TV is Dead, Long Live TV. While television is rapidly decaying on the business end of things, simultaneously it is consistently evolving, more artistically challenging and even auteur-friendly, and that is partially thanks to the infiltration of comedy podcasts. Some shows try to incorporate some of the DNA of their pods to the small screen, like Comedy Bang Bang and The Nerdist, while standups like Nikki Glaser, Sara Schaefer, and Pete Holmes have parlayed their numerous hours behind podcast mics into late night hosting gigs. Maron, premiering tomorrow, would never have become a reality if it weren't for his years hosting WTF with Marc Maron, the popular interview podcast that [...]
Netflix is dropping two new hour-long stand-up specials today, one from Todd Glass and another from Moshe Kasher. Both are available on streaming. Glass's special is creatively titled Todd Glass: Stand-Up Special, while Kasher's, Live in Oakland, sees the comedian returning to his hometown for the performance. Both specials were produced by New Wave Entertainment, the same folks behind Aziz Ansari and Jim Gaffigan's recent self-releases. Todd Glass and Moshe Kasher are two funny guys, and their specials will most certainly be worth your time and worth putting up with Netflix interrupting every two minutes to buffer.
"Could James Adomian become the first man to break through as an openly gay stand-up star?" asks Jason Zinoman in his New York Times piece on contemporary gay comedians. He talks about such other notables as Gabe Liedman, Brent Sullivan, Kevin Meaney, Todd Glass, and Eliot Glazer; however, the most focus is paid to James Adomian. Maybe it's a lot of pressure to put on James but luckily he is one of the most funny and original people on the planet.
Todd Glass was on WTFpod yesterday, where he publicly came out and proceeded to have a fascinating, honest discussion with Maron about his own story, the relationship between comedy and bullying, and why we need to just accept other human beings, already. Here's one piece of his message:
Leave everybody the fuck alone. Let people do what they want. And that's why that's my bigger cause. You know the gay flag? I always thought it would be better to have another flag – not pro-gay, pro-everything. I don't give a fuck: transgender, gay, straight, you're a little feminine. That flag means we don't give a fuck who you [...]
