Mark Normand’s late-night debut on Conan
by Mark Normand has TV credits to his name, but last night was his “dream come true” as he said at the end of performing his …
Year: 2013
Cecily Strong talks about her SNL audition characters
Cecily Strong already has proven herself to be the strongest rookie in this season’s cast of Saturday Night Live. On her first late-night TV talk-show …
Intentional irony: “It’s real life, it’s not TV” TV clip medley
My friends over at Slacktory, after receiving a request from New Yorker TV critic Emily Nussbaum, assembled a medley mix video of “it’s not TV” …
Animated stories: When Garfunkel & Oates met John Oates
Kate Micucci and Riki Lindhome named their musical comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates. So, wouldn’t you know, someday John Oates of Hall and Oates would …
Rob Delaney on Jimmy Kimmel Live
Rob Delaney has upward of 765,000 followers of his Twitter feed @robdelaney. Maybe even more than that now. What you read on his Twitter, however, …
Webseries Watch: “Mike & Andrew Try to Lose Some Weight”
A fat comedian faces a quandary: Are audiences laughing at him or her because he or she is fat, or only because he or she …
Going Hollywood: Meet Jackie Kashian
People were going Hollywood long before Bing Crosby starred in the 1933 film musical Going Hollywood. Certainly, though, countless unknowns have packed their bags and …
Review: Joe Rogan, “Live from the Tabernacle”
by Joe Rogan is probably best known for making people who are desperate for money eat animal parts and jump off buildings. You may also recognize …
NBC’s Community: Four Seasons and Syndication!?
After a brief interruption, NBC’s Community returned for its belated fourth season earlier this month. Cast members of the sitcom and their fans have used …
CBS Sunday Morning revisits the Catskills “Borscht Belt” era in comedy
In the 1950s and 1960s, the Catskills attracted the crowds and the comedians alike. Several decades later, it’s a much different story. CBS Sunday Morning …