Katla McGlynn | Writer

HBO • 25th February 2020

Whitmer Thomas on 'The Golden One' as a Musical and the Best Advice He's Ever Gotten

With The Golden One, Whitmer Thomas does more than turn music, comedy and documentary into his first HBO special: He also takes a trip back in time.

HBO • 17th January 2020

The Sweet Sounds of Susie Presented by Curb Your Enthusiasm

A promo I wrote for the Susie Green album I worked on for Season 10 of Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO.

Vulture • 27th December 2019

207 Unforgettable Comedy Moments From the 2010s

The 2010s were an incredibly active and transitional decade for comedy.

HBO • 2nd October 2019

Gary Gulman on the Long Road to ‘The Great Depresh’ and His Tips for Struggling Writers

Before comedian Gary Gulman could get to The Great Depresh, his first HBO special and first new hour of comedy in four years, he had to come back from the abyss of mental illness that threatened his career.

HBO • 26th August 2019

Julio Torres Talks My Favorite Shapes, Daisy Duck and His Advice For An Octagon

In his first hour-long comedy special, My Favorite Shapes, comedian and Los Espookys star and creator Julio Torres explores his various objects of affection in a way no comedian ever has: via futuristic conveyor belt.

Vulture • 1st May 2019

23 Comedy Bang! Bang! Guests Reveal Their Favorite Moments From the Podcast

“The first thing I thought was, No one’s going to listen to this,” said Tom Lennon, remembering the first episode of Comedy Bang! Bang! (then Comedy Death-Ray) recording ten years ago, live from a small recording studio at Indie 103.1. At the time, he...

Vulture • 27th March 2019

17 Comedians Share the Lessons They Learned the Hard Way

You could argue that when it comes to doing comedy — or any art form you can only perfect by doing it live, in front of others, over and over — that all lessons are learned the hard way. After all, there’s only so much that mentors, managers, or...

Vulture • 13th November 2018

38 Comedians You Should and Will Know

Vulture has been making this list, in one form or another, since 2013, always with an eye on giving readers their first look at their future comedic obsessions — be it Bo Burnham, Broad City, Michelle Wolf, Phoebe Robinson, or Thomas Middleditch. And...

Vulture • 8th November 2018

Conan O’Brien Doesn’t Want to ‘Kill Time’ With His New Half-Hour Show

After 25 years in late night, Conan O’Brien wants to make sure he never has to run out the clock on his career. With a multi-city live tour, a new podcast in the works, another installment of his internationally famed Conan Without Borders specials in...

Vulture • 5th November 2018

Get to Know Stand-up Nore Davis

At the release party for comedian Nore Davis’s album Too Woke last week, friends and fans gathered to see sets from Phoebe Robinson, Damien Lemon, and Petey Deabreu at a gallery in a converted warehouse in East Williamsburg, sipping on free sparkling...

Vulture • 26th September 2018

61 BoJack Horseman Jokes You Probably Missed in Season 5

The beauty of Netflix’s BoJack Horseman lies in its ability to weave the heartbreaking with the whimsical. The show’s dark, rethink-your-whole-life story lines around its anti-hero unfold with a chaser of silly, animal-pun-filled background jokes and...

Vulture • 27th July 2018

Andy Kindler Roasts Chris Hardwick, Louis C.K., Roseanne, and More at Just For Laughs

Andy Kindler delivered his 23rd annual State of the Industry address at Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival on Friday, bringing his tradition of roasting the biggest names in comedy (as well as himself) back for another round of schadenfreude and inside jokes.

Vulture • 29th June 2018

Matt Walsh, Sasheer Zamata, and More on Their Favorite Del Close Marathon Memories

For many years in the hot, sweaty, labyrinthian basement below Gristedes that was the Upright Citizens Brigade’s Chelsea theater, throngs of improvisers and onlookers have gathered to perform, party, and watch the chaos of the UCB’s annual Del Close...

HuffPost • 19th June 2018

How 'Fury' Fueled Hannah Gadsby's Stand-Up Revolution

In her Netflix special “Nanette,” the Australian comic is undeniably angry with her industry: “If your only responsibility is to make people laugh, then get off television.”

Vulture • 6th June 2018

30 Comedians Give Advice to Their Younger Selves

When photographer Mindy Tucker first started regularly photographing comedians in New York in 2008, she saw it as a way to hang out with her friends and hone her art skills. But over the last decade, Tucker has built a reputation as the official...

21st March 2018

How Legendary TV Writer Nell Scovell Thinks We Should Treat Workplace Harassment

“Can I try out some jokes on you?” Nell Scovell asks us backstage at 92Y before her interview with Last Week Tonight’s John Oliver about her new memoir, Just the Funny Parts … And a Few Hard Truths About Sneaking Into the Hollywood Boys’ Club. She...

Vulture • 19th December 2017

What The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Gets Right About Early Stand-up Comedy

Comedy may still be a male-dominated industry, but stand-up as we know it wasn’t solely pioneered by men. Women like Phyllis Diller and Joan Rivers helped define the stand-up scene in the 1950s and ’60s, and played a pivotal role in the medium’s...

Vanity Fair • 29th November 2017

Comic Chaos Reigns at the U.C.B. Chelsea’s Final Night

Just after 11 p.m. at the Upright Citizens Brigade’s Chelsea theater, 15 performers crowded the stage, the tone solemn and ceremonial. One man wore a garbage bag and no shoes; another, a black turtleneck and demonic eyeliner. A third held an unboxed...

Vulture • 19th November 2017

The Highs and Lows of HBO’s Night of Too Many Stars

At the end of Saturday’s Night of Too Many Stars benefit show, Jon Stewart summed up this year’s star-studded event as “funny, touching, chaotic. Like life.” He’s not wrong. This time, the “bi-occasional” comedy night that raises money for autism...

Vulture • 1st October 2017

SNL Season Premiere Recap: Ryan Gosling Can’t Stop Laughing

Saturday Night Live kicks off season 43 with new faces, new writers, and a backlog of topical comedy to catch up on, but it was host Ryan Gosling’s charms and tendency to giggle his way through sketches that made for a familiarly charming season...