The Definitive Guide to Comedy
If you didn’t already notice this, I’ve added a new page to the site today to give you an overview on comedy festivals, music festivals that feature comedy, and comedy competitions across North America (and Scotland, too!). The festivals (and contests) page is located along the right-hand column, and will …
An updated schedule of North American festivals featuring comedy and/or comedy competitions: JANUARY 2009 Chicago Sketchfest (Jan. 8-18) SF Sketchfest (Jan. 15-31) South Beach Comedy Festival (Jan. 21-24) FEBRUARY 2009 North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival (Feb. 13-21) MARCH 2009 Detroit Comedy Fest (March 16-21) SXSW (Austin, Texas) (March 20-21) APRIL …
The 2008 presidential campaign already will go down in comedy history as a landmark election for parodies and spoofs, thanks to online videos, and we’re not even to the conventions yet. Here is a new effort from the Chupacabra group, in which Justin Timberlake’s Sexy Back gets remixed with new …
It’s not on your DVRs or TiVos, so here’s your official bulletin: Dave Attell will perform tonight on Late Night with Conan O’Brien. Attell got the call yesterday. If you do miss it on TV, you can find it online tomorrow on Hulu!
The Wendy Williams Experience moves from radio to TV this summer with a six-week deal on FOX. Stations in New York City, Los Angeles, Dallas and Detroit will offer the show, starting July 14, as an hourly weekday talk show. She’s heard weekdays from 2-7 p.m. on the air on …
You heard it here first-thousandth! Everyone is reporting that Jimmy Fallon has inked a deal with NBC to take over Late Night in 2009 when Conan O’Brien takes over The Tonight Show from Jay Leno. (THR, Variety)
What in the world has happened to Artie Lange? He recently quit his job as Howard Stern’s sidekick, only to reappear Monday after the show’s weeklong vacation. Lots of drama. Maybe tonight, some answers. Lange appears as a special guest on Nick DiPaolo’s BlogTV talk show, broadcasting live from DiPaolo’s …
Dying to know more about last year’s Last Comic Standing winner, Jon Reep? Reep to the rescue! The comedian himself fills you in via this exclusive video discussing his real start in comedy. Just watch it, already. Reep’s Peeps on FunnyOrDie.com
Growing up with the Harlem Globetrotters, you sometimes wondered what it must be like being a member of the opposition team, the Washington Generals. What does that have to do with anything? Well, comedian Ben Schwartz finally (after seven months) unveils episode four of his Webby-nominated (for best writing, individual …
Earlier today, my friends at Comedy Central Insider alleged that Damon Lindelof, head writer, co-creator and executive producer on Lost (new epsiodes return April 24!), looked like a cross between David Cross and Jim Norton. Let me add to this equation, to show that he looks almost exactly like comedian …