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David Wain’s Wet Hot American Comedy
There are two ways to describe what “Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass” is about. One is, What if someone actually tried to use…
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How Matthew Rhys Stays Hungry
Rhys and I chatted over Zoom while he was in Florence, Italy, on a “bit of a family outing” with Russell and their son. We discussed his…
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“The Invite” Is a Witty Relationship Comedy That Could Be Wilder
Wilde’s previous feature, the dystopian thriller “Don’t Worry Darling” (2022), was a through-the-looking-glass nightmare of…
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“Widow’s Bay” Sets a High Bar for Horror Comedy
A decade ago, back when Twitter was still Twitter, and writerly types gathered there to amuse one another, a Los Angeles-based…
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John Early Is Ready to Go There
I saw who you were sitting with. She was talking with Wallace Shawn, who was sitting behind me, and an usher told her, “Your seat is over…
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“The Audacity” Is a Brutal Silicon Valley Satire with an Agenda
Midway through my watch of the new tech-satire series “The Audacity,” I received an e-mail from Google that I had received many times…
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In “Kontinental ’25,” a Guilty Conscience Isn’t Enough
Jude will soon do just that. Ion has been squatting in the basement of an apartment building, which is set to be levelled to make way for…
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Chris Fleming Prances, Scuttles, and Undulates Onto HBO
Fleming’s HBO special, his first for the network, is his chance to tip into mainstream comedy after more than a decade as a cult figure.…
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Conan O’Brien Is Ready for the Oscars
The comedian and television host talks about the decline of late night, the death of Rob and Michele Reiner, and why he loves when things…
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People Are Sharing The One Picture They Can't See Without Laughing, And It's The Comedy Spiral You Need Today
After the year we've had, a little laughter has been the best cure. So, when I came across this Reddit thread where people were sharing…
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Gross-Out Comedy, But Make It Fashion: Sarah Sherman on Her Sick New Special, ‘Live + in the Flesh’
Ahead of her debut special’s release on December 12, Sherman spoke to Vogue about shooting her shot with John Waters and gender…
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Sarah Sherman Is Grosser Than You Think
Once Sherman began her set, though, storming onstage with her middle fingers raised and immediately insulting the audience (“Shut up! Fuck…
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Tim Robinson Finds Humanity—and Tests It—in “The Chair Company”
In this outline, “The Chair Company” could be a sketch premise: “guy loses it after embarrassing himself at a big meeting.” This was the…
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Esther Fallick Is Blonde, Brooklyn-Based, and Ready to Bring Comedy Back to Off-Broadway
Esther Fallick likes to call herself “Brooklyn’s finest recently blonde trans woman cabaret comedienne,” and it doesn’t take much doing to…
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Kate Berlant and Jacqueline Novak Talk with Rachel Syme
On October 24, 2025, the comedian-actors Kate Berlant and Jacqueline Novak took the stage for a discussion with the New Yorker staff…
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Sabrina Carpenter’s Comedy of Errors
Earlier this summer, the pop star Sabrina Carpenter released “Manchild,” the first single from her seventh album, “Man’s Best Friend.”…
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Adam Friedland’s Comedy of Discomforts
When CBS announced the cancellation of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” in July, a long-theorized concern came true: the late-night…
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Summer Is the Time for Off Broadway Comedy
When the political activist, comedian, and performance artist Morgan Bassichis premièred their exquisitely funny show “Can I Be Frank?” in…
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Wait, Is ‘And Just Like That’ a Surrealist Comedy Now?
Part of the appeal, of course, is that we love these characters. We’re invested in their lives, even when those lives involve a series of…
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Pee-wee Herman and the Cost of Dividing Yourself in Two
One of the pivotal turns in Paul Reubens’s life happened years before Pee-wee Herman, years before the “Playhouse,” years before the…
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“Overcompensating” Is a New Kind of Coming-Out Comedy
Benny Scanlon, the protagonist of the new comedy “Overcompensating,” is the kind of boy mothers don’t know to warn their daughters about.…
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Bill Burr Does Not Want to Talk About Politics
Journalism is not standup comedy. We’re not in the same world. So what do you think your responsibility is? My responsibility is to make…
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From the Archives: Kristen Wiig on Being a Woman to Watch in Comedy
The layers that go into her performances, however extreme, are a key to Wiig's ability to pack interest into even the lightest moment.…