Weird Al Yankovic joins IFC’s Comedy Bang! Bang! as Scott Aukerman’s bandleader
by First a Grammy Award, now this? Comedy Bang! Bang! indeed! IFC announced today that “Weird Al” Yankovic, the king of all musical satire and parody, …
Month: January 2016
Episode #55: Seth Herzog
Seth Herzog is what Malcolm Gladwell would call a Connector. The Zog seemingly knows everyone in comedy and show business who lives and works in …
Tina Fey as Sarah Palin opens SNL episode #41.11 endorsing Darrell Hammond’s Donald Trump
The 2016 presidential election still hasn’t recorded a single primary or caucus vote yet, but the campaigns already have been so chock full o’ nuts that …
Review: Whitney Cummings, “I’m Your Girlfriend” (HBO)
There’s a moment in the beginning of I’m Your Girlfriend, the new hour stand-up special from Whitney Cummings (and her first for HBO), in which …
Marques Ray on Conan
Check out the nervous energy Marques Ray brings to his first performance on Conan on Thursday night, which feeds into giggles from the audience for …
HBO orders Pete Holmes comedy “Crashing” to series, directed by Judd Apatow
Congrats to Pete Holmes, whose semi-autobiographical HBO comedy pilot, Crashing, just got picked up for a full series order! Holmes and Judd Apatow are executive …
Episode #54: Rob Huebel
Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer host the popular weekly comedy showcase Crash Test at the UCB Theatre in Los Angeles, and for one epic night, …
Amy Schumer defends her comedy credibility: “On my life, I have never and would never steal a joke”
Amy Schumer knows that haters will hate and there’s not much she can do to stop that. Just please don’t call her a joke thief. …
Actual TV network buys stake in satirical news network (Univision invests in The Onion/AV Club/Clickhole to bolster Fusion)
¿Cómo se dice “The Onion” en Español? Univision Communications Inc., the leading media voice for Hispanics in the United States, has purchased a minority stake …
Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly will portray Laurel and Hardy in film depicting duo’s final stage tour
BBC Films will pay homage Laurel and Hardy with a new movie re-enacting the famous comedy duo’s final stage tour in 1953, played on the …