Review: Anthony Jeselnik, “Caligula”
by It is actually quite simple to be offensive. All you have to do is figure out a mainstream value and champion the opposite. People generally …
Year: 2013
What’s in a name? Remembering the Gilda in Gilda’s Club
by Gilda Radner fans, comedy fans and Gilda’s Club fans can breathe easier this week. The Madison chapter of Gilda’s Club in Wisconsin has reconsidered its …
Comedy Headlines for 1/23/13
What’s happening in the comedy world now… ABC has pulled Don’t Trust the B in Apt. 23 from its primetime schedule. Eight episodes remain unaired! …
Meet Me In New York: Nick Turner
What do they say about New York City: There are eight million stories, and sometimes it seems as though eight million of the people telling …
Geeking Out: The “30 Rock” High-Five Challenge
Geeking Out’s Kerri Doherty and My Damn Channel’s Mark Malkoff camped out on the sidewalk outside Silvercup Studios last month in Long Island City. They …
Comedy Central joins SiriusXM with new radio channel
Comedy Central has been on your TVs and on your Internet since before Y2K, but this spring, it’ll finally be on your satellite radios, too. …
Animated: Chris Rock recalls being discovered by Eddie Murphy
Here is an oldie but a goodie, newly animated. Chris Rock recalls the night that Eddie Murphy visited The Comic Strip in New York City …
Movies / TV / Uncategorized
Comedy Headlines for 1/22/13
What’s happening in the comedy world now… Gravitas Ventures acquired the Eddie Pepitone documentary, The Bitter Buddha, out of Slamdance yesterday. The film directed by …
PBS Off Book asks, “What’s The Deal With Internet Comedy?”
The most recent episode of the PBS Off Book webseries, “What’s the deal with Internet Comedy?” invited three comedians to discuss three facets of comedy …
SNL #38.11 RECAP: Host Jennifer Lawrence, musical guest The Lumineers
After a few weeks off for Christmas and New Year’s, the kids at Saturday Night Live returned to their weekly comedy school inside 30 Rockefeller …