The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Eugene Mirman has announced the planned lineups for his crazy-yet-true-because-it-is-Eugene-after-all comedy festival named for him, taking place Sept. 25-28 in Brooklyn. Mirman pretty much has it covered — most of his usual and unusual suspects will appear over those four days and nights at two venues, Union Hall (where Mirman …
I’m back in Boston this week for the 2008 Boston Comedy Festival, which began last night and runs through Saturday, culminating in awards honoring The Smothers Brothers for 50 years together in comedy, local Steve Sweeney for his contribution to Boston comedy, and of course, the ninth annual winner of …
And now, the five comedians advancing from the first week of preliminary competition in and around San Francisco this year are…1) Tyler Boeh, 2) Brent Weinbach, 3) Murv Seymour, 4) Jose Sarduy, 5) Dax Jordan Week Two of the San Francisco Comedy Competition begins Wednesday.
The 2008 Creative Arts Emmy Awards got handed out over the weekend (telecast airs Sept. 20 on E!), and here are your TV comedy winners this year in the technical categories as well as the special one-time only categories that won’t make the main Emmys telecast on Sept. 21. 30 …
Having an athlete host a live televised sketch comedy show is a bit of a hit-or-miss, win-or-lose proposition. If the star athlete already has shown a knack for comedy in his or her previous TV commercial endorsements (see: last year’s SNL debut host LeBron James, or Peyton Manning), then you …
The 14th season of MADtv began on Saturday night, not quite live and about a half-hour before that other, longer-running, better-known sketch show. But these kids have spunk. And they certainly tackle current pop culture landmarks more frequently than their live competitors. The show opened before a live audience, at …
The 2008 San Francisco Comedy Competition began the first of two preliminary weeks on Wednesday. Comedians begin in groups, performing six shows in six cities across Northern California in five nights! Each comic gets 5-7 minutes in the prelims. The top five of 16 in each group advance to a …
Today on Dr. Phil, the good TV doctor dragged America and anyone unfortunate enough to have a TV to watch an hour of debate over using "the N-word," with racist racists saying they can say what they want, and other people pointing out that that’s kinda racist. Comedians Paul Mooney …
Is America ready for a fully realized Tony Clifton performance? I’m not sure. Because what I witnessed earlier this week in New York City completely blew my mind away. Three and a half hours. Twenty-two songs! Really. Let me tell you upfront that this is not the Tony Clifton you …
The second season of Frank TV comes to TBS on Oct. 21. You certainly have seen a lot of Frank Caliendo and his many impersonations on TV in the year since his own sketch show debuted last November, with plenty of ads not just for his show but also for …