Two weeks ago, we showed you the cover of Variety's "10 Comics To Watch" issue. The issue hits newsstands this week, so finally we can get an insight onto why Jillian Bell, Kurt Braunohler, Rob Delaney, Lil Rel Howery, Jake & Amir, Moshe Kasher, Joe Mande, Rory Scovel, and Jessica Williams are so damn watchable. Read about all of these now watched comedians here.
Amy Poehler is everyone's hero. During the "Battlestar Galactica orgy" that was the Variety Power of Comedy awards ceremony for the Noreen Fraser Foundation, she promised to use her newly awarded powers to make TV shows for women, like I Really Don't Give A Shit How Your Fantasy Football Team Is Doing, Just Take The Kids Somewhere. I'd watch that so hard. Then she gets serious and talks about the power of community in hard times. You know a speech is really good when Nick Kroll and Will Ferrell start open-mouth kissing and you're like "whatever, just let her get back to the speech already! Can't you see [...]
Sarah Colonna tweeted this picture that reveals this year's Variety "10 Comics to Watch", probably because she was super excited to be featured. Also probably excited are: Jillian Bell, Kurt Braunohler, Rob Delaney, Lil Rel Howery, Jake & Amir, Moshe Kasher, Joe Mande, Rory Scovel, and Jessica Williams. Considering its track record, this is a big break for these young comedians. Last year's list included Rebel Wilson, Amy Schumer, Harris Wittels, Chris D'Elia, and Pete Holmes and they're doing all right. The issue doesn't officially get released until 7/25, so we won't know why each was picked until then. But it's probably because they're all funny and cool and [...]
Just in time for the Montreal Just for Laughs festival this weekend, Variety has unveiled its annual list of "comics to watch." It's a list that consistently features people you're about to hear a lot more from; the last couple of years' lists featured Hannibal Buress, Aubrey Plaza, Ellie Kemper, Garfunkel and Oates, Donald Glover and Ken Jeong, amongst others. Here are this year's honorees:
-Jerrod Carmichael -Chris D'Elia -Josh Fadem -Pete Holmes -Thomas Middleditch -Tim Minchin -Amy Schumer -Rebel Wilson -Harris Wittels -Ali Wong
Tough to argue with any of those choices. Lots of very funny and [...]
In honor of John Mulaney's bit about his review of Home Alone 2 if he were a def jam comic, here is my post about John Mulaney if I were a writer for Variety:
Funnyman John Mulaney is at it again with a boffo spesh that bows Jan. 28 on Comedy Central. This solid perf from the SNL scribe is no yawner; it's a real whammo that's sure to be a click with crix and aud alike. Only a matter of time before he's wined n' dined, suited n' recruited by NBC to ink a deal to pen a scribble to jot a pilot for a multicam laffer [...]
