Today in parallel thinking: 7 sketch comedy videos honoring a dying man’s last request
A new season of SNL also brings other comedians out of the woodwork to say, "Hey, I did... Read More »
Posts Tagged ‘comedy’
New York magazine’s oral history of the Upright Citizens Brigade
Over the summer, Gary Rudoren (co-author of Comedy By The Numbers) told me he had a brilliant idea... Read More »
Comedy Central launches short pilot competition with New York TV Festival
As the 2011 New York Television Festival hits its own homestretch this weekend, it has announced a new... Read More »
Photo of the Day: Comedy manager Jimmy Miller’s Hollywood billboard
Spotted in Hollywood, Calif., by noted Internet person Alex Blagg, who quipped: "This guy definitely managed to make... Read More »
Remembering 9/11 and comedy: What’s your story?
Living in New York City, it's difficult to get through a September 11 without thinking about what happened... Read More »
UCBeast open for business, Upright Citizens Brigade’s third full-time comedy venue
The Upright Citizens Brigade opened its third full-time comedy theater on Tuesday night -- its second in Manhattan... Read More »
Jon Rineman’s network TV debut on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Jon Rineman not only works on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as a writer, but he's also received... Read More »
Jimmy Carr explains his theory of how laughter is tied to evolution on “The Green Room with Paul Provenza”
In the second season finale of Showtime's The Green Room with Paul Provenza, Provenza asked Jimmy Carr to... Read More »
Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks reminisce about the “2,000-year-old Man”
On Sept. 9, 2011, HBO will broadcast a comedy special pairing Mel Brooks with Dick Cavett in conversation,... Read More »
2011 New York Television Festival includes late-night panel, world premiere of Marc Maron’s WTF pilot, more!
The New York Television Festival has unveiled its schedule for Sept. 20-24, 2011, and, aside from the traditional... Read More »