The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Mark this down as another advancement in the name of online videos. NBC not only got around to posting last weekend's SNL Digital Short featuring host Neil Patrick Harris and the SNL cast "performing" the theme song from Doogie Howser, M.D., but the Hulu page for SNL (for non-Hulu-viewing nations, …
Any great documentary leaves you feeling a greater knowledge and fulfillment about the subject matter, and wanting to further share your newfound knowledge with even more people. Any good documentary gives you insight into a subject and leaves you wanting more. Judging from the first two hours of the six-hour …
If you think you are the funniest person in South Texas, you best be entering this competition before George W. Bush moves back into town and tries to take your title away from you! You hear me? The River Center Comedy Club is running this shindig. They say if you …
If you enjoyed watching "The Live" online comedy series this summer as much as I did, then you'll be pleased as punchline to know that director Seth Meyers and writers Bill Hader and Simon Rich will talk about the SNL side project with a live screening and Q&A tonight at …
The White House transition finally happens in a week, but we're still a couple of months from the next transition in NBC late-night television, and Jimmy Fallon went to the Internets last night asking you to help him pick a font and layout for his Late Night with Jimmy Fallon …
You know how I noticed in November when seeing Dane Cook in Las Vegas that he seemed to have matured or, rather, calmed down onstage as a performer? Turns out that was not an isolated incident. His upcoming TV special and CD/DVD with Comedy Central, however, is called just that: …
If you follow Marc Maron at all, you already know that he has been working on his craft of stand-up for a couple of decades, made dozens of appearances on Conan, held court on national morning radio, and continues to tour the country. That Maron has not become more of …
I had heard some great stories from Lewis Black about his playwriting past and career arc last year during his XM Unmasked interview, but for his Saturday night sit-down with the New York Times for its Arts & Leisure Weekend, Times TV critic Alessandra Stanley wanted to focus more on …
Oh, Golden Globes and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, how much we missed you last year. Why? Because of all the silly awards shows, you, sirs and madams, broadcast the silliest one of all, and is it, does it have to be a factor of boozing up your nominees and …
Nothing like a holiday break to get everyone back on the same page and ready with some funny sketches to open 2009's Saturday Night Live. Right? For the most part: Yes. What better way to start a new year, then, than by letting the new young kid in the cast, …