Comedy

As Saturday Night Live’s “resident young person” for the last two seasons and the show’s first cast member to have been born in the ‘90s (he’s just 22!), you’d think that stand-up comedian and actor Pete Davidson would be all jokes about weed and dick pics. And yeah, maybe he’s…

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in issue #152 (December 2013) in advance of Michael O’Connell’s Comedians with Disabilities Act performance at Sacramento Comedy Spot. O’Connell passed away on June 29, 2016, so we wanted to re-visit this interview to remember one of the brightest stars of the local comedy…

Sacramento comedian Johnny Taylor straight up puts in work. Known for his self-deprecating and lovably sarcastic style, the dude is literally always playing gigs, both in town and on the road, and he’s never not writing—for proof, join his 128K followers on Twitter (@hipsterocracy) for a daily dose of LOLZ….

Many of you already know Chris Tucker as Detective James Carter from the hilarious Rush Hour films. Unless you’ve been living under a rock (and that’s totally cool with us here at Submerge if that is your thing), you’d be hard-pressed to have missed his face. The quick-witted actor is…

Do you want to be a part of comedy history? Well, here’s your chance! Two ridiculously funny local comics, Robert Berry and Chris Emery, will be hosting a live album taping on Friday, May 20 at Sacramento Comedy Spot, and tickets are only $12 so come on out and laugh…

Those who haven’t heard of Cedric The Entertainer, Eddie Griffin, D.L. Hughley, George Lopez and Charlie Murphy probably live in a cave and have no friends. For one night only, these talented and wildly popular comedians will descend upon Sacramento’s Sleep Train Arena to make audiences roar with laughter. Eddie…

In most circumstances, political dysfunction lends itself beautifully to the joke-writing comedian. It’s a plucking ground for material that elicits strong feelings among a large audience, so it’s ripe for comedic dissection. But for Hari Kondabolu, in this particular moment, it’s almost too much to keep up with. He’s recording…

Positively Pauly Scene: It’s 1990 or 1991. You are a pop-culture sponge, spending long hours in front of the television set, beginning to notice the opposite sex, starting to cultivate your own sense of individuality. You are listening to bitchin’ music. You are amazed and annoyed, elated and embarrassed by…

When someone like Jay Leno calls you “the future of comedy,” you know you’re doing something right. Los Angeles-based writer, actor and comedian Cameron Esposito has received so much praise over the last year or so that we’re starting to wonder if maybe she paid off all the press. Either…

The Power of the Laugh Ben Gleib has an almost exhaustive list of accomplishments. In the past 15 years or so, he has worked tirelessly as a stand-up comedian, actor, political commentator for NPR and CNN (to name a few), and most recently, the host of television game show, Idiotest….