Listen to Jay Leno’s reaction to Howard Stern’s allegations, and other thoughts
by Jay Leno was a stand-up comedian long before he was whomever you think he is now, and he's still the workaholic he has been for …
Month: February 2011
Watch Kumail Nanjiani perform on Conan
Kumail Nanjiani has some thoughts and memories about movies to share, and share he did on last night's episode of Conan. Spoiler alert: Horror movies …
Jon Fisch’s “Dear Comix” letter
From last night's tribute show for the employees of Comix, NYC's comedy club which abruptly shut down earlier this month, as delivered by comedian Jon …
Too soon? Not when Jeffrey Ross undertakes his experiment honoring dead celebrities: “Roast in Peace”
The Friars Club and Comedy Central are having a high time roasting the celebrities of today. But who among us can roast the celebrities and …
Michael Showalter’s promotional blitz for his book, “Mr. Funny Pants” (includes Neko Case, Kevin Kline!)
Michael Showalter has a new book out called "Mr. Funny Pants." It's funny! And Showalter is wearing pants! At least he is during the winter, …
IFC renews “Todd Margaret” for David Cross; “Glory Daze” over at TBS; Chris D’Elia + Whitney Cummings
Quick roundabout from the trades… It was much to be expected, but IFC officially has renewed The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret for a …
Can you get a job on The Colbert Report by staging your own version of it? This guy hopes so
J.D. Durkin is not unlike many young people who love Stephen Colbert and what he's doing on Comedy Central with The Colbert Report. Well, except …
SketchFest NYC announces dates, location for 2011: June 9-11 at UCB Theatre
announced today that it would return to the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre for its seventh annual celebration of sketch comedy, with performances, panels and more to …
Norm MacDonald resurfaces overnight on Twitter, then vows not to return until he has 40,000 followers
Eleven months after his "first actual Tweet," comedian Norm MacDonald resurfaced overnight on Twitter with a flurry of messages, jokes and non-sequiturs. He apologized for his …
Free tickets available to Spider-Man musical in NYC? Yes, for “The Spidey Project” March 14 at The PIT
By now, you don't need to live in New York City to know about the massive, over-budget, accident-prone, much-delayed, multi-million-dollar Spider-Man musical on Broadway called …