What NBC’s The Marriage Ref got right and wrong in rebooting for season two
by NBC brought back The Marriage Ref for a second season, which premiered last night. It’s Jerry Seinfeld’s pet project and hosted by his friend and …
Month: June 2011
“Walk With Me,” a short film by The Stepfathers, produced with money from The Friars Club
The Stepfathers, an improv comedy supergroup that performs at New York City’s Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, won at the inaugural Friars Club Improv & Sketch …
Just one more thing: Kevin Pollak as Lt. Columbo (RIP Peter Falk)
Actor Peter Falk died last night at the age of 83. Younger people may only know of Falk as the grandfather storyteller from The Princess …
If a drunk Parisien thought you were Bruce Willis, what would you do? Jon Benjamin tells Jimmy Fallon
This clip from Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is cut weirdly for time, so if you didn’t watch the entire episode last night, you’re not …
On Conan, Nick Kroll explains the origins of Bobby Bottleservice, El Chupacabra and his first stand-up gig
On last night’s episode of Conan, comedian/actor Nick Kroll showed off a bit of his Latino radio DJ, El Chupacabra, explained a clip of him …
Big Time Comedy Show heads to Hollywood for second big-time benefit for Greg Giraldo’s family
After putting on the first “Big Time Comedy Show” in NYC in February for the family of the late Greg Giraldo, comedians have organized a …
On Lopez Tonight, Michelle Buteau searches for black people in Utah, finds a really white man in her life
George Lopez said last night on his show that Michelle Buteau was a part of the Lopez Tonight family, which I think means that she …
On Leno, Louis CK says how much he loves Percocet, but why he cannot be an alcoholic or smoke pot
Louis CK could care less about which talk show he’s on, just so long as people are watching. Which is why he returned to Leno …
Reggie Watts taping free show in Central Park, but first, he builds a song from scratch on Conan
From Conan O’Brien’s lips to your ears and eyes: Last night, he said that Reggie Watts would be taping tonight’s free show at NYC’s Central …
Tracy Morgan returns to Nashville for a very public, very staged apology about his gay “joke”
How are we still talking about the latest dumb thing to come out of Tracy Morgan’s mouth? Because he wasn’t kidding about getting you pregnant …