The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Dozens of New York City stand-up comedians got together Saturday night in Long Island City to have a little fun, Halloween-style, by performing tribute sets of other, more famous comedians. A few comics didn’t get the memo, apparently, but after a false start, Gilad Foss really set the bar high …
At one of my first newspaper jobs, my editor liked to joke whenever something went awry: "Ain’t technology great?" Of course, this was before our office had the Internet. Or email. Or even cell phones. I couldn’t have launched The Comic’s Comic without any of these advances. Online social networks …
Judging from my own Web stats, more people took the time Sunday night than Saturday to check out the debut of D.L. Hughley’s new hourlong CNN talk show, D.L. Hughley Breaks the News. In fact, that’s when I sat down to watch the full hour myself. And my initial ruling …
How important was Amy Poehler to the current success of Saturday Night Live? Poehler said she wouldn’t leave the show until she gave birth, and even though she clearly was ready to have her baby already, the show continued this past week to operate under the assumption she’d be there …
The debut episode of CNN’s D.L. Hughley Breaks the News already broke news when it taped on Thursday night, getting former Bush White House press secretary Scott McClellan to break party ranks and endorse Barack Obama for president. Here is the opening monologue from the first show, which doesn’t quite …
We knew when we saw Stella hosting the New York magazine party this month, something funny was afoot and sure enough, Michael Ian Black told his fans late yesterday that he, Michael Showalter and David Wain would reunite Stella for a short tour this winter. As Black wrote: "If you’ve …
Before you head off for the weekend and whatever your plans may be, you should set your TV recording devices for the following new comedy programs this weekend:1) The new and improved Best Week Ever with Paul F. Tompkins debuts tonight at 11 p.m. on VH1 2) The fourth and …
Even the "Wassup!" guys from the old Bud TV ads have gotten political (even though this video notes at the end that it no way reflects the opinions of the Anheuser-Busch companies, which of course, have a direct link to Cindy McCain’s wealth). It’s their version of answering the question, …
Here are your 32 semifinalists, listed in no particular order (so don’t expect this to be your slot in the lineup), for the 2008 competition to find New York’s Funniest Stand-Up, part of the New York Comedy Festival. Five comedians advance from each group to the finals, Nov. 5, at …
As much as I’d like to think I’m a shining beacon leading you out of the darkness when it comes to covering comedy, well, I am, but I’m not the only one who cares enough about comedy to cover it. Which is why I’m extending my coverage of the comedy …