The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Perhaps you have heard something or other about British comedian Russell Brand leaving obscene prank voice mail messages for actor Andrew Sachs, who played the Spanish waiter Manuel in the classic Britcom Fawlty Towers? The incident (which also involved British TV host Jonathan Ross as a co-conspirator) has led to …
A roundup of comedy-related headlines and news in the news: As Hulu.com approaches its first anniversary, the New York Times points out just how many people are watching some SNL bits. 14.3 million watched Tina Fey’s first take on Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin online vs. 10.2 million on TV. Wow. …
A reliable source informed me that these are your first five comedians advancing to the finals of the 2008 New York’s Funniest Stand-Up contest: Nate Bargatze, Esther Ku, Julian McCullough, Stone & Stone, Reese Waters They’ll join five others who advance from tonight’s semifinal competition at Stand-Up NY. Finals Nov. …
Perhaps it’s because the last time my TV landed on the Lifetime channel was a decade ago, but I had forgotten that the network might get around to launching a new sitcom. That happened last week, as it turns out, with the debut of Rita Rocks, starring MADtv alum Nicole …
It’d been a long day for both of us. Richard Belzer had spent his Thursday promoting his new book, a novel based on his own personal and professional lives, while I had been running around putting out figurative fires, so we only had a few minutes to speak. I wanted …
Speaking of contests, today is the final day for online voting in the Butterfinger Comedy Showdown. Judges already picked five semifinalists (Andy Woodhull, Andrea Henry, Danny Browning, Ronnie K, and Elham Jazab) from among the entries performing stand-up comedy, the two semifinalists with the most online votes through Oct. 28 …
Earlier this year, a group of New York City comedians thought they had a chance to win $100,000 from Klondike for their ad spoof that put Ray Romano and Al Pacino in a thriller over Klondike bars. But they didn’t know they were up against this guy: Joel Moss Levinson. …
In case you read my recap of last weekend’s Saturday Night Live but hadn’t yet seen the video, here is the absurd but truly hilarious sketch featuring host Jon Hamm from Mad Men, in a fake ad for Jon Hamm’s John Ham: The ham you can eat in the bathroom. …
You saw that title and perhaps said to yourself, "Where are they now? More like, who are they again?" That’s because it was only a few months ago that Iliza Shlesinger was winning NBC’s Last Comic Standing and Jeff Dye was finishing in third place. Maybe you watched, maybe you …
If there’s one part of the comedy scene that has not gotten enough due on this site, it has to be improv, which is extra-weird for anyone who really knows me, since I started my professional comedy career in improv in Seattle. Fortunately for New York City, Keith Huang covers …