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Michael Ian Black is nervous (again). Two days after our interview, he’s scheduled to appear in Brooklyn at a women’s empowerment conference hosted by the New York Times.
Michael Ian Black began his career with The State, a sketch comedy troupe he co-founded at New York University in 1988, which went on to have a successful run on MTV.
Michael Ian Black began his career performing deeply absurdist comedy with his legendary sketch group The State and the besuited comedy trio Stella. Now, among other things, he’s a weekly ...
Michael Ian Black Published Feb. 14 2024 4:42AM EST opinion Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast ...
Comedian Michael Ian Black believes there is a much bigger issue surrounding gun violence and the recent school shooting in Florida, which left 17 people dead.
Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter, the comedy tandem we were first introduced to in the early 90s as members of " The State," a highly influential comedy troupe that has given us some of the ...
Comedian and author Michael Ian Black reflects on starting the very first "Twitter war," redefining masculinity, and his podcast inspired by the Thomas Hardy novel, Jude The Obscure.
Michael Ian Black also defended C.K., but apologized later for it. On Tuesday night, Che, whose posts about C.K. were later deleted, wrote that he found it comical that some people were aghast ...
Michael Ian Black and the Art of Debate As the 2016 presidential election quickly approaches, many people’s eyes are set on the debates. In timely fashion, Seeso is rolling out its […] ...
Hosted by Michael Ian Black and written and executively produced by Aparna Nancherla, Debate Wars offers comedians a chance to perform outside of their regular stand-up routines.