Director Jim O’Hanlon’s film looks like ‘Downton Abbey’ or ‘Gosford Park’ but sounds like ‘The Naked Gun’ or ‘Blazing Saddles.’ ...

Ronny Chieng, Gary Gulman and other comics are experimenting with long buildups that can be audacious … when they work. By Jason Zinoman A joke can be broken down into two sections: The setup, which ...

For Jay Leno, comedy is timeless. "Comedy hasn’t changed. It's exactly the same thing. It doesn’t change. Things come in and out," the former "Tonight Show" host told Fox News Digital. "If I showed ...

A comedy routine often benefits from a straight man. When Carl Reiner died, in 2020, the Times noted that, as the foil to the likes of Sid Caesar and Mel Brooks, he had “specialized in portraying the ...

Comedy isn’t “jokes.” And it isn’t “humor,” either. Well, it is, but it’s so many more things, too. Comedy is the word to describe that amorphous, precious, sacred moment of connection between two ...

The self-made comedy renaissance man used sketch comedy as a vehicle to find success on BET, social media, books and touring.

In what seems to be the series finale of Apple’s smash-hit football show, Ted Lasso, there are perhaps three mushy, heartstring-yanking scenes for every one mild joke. HBO’s Barry definitively ...

Katt Williams’ recent interview on Shannon Sharpe’s “Club Shay Shay” podcast has gone viral for a handful of soundbites and revelations made by the comedian. Williams made his film debut playing Money ...