Jul 07 Watch 2:57 Jim Gaffigan explains where he finds humor By PBS News Hour Comedian and actor Jim Gaffigan says he knew immediately that his life had changed the first time he got up on stage and made fun of himself. He gives his Brief but Spectacular take on comedy as a profession. Continue watching
Jun 30 Watch 3:39 Tig Notaro explains how to make breast cancer funny By PBS News Hour Comedian Tig Notaro lost her mother, ended a long-term relationship and got diagnosed with breast cancer all in the same year. It was, she says, more than she could handle, but it also spurred a writing spree that helped her… Continue watching
Jun 16 Watch When a comedian realized she could fight Islamophobia By PBS News Hour Growing up in Palm Springs, Iranian-American Muslim comedian Negin Farsad yearned to fit in. But as she grew older amid rising Islamophobia, Farsad realized she had her own people, and she could use her comedy to do more than make… Continue watching
May 26 Watch 2:12 Funnyman Tim Heidecker wants you to stop stealing content By PBS News Hour Comedian Tim Heidecker’s style has been described by critics as absurd, offensive, disgusting anti-comedy, but Heidecker politely disagrees. What he considers not funny, however, is the theft of his and other performers’ content. Illegal downloads makes it tougher for him… Continue watching
Mar 31 Newest Smithsonian museum to acknowledge Cosby allegations By Joshua Barajas The new African-American history museum in Washington, D.C. now plans to acknowledge the dozens of sexual allegations against comedian Bill Cosby in its exhibit on black entertainers and artists, Smithsonian officials announced Thursday. Continue reading
Mar 25 Watch 3:27 Remembering the lives of Garry Shandling and Phife Dawg By PBS News Hour Two groundbreaking artists died this week. Comedian Garry Shandling, star of the Emmy-winning “The Larry Sanders Show,” and rapper Malik Taylor, who co-founded the Grammy-nominated group A Tribe Called Quest under the stage name Phife Dawg, died within two days… Continue watching
Feb 11 Watch 2:52 ‘Billy On The Street’ on the art of the ambush By PBS News Hour You may know him as "Billy On The Street" but there's more to comedian Billy Eichner than meets the eye. He gives his Brief but Spectacular take on the most difficult person he knows: himself. Continue watching
Dec 21 Presidents in cars getting coffee? Obama does Seinfeld show By Darlene Superville, Associated Press President Barack Obama will be Jerry Seinfeld's first guest when the seventh season of his online talk show, "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee," opens Dec. 30. Continue reading
Nov 09 Watch 8:29 How late night comedy became another stop on the campaign trail By PBS News Hour Donald Trump, who hosted Saturday Night Live over the weekend, is not the first politician to use late night comedy to pitch his campaign. Gwen Ifill talks to Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR… Continue watching
Oct 13 Donald Trump to host ‘Saturday Night Live’ in November By Associated Press NEW YORK -- Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will host NBC's "Saturday Night Live" next month, calling it a "great honor."… Continue reading