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Jesse David Fox Talks ‘Good One,’ Comedy, and Mike Birbiglia

Mike Birbiglia with Atsuko Okatsuka during the filming of Good One. Photo: Peacock Peacock’s Good One: A Show About Jokes is not your average comedy-documentary special. Over the course of seven hours of shows in Rhode Island and Washington, D.C., Vulture writer Jesse David Fox and director Eddie Schmidt capture comedian Mike Birbiglia in a… Continue reading Jesse David Fox Talks ‘Good One,’ Comedy, and Mike Birbiglia

The Brilliance of Dwayne Kennedy’s Stand-up Comedy

Photo: DWAYNEKENNEDY via YouTube “The fact that Dwayne Kennedy is not a household name is insanity,” Sarah Silverman once said. Having had the privilege of watching Kennedy develop material in person, I have to agree. When I started comedy in the late ’90s, Kennedy had returned to Chicago from Los Angeles, where he had landed a… Continue reading The Brilliance of Dwayne Kennedy’s Stand-up Comedy

Taran Killam on ‘SNL’ and His Comedy Career

Photo: Dana Edelson/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images There are few former SNL cast members more ripe for reappraisal than Taran Killam. Joining the cast in the waning days of the third golden age (the Wiig-Hader-Sudeikis-Samberg years), Killam served as a key link and torchbearer for the show before Kate McKinnon and Cecily Strong began… Continue reading Taran Killam on ‘SNL’ and His Comedy Career

Laurie Kilmartin’s ‘Cis Woke Grief Slut’ Comedy Clip

As the author of the 2012 New York Times best-selling book Sh*tty Mom: The Parenting Guide for the Rest of Us, comedian and former Conan writer Laurie Kilmartin is no stranger to mining material from the trials of parenting. It should come as no surprise to her fans, then, that one of the best bits… Continue reading Laurie Kilmartin’s ‘Cis Woke Grief Slut’ Comedy Clip

11 Signs You’re Watching an Edgy Comedy Special

Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Netflix Though Dave Chappelle and Ricky Gervais insist they are offending you in novel, culturally meaningful ways, the Edgy Comedy Special has been a genre mainstay for years, dating back to Joe Rogan’s Triggered, Chris D’Elia’s Incorrigible, and years of work from Bill Maher. It’s a type of special that insists it’s being offensive and… Continue reading 11 Signs You’re Watching an Edgy Comedy Special

Upcoming Lineups for Vulture’s Comedy Show Pretty Major

Pretty Major Photo: Vulture Vulture and Union Hall are yet again bringing back the best (bi-)weekly comedy showcase in Brooklyn town. Pretty Major is slated to return to its slot on every other Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. Each show, hosts Jay Jurden, and Zach Zimmerman welcome a lineup of hot comedians (in terms of both… Continue reading Upcoming Lineups for Vulture’s Comedy Show Pretty Major

Funny Videos of December 2023: Most Hilarious Comedy Videos

Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: @brianjoralvarez, Likely Stories/Harry Shearer, @chrisfluming, @iam_cking, @victoriapand, @payphone.rodeo, @montessori.boy, @jttsuchiya, @@Colinoscopy/Variety, @zachariahporter, No Budge Each month, many funny videos are posted to every corner of the internet — from Twitter and Instagram to Vimeo and sometimes other weird places we’ll have trouble embedding. Because you’re busy living your life, you might miss… Continue reading Funny Videos of December 2023: Most Hilarious Comedy Videos

The Best Comedy Moments of 2023

Photo-Illustration: Franziska Barczyk; Photos: Netflix, Patti Perret/Orion, Jonathan Browning/Netflix, Marcus Russell Price/Netflix With the glut of stand-up, television, movies, podcasts, social media, and live performance, there’s never been more comedy produced on a week-to-week basis. 2023 saw a dramatic increase in stand-up specials, a resurgence of successful hard-comedy movies like No Hard Feelings and Bottoms at… Continue reading The Best Comedy Moments of 2023

David Fincher’s ‘The Killer’ Could’ve Been a Great Comedy

There’s a thin line between self-reflection and self-parody, and The Killer, starring Michael Fassbender, comes dangerously close to crossing it a few too many times. Photo: Netflix The time for mothballing the philosophical hitman subgenre has long come and gone, but David Fincher’s The Killer might revive the debate all over again. Filled with expertly composed sequences… Continue reading David Fincher’s ‘The Killer’ Could’ve Been a Great Comedy