ESPN’s The Pretty Good Sports Show in NYC has a pretty intense new ad to promote the U.S. Open
by As ESPN has been rolling out individual city sites for its online sports empire, the network has introduced specialty programming, and in ESPN New York, …
Month: September 2010
Ochi’s Lounge is empty once again; Comix basement shows go homeless
Ochi's Lounge, which opened three years ago in the basement of NYC comedy club Comix and simultaneously offered a bar and stage for several independently …
Watch and learn! Two makers of xtranormal comedy insider videos talk about their creations
Making animated videos about the inner workings and failings of the comedy club world has become a late-summer sensation for the comedy community, thanks to …
William Knoedelseder talks to Craig Ferguson about his book and The Comedy Store strike of 1979
Not sure about the timing of this booking, since his book has been out for more than a year and went paperback in July, but …
This is not the Stand-Up Boot Camp you were looking for: Ha-Ha Good Time Comedy Fun School
This promotional video for the Ha-Ha Good Time Comedy Fun School features Matt Braunger, Jimmy Dore, Ryan Stout, "student" Ron Babcock and others. It's clearly …
Go, see: Michael Hartney in “So I Like Superman: A One-Nerd Show”
If you see only one one-man show about a young man obsessed with Superman for most of his life, please make it Michael Hartney's "So …
More Saturday Night Live news? SNL eyes a fourth new hire to the featured cast! Meet Jay Pharoah
If people were excited to hear that Saturday Night Live had hired three new cast members to featured player status (as well as a number …
Seth, “brother” of Zach Galifianakis, has Sean Penn “Between Two Ferns”
Just when you least expect it, there's a brand-new episode of "Between Two Ferns," the hit series that's not quite a talk show but is …
Eugene Mirman talks about things you can do, but won’t see at his third annual “comedy festival”
In its third consecutive year, it's beginning to be difficult to call the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival the anti-festival. Actually, it's been difficult all three …
“Love Can Suck…” but this show doesn’t, thanks to Leslie Meisel and Megan Neuringer
Warning: The show "Love Can Suck a Dick…and So Can I," does not feature any actual acts of fellatio. Double warning: Leslie Meisel and Megan …