New York Times launches regular comedy column, with a critic!
by Boston used to have two daily newspapers that each had a weekly comedy column, covering the local scene, interviewing touring comedians and reviewing shows and …
Month: November 2011
Whose nuts? Dick’s Nuts. Real or fake, it’s now a commercial
You’d think someone would have done this much sooner. Like, maybe the second day of YouTube. But nope. Not until now can you enjoy this …
Dave Attell visits The Tonight Show, jokes with Kristen Stewart and hawks “Old Porn”
Dave Attell has made the late-night TV rounds before, both as a host and as a stand-up comedian. But I cannot recall him ever doing …
Fugazi frontman meets “the Fugazi of Comedy,” and the UCB-SNL connection
In interviews over the years, members of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre often have referred to their organization as “the Fugazi of comedy.” It was …
First look at Billy Eichner’s “Billy on the Street”
Most man-on-the-street videos make me go, oh, no, not another man-on-the-street video. But this one made me laugh out loud in the first minute. Which …
Jenny Slate stalks herself in “Self Esteem”
Who is Jenny Slate? Who better to answer that question than Jenny Slate. In her new video, “Self Esteem,” Slate, her comedy partner Gabe Liedman …
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Will Ferrell receives the 2011 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
The Kennedy Center honored Will Ferrell this year with the annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The ceremony, which taped last month in Washington, …
Reggie Watts welcomes Conan back to NYC with “The Boys are Back in Town”
Conan O’Brien and his late-night crew triumphantly returned to New York City this week, and Reggie Watts — who toured with Conan during his TV …