The Definitive Guide to Comedy
This interview between David Steinberg and Jerry Seinfeld appears in the Los Angeles Times Magazine. Can you tell me when, though? What year was this? Oh, this year. 2008. Really? Really. All of the talk about filming Comedian and pharmaceutical side effects and "anal leakage" threw me off, too.
Have you visited Jokes.com today? Comedy Central has revamped the site completely — had you clicked over there even only yesterday, you would have faced a drab waste of a landscape of lame jokes, submitted anonymously from years ago, from a world in which all jokes are timeless, and yet …
Funny or Die has found another gear of late, not just incorporating celebrities into funny and informative short online videos, but stretching the form to include original short films and this new effort by award-winning composer (and person you should thank for the songs in both the South Park movie …
On Jan. 14, 2009, PBS debuts a six-hour documentary look at the funny business in America called Make 'Em Laugh, hosted by Billy Crystal and narrated by Amy Sedaris. But you can get more than a live preview of the series this coming Sunday, Dec. 7, at the 92nd Street …
CBS and ABC announced their mid-season TV plans for 2009, and the one thing that'll jump out specifically for comedy fans is that Joe Rogan is getting to host another hybrid reality/game show, this time combinig the elements of Fear Factor that made him a nice chunk of change while …
I turned on the radio Monday morning and began hearing Christmas songs, thought, well, at least it's December. Which means it's also time for Kimmy Gatewood to start singing us through her advent calendar. Kimmy, one of The Apple Sisters, just moved from New York City to Los Angeles, but …
Here is a new video from Chicago-based comics Robert Hines and Pedro Castro from the troupe Big Dog Eat Child. Hines stars Toby Jones, who'll store anything you want or need for only $10.99! Rate it funny on Funny or Die here. Or watch it here and wonder if and …
Flight of the Conchords won't return to HBO for a second season until January 2009, which seems so much more than a month from now. It seems like an entire year, which is technically true but not so it's silly. Here comes help, as Funny or Die will have the …
Tommy Savitt, an L.A.-based stand-up and native of Brooklyn, NY, spent the month in Western Washington clubs, theaters and casinos, telling jokes night after night against dozens of competitors, and won the 2008 Seattle International Stand-Up Comedy Competition for his efforts. Savitt won $5,000, a record contract with Uproar Entertainment, …
Allow me to reintroduce you to a friend and fellow colleague in the trenches of comedy journalism, Nick A. Zaino III. You may have seen his name in my blogroll as The Optimistic Curmudgeon. But those of you in the Boston area, comedians and comedy fans alike, have seen his …