Comedy Dynamics announced today it has released Sasheer Zamata’s debut comedy album Pizza Mind on iTunes, Apple Music, SiriusXM, Spotify and all digital audio retailers today, with CD and VINYL to follow. Click here for the album!
Pizza Mind, Sasheer’s first full-length comedy special, originally premiered on Seeso on March 30, 2017. In it, Sasheer talks about her awkward encounters with her aging mother, the casual racism she encounters on a daily basis and why America is more like a pizza than a melting pot.
“I’m very proud of Pizza Mind and I’m so excited for people to see work that is undeniably me,” said Sasheer Zamata.
“Sasheer’s Pizza Mind is hilarious and unique. And pizza is my favorite food other than shrimp scampi,” said Brian Volk-Weiss, CEO of The Nacelle Company.
NEW YORK, June 2, 2017 – Roy Wood Jr. has been named the new host of Comedy Central’s wild storytelling series, This Is Not Happening, which will film its fourth season this weekend in Hollywood for a fall premiere on Comedy Central. Comedians scheduled to perform during the upcoming season include Louie Anderson, Sandra Bernhard, Drew Carey, Tommy Chong, Tiffany Haddish, Darrell Hammond, Lil Rel Howery, Talib Kweli, Al Madrigal, Howie Mandel, Kevin Smith and Scott Thompson, among many others.
This Is Not Happening is set to film 20 new episodes hosted by Wood Jr. in front of a live audience at Cheetahs in Hollywood June 4-7 and June 19-22 at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Tickets to This Is Not Happening tapings are free and may be requested at http://www.theblacklistnyc.com/tinh. The new season is scheduled to premiere fall 2017 on Comedy Central. This Is Not Happening originally debuted as a digital series on cc.com which will continue to feature exclusive digital stories throughout the run of the new season this fall.
The fourth season promises an impressive line-up of the best comedy storytellers including Gastor Almonte, Louie Anderson, Tone Bell, Sandra Bernhard, Joel Kim Booster, Byron Bowers, Drew Carey, Tommy Chong, Rob Christensen, Kelsey Cook, Thomas Dale, DeRay Davis, Joey Diaz, Chris Distefano, Chris Garcia, Tom Green, Tiffany Haddish, Darrell Hammond, Lil Rel Howery, Krystyna Hutchinson, Louis Katz, Martha Kelly, Kyle Kinane, Michael Kosta, Talib Kweli, Dave Landau, Jay Larson, Steve Lemme, Dave Macklovitch (of Chromeo), Kathleen Madigan, Al Madrigal, Howie Mandel, Shane Mauss, Ralphie May, Michael McDonald, Kurt Metzger, Jim Norton, Jay Oakerson, Ryan O’Neill, Sean Patton, Eddie Pepitone, Chris Porter, Chris Redd, Jessa Reed, Tom Rhodes, Rita Rudner, Yamaneika Saunders, Tom Segura, Ali Siddiq, Doug Smith, Kevin Smith, Dan Soder, Scott Thompson, Brandt Tobler, Carrot Top, Theo Von, Brooks Wheelan, Brad Williams, Harland Williams and more! (Subject to change)
In 2015, Wood Jr. became a part of “The Best F#@ing News Team” as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. He has been described by The Hollywood Reporter as “A standout,” and Entertainment Weekly called his brand of thought provoking comedy as “charismatic crankiness.” In 2016, Variety named him one of “10 Comics to Watch.” He filmed his first one-hour stand-up special, Roy Wood Jr.: Father Figure, at Center Stage in Atlanta, which premiered on Comedy Central on February 19.
This Is Not Happening was created by Ari Shaffir, Eric Abrams and Avalon’s Sam Saifer. Jeff Tomsic, Saifer, and Abrams (who serves as showrunner and director) are Executive Producers. Mark Palansky is also directing. Anne Harris and Ryan Moran are the Executives in Charge of Production for Comedy Central.
In a competitive situation, The Studio, a music-themed office comedy from Kevin Hart, and rapper-actor Tip “T.I.” Harris, has landed at Showtime for development. In addition to executive producing, Hart and T.I. are expected to make occasional guest appearances on the show, from Lionsgate TV.
Written by Aeysha Carr (Everybody Hates Chris), The Studio will chronicle the day-to-day and night-to-night antics that happen in a music recording studio, the people who work in this very unorthodox office place and the conversations you have when your peak work hours are from midnight to 6 AM, Hart, Harris and Carr executive produce with Brian Sher and 3 Arts’ Dave Becky. Lionsgate TV is the studio via its deal with Hart.
Like T.I., Hart also has a music background. The comedian, as his rapper alter ego “Chocolate Droppa,” has a record deal and released Kevin Hart: What Now? (The Mixtape Presents Chocolate Droppa), featuring the single “Baller Alert” with Migos & T.I. You can watch below a skit Hart and T.I. filmed to promote the record, a soundtrack to Hart’s documentary. T.I. also co-starred alongside Hart in Get Hard and made a cameo in Hart’s Ride Along 2.
Ride Along and Central Intelligence star Hart is set to topline The Great Outdoors, a reboot Universal is developing based on the John Hughes-scripted 1988 comedy, and has his comedy Night School at Universal, set for a 2018 release. Hart also is teaming with Lionsgate TV and Pulse Creative om Kevin Hart: What the Fit? a weekly show that will premiere on Laugh Out Loud, Hart’s VOD service with Lionsgate.
T.I. recently wrapped William H. Macy’s Krystal and will be reprising his role of Dave in Ant-Man sequel Ant-Man and the Wasp. His TV credits include Roots, Ballers and House of Lies. His popular realty series T.I & Tiny: Family Hustle ended its 100-episode, six-season run on VH1 last night.
Carr’s writing credits include Brooklyn Nine-Nine and most recently The Carmichael Show. She’s repped by Ava Greenfield at ICM Partners.
Hart is repped by Mike Berkowitz at APA, Steve Cohen at UTA, Dave Becky at 3 Arts Ent. Harris is repped by Cameron Mitchell at CAA and managed by Brian Sher at Category 5 Entertainment.
Source: Deadline
According to our sources, we hear that comedian, writer, and producer Paul Mooney has officially retired from doing stand up comedy. While this shouldn’t be too much of a shock as Mooney is now 75 years old, it seems to shock most of those who thought he would never stop doing comedy until his last breath.
It should also be noted that his announcement is not health related (he was diagnosed with prostate cancer) as Mooney did have a couple of health scares a couple of years ago, but he recovered quickly- and quietly.
If you are not familiar with Mooney, he became a ringmaster with the Gatti-Charles Circus early on in his career. During his stint as ringmaster, he always found himself writing comedy and telling jokes, which would later help Mooney land his first professional work as a writer for Richard Pryor.
Mooney wrote some of Pryor’s routines for his appearance on Saturday Night Live, co-wrote his material for the Live on the Sunset Strip, Bicentennial Nigger, and Is It Something I Said albums, and Pryor’s film Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling. As the head writer for The Richard Pryor Show, he gave many young comics, such as Robin Williams, Sandra Bernhard, Marsha Warfield, John Witherspoon, and Tim Reid, their first break into show business.
Mooney also wrote for Redd Foxx’s Sanford and Son, Good Times, acted in several cult classics including Which Way Is Up?, Bustin’ Loose, Hollywood Shuffle, and portrayed singer/songwriter Sam Cooke in The Buddy Holly Story.
He was the head writer for the first year of Fox’s In Living Color, inspiring the character Homey D. Clown, played by Damon Wayans. Mooney later went on to play Wayans’ father in the Spike Lee film Bamboozled as the comedian Junebug.
Mooney initially appeared in the sketches “Ask a Black Dude” and “Mooney at the Movies” on Comedy Central’s Chappelle’s Show. He later appeared as Negrodamus, an African American version of Nostradamus. As Negrodamus, Mooney ad-libbed the “answers to life’s most unsolvable mysteries” such as “Why do white people love Wayne Brady?” (Answer: “Because Wayne Brady makes Bryant Gumbel look like Malcolm X.”) Mooney was planning to reprise his role as Negrodamus in the third season of the Chappelle’s Show, before Dave Chappelle left the show due to stress, and it ended suddenly.
Mooney also hosted the BET tribute to Black History Month titled 25 Most @#%! Moments in Black History. In this show, he narrated some of the most shameful incidents involving African Americans since 1980. The top 25 moments included incidents involving Marion Barry, Terrell Owens, Wilson Goode, Michael Jackson, Flavor Flav, Whitney Houston, and Tupac Shakur.
Mooney released his first book, the memoir Black is the New White several years ago and slowed down performing stand-up after his cancer diagnosis.
Our source tells us that Mooney will ONLY do special dates, but he will not be on tour anymore.
Los Angeles – The acclaimed, Emmy-nominated series “Oprah’s Master Class” featuring an unprecedented first-person insight into the brilliant minds of the entertainers and public figures we love, respect and admire, returns for a sixth season with a special sneak preview with world-famous actor/comedian Kevin Hart on Saturday, June 10 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. Additional episodes to air later this summer.
One of the longest-running OWN series, “Oprah’s Master Class” has featured in-depth interviews with over 50 masters. From award-winning musicians and box-office busting actors to groundbreaking leaders, this all-new season includes such luminaries as world-famous actor/comedian Kevin Hart, Original King of Comedy and television personality Steve Harvey, civil-rights hero Congressman John Lewis, hip-hop pioneer LL Cool J, R&B legend and the “Empress of Soul” Gladys Knight, NBA champion and Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal, film and TV mogul Tyler Perry, multi-platinum singer-songwriter Usher, and Emmy-winning actress Lynn Whitfield.
Bill Cosby is alarmingly afraid of being taken advantage of by the public, in response to the alleged sexual assault controversy that’s plagued him over the past few years. According to a report, the legendary comedian and his team are concerned that someone may attempt to poison his food, which is why he refrains from staying in hotels. A source says,
He and his wife are afraid that if he stayed at a hotel, someone will find a way to poison him, put something in his food. He’s blind, so that makes him even more vulnerable to [being] poisoned or to having someone sneak into his room.
As you know, the 79-year-old entertainer has been accused of sexual assault by some 60 women. In many instances, they claim that he slipped them mickeys. Reportedly, Cosby won’t even drink from water fountains at the courthouse, opting instead of bringing his own water bottles, along with meals. He’s also concerned that someone will try to bug his room.
He’s thinking and his team is thinking, if he’s put in a hotel room, someone will find out which room he’s staying in and they’ll put a bug or a device in the room.
Bill Cosby
According to a source, the comedian also feels that some of the comedians whom he helped to build their own careers only on (ie Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Chris Rock and Sinbad) have not supported him.
Guys like Murphy, Lawrence and Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, guys that he paved the way for- they won’t offer any support.
The source adds,
He can’t even pay people to come and support him. He’s been told that agents have informed their clients that their careers would be over if they got involved. We’re not asking anyone to testify. We are asking those whom he’s helped, maybe they can call or come sit in the courtroom and see for themselves what’s happening before turning your back.
Reportedly, he also feels as if some civil-rights leaders have abandoned him.
Jesse [Jackson] claims to have forgotten Bill’s number and Al Sharpton won’t even return his phone calls. Both of them were vocal in their support of Michael Jackson and the charges against Mike involved kids. So, is this really that toxic when you compare the two? Any other time they’d at least rally to say something about innocent until otherwise proven.
Source: The Jasmine Brand
Kevin Hart used his sense of humor to his advantage while growing up in North Philadelphia.
The actor and comedian said so much during an interview with “CBS Sunday Morning” over the weekend, where he touched on topics ranging from his childhood to his current successes.
“Nobody wants to fight the funny guy,” he said while discussing his formative years.
Though, Hart told CBS’ Tracy Smith that his comedy didn’t come in handy when talking to girls.
“Girls wanna date the funny guy?” he said. “I didn’t know how to shut the funny off with women. That was my problem when I was younger.”
During his childhood, Hart’s father faced addiction while he grew up in a North Philly apartment with his mother and brother where he slept in the hallway.
“It didn’t feel small until I went over to one of my friend’s and they were doing well,” he said. “And I saw grass. ‘You got grass outside? I don’t know how you got that, that’s crazy man! You all going to play in this grass? It ain’t the school’s? Man, that’s cool!””
Now, he may be at the height of his career. Hart is the world’s highest-paid comedian, according to Forbes.
He’s slated to appear in several movies next year, including Universal Studio’s remake of “The Great Outdoors” and a comedy titled “Night School.”
Hart’s getting his own YouTube fitness show too and recently got his own day named after him in Philadelphia, which is coming up in July.
He and wife Eniko Parrish are also expecting their first child together, a baby boy.
Hart sat down with Smith to discuss his new book, “I Can’t Make This Up: Life Lessons,” which he’s promoting on June 7 at the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Central Branch.
Watch Hart’s video with CBS below:
Source: Philly Voice
In one of the funniest videos memes we have come across EVER, we were able to post this meme that we found hilarious! Watch it below a couple of times!
Here is a funny sketch from comedic actress Laila Odom titled When you’re single, with no children, and no home during tax season! Watch below;