Day: September 8, 2010

NPR's Fresh Air remembered Robert Schimmel today by replaying 14 minutes of the interview Terry Gross conducted with the late comedian in March 2008. There's something about hearing Gross ask Schimmel to describe merkins on NPR, and then hearing her giggle as he did so, that's comforting today. NPR used to include embeds for their radio broadcasts, but no more? Hmmm. Listen to Fresh Air's remembrance of Robert...

The New Yorker magazine released the schedule for its 2010 festival today, and there are a few big highlights for comedy fans, and that's not even counting ESPN's Bill Simmons, or a vampire panel that has Stephen King talking with the screenwriter for the Twilight series! Talks you might be interested in include… Oct. 1, 2010: Alec Baldwin (30 Rock, SNL host with the most) gets debriefed by Ariel Levy ($35) Oct. 2, 2010: Paul Reubens talks about Pee-wee Herman ($35) Oct. 3, 2010: Steve Carell faces his final year in The Office ($30); Seth Meyers and other SNL cast members talk with David Remnick...

The finalists from season seven of NBC's Last Comic Standing begin a North America tour tonight in Chico, Calif. Great news for Felipe Esparza, Tommy Johnagin, Roy Wood Jr., Mike DeStefano and Myq Kaplan, as well as fans of these comedians who'd like to see them live in a city near them between now and early 2011. But why can't Ticketmaster settle on one name for the tour so it's easy to get tickets? It's listed under five different names, depending upon the...