Candid Stand-Up Comedian Interviews & Reviews

Hop For Pop talks to comedians about what really happens behind the mic: how a joke gets written, why a set bombs, and what it takes to keep going. Learn how stand-up comedy works from the people who do it, and read our honest comedy reviews and Edinburgh Fringe 2026 coverage, from the team behind The Comics Unseen.

Comedy Interviews

Krystyna Hutchinson and Corinne Fisher Have Never Missed a Friday in 13 Years

October 5, 2026

Comedy Interviews

The $10 Joke That Started Larry Charles's Improbable Career

October 1, 2026

Comedy Interviews

From a Boy Scout Campfire to the Olympia Paris: John Achkar's Unlikely Rise

September 13, 2026

Comedy Interviews

Armageddon Out Of Here: Tom Johnson's Celebration of Humanity at Its Absolute Worst

September 1, 2026

Comedy Ed Fringe 2026

Tori Morancay: The French Girl Who Turned a Unicycle Disaster Into Stand-Up

September 1, 2026

Comedy Via Experience

Comedy Lessons

How Comedians Actually Write Jokes: 25 Comics Explain Their Process

October 5, 2026

We ask almost every comedian we interview the same question: how do you write a joke? No two have given the same answer. One writes by hand and finishes on a keyboard. One scores every punchline out of five in a spreadsheet. One says creative block does not exist, and one…

Comedy Comedy Lessons

Andy Kaufman: Why Comedians Still Can't Stop Talking About Him

October 5, 2026

Andy Kaufman died in 1984, at thirty-five. Most of the comedians we interview were children then, or not yet born. He still comes up more often than almost anyone. We ask a comedian about their influences, or about a character they play, or about losing a room, and within a…

Comedy Lessons

Comedy in Translation: How 11 Comedians Made Being an Outsider Their Act

October 5, 2026

A joke is a small agreement between two people who share a language, a set of references and an idea of what is normal. Take one of those away and the joke has to be built again. Over the past year we have interviewed comedians who perform in their second language, comedians…