John Mulaney is officially returning to the stage. On Tuesday the beloved stand-up,
Saturday Night Live alum, and star of Netflix’s
Big Mouth and
John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch announced a five-day residency at New York’s City Winery from May 10 through May 14, marking his first foray into live comedy since a stay in rehab late last year.
In November of 2020, Mulaney briefly joined the writing staff of his former
Saturday Night Live colleague and friend
Seth Meyers’s television show,
Late Night With Seth Meyers. “I cannot stress enough how grateful I am for the job,” Mulaney told
Whanganui s Kajun Campbell Brooking wins Central North Island Raw Comedy Quest
5 May, 2021 05:00 AM
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Kajun Campbell Brooking employed some mind games during last week s competition. Photo / Supplied
Mike Tweed is a multimedia journalist at the Whanganui Chroniclemichael.tweed@nzme.co.nzWhangaChron
Whanganui comedian Kajun Campbell Brooking has taken out this year s Raw Comedy Quest Central North Island competition. Brooking made his comedy debut in the same competition last year, and he said nerves weren t so much of an issue this time around. I was just looking around watching everyone else sh t their pants instead, it was good, Brooking said.
The episode of Crossfire, which aired in 2004, shows Stewart telling Carlson that regarding "a responsibility to the public discourse," he had "failed miserably."
Comedy Festival review: Paul Williams, In The Moonlight
5 May, 2021 08:49 AM
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By: Ethan Sills
Anyone who has seen Paul Williams on screen will likely recognise him as either Guy Williams brother, or in the sidekick role on the local Taskmaster – on which Guy Williams was a contestant. Yet he has his own unique comedic brand, a style that doesn t quite adapt to the panel shows that suit his brother more; one that s reliant on music and a generated atmosphere more so than your usual stand-up hour.
That awkward vibe was established early in his new Comedy Festival show, In The Moonlight, when Williams director, Sanjay, shows up to open the show as Paul s understudy, kicking the stand for the background screen and leaving it that way for the entire show.
How Important Is Free Speech?
What does freedom of speech mean to you? That’s the question that we’re tackling on The 77 Percent this week. We talk to young people around Africa about why they think it’s important to speak up.
The 77 Percent host Edith Kimani in Kampala
We meet a young man in Kampala, who was detained and tortured for his support of opposition leader Bobi Wine. We meet Zimbabwean comedians who are using humor to address difficult topics. We talk to a group of feminists who have started a radio show in Juba and in South Africa, an activist tells us why we should hold politicians to account.