he also is the owner and the Director of Laughing Buddha Comedy, which encompasses the productions as well as the school giving many rising comics a chance to be seen and develop. read more