Reggie Watts live music video, “Information,” on Conan
by The 1980s were alive and lip-synched Monday night on Conan, as favored musical comedic guest Reggie Watts was on hand for something, well, completely different …
Year: 2013
Sarah Silverman’s music video: “Diva”
Hey, Sarah Silverman fans! Not only does Silverman have a new HBO special that debuts on Saturday, We Are Miracles, but also she already has …
TV / Uncategorized / Video
Ali Siddiq wins Comedy Central’s “Up Next” contest
Houston-based stand-up comedian Ali Siddiq emerged victorious on Monday as the first grand prize winner of Comedy Central’s “Up Next” nationwide talent search contest. Fans …
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Monty Python onstage reunion alert! It’s happening in 2014!
Remember earlier this year when I shared with you Eric Idle’s explanation for what is and what is not an official Monty Python reunion? This …
Steve Martin receives an honorary Oscar from the Academy Awards
Steve Martin has hosted the Academy Awards three times, but never won an Oscar until this weekend, when the Academy awarded him with one of …
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Kickstarting generations, genders of stand-up comedy: Moms Mabley, in a new HBO documentary by Whoopi Goldberg
She had played Carnegie Hall, headlined the Apollo with Cab Calloway for decades, but in 1967, Dick Smothers introduced her to a whole new audience, …
Kate Hendricks performs on The View
Kate Hendricks stars in a webseries, “Kate the WASP,” that juxtaposes her White Anglo-Saxon Protestant character in settings dominated by other ethnicities and heritages for …
John Oliver was so good at substitute hosting The Daily Show, HBO is letting him host his own weekly show in 2014
John Oliver did such a stellar job substituting this summer as host of The Daily Show, everyone just naturally assumed Oliver had become the de …
From SNL’s dress rehearsal: Lady Gaga in “Female Sea Captains”
Here’s a sketch that didn’t make the cut after dress rehearsal to air live on Saturday Night Live this past weekend. Lady Gaga takes the …
SNL #39.6 RECAP: Host and musical guest Lady Gaga
The 39th season of Saturday Night Live reminds me a little bit of the New York Jets, which for those of you don’t follow football, …