New today: Todd Barry, “From Heaven”
Todd Barry’s new CD, From Heaven, is now available in stores and online. Here’s my review, with a link to buying it via Amazon.com. If you prefer iTunes, click this button!
Author: Sean L. McCarthy
Editor and publisher since 2007, when he was named New York's Funniest Reporter. Former newspaper reporter at the New York Daily News, Boston Herald and smaller dailies and community papers across America. Loves comedy so much he founded this site.
In other blogs…
Attempting to get you caught up on what everyone else is saying about comedy (you can catch up with them via the More On Comedy links on my page). The Bastion interviews Kumail Nanjiani, who recently left Chicago for New York City. The Coming is back in blogging business, apparently, …
NY Mag endorses Tearing the Veil of Maya
This week’s issue of New York is its best-of issue, and this time around, they actually included a category for comedy. One category. Best Indie-Comedy Night. And the award goes to…oh, you read the subject title already, didn’t you…Tearing the Veil of Maya, the Sunday night showcase hosted by Eugene …
This week’s comedic late-night guests
Time again to check in with comedians and comedic actors making the late-night TV rounds… David Letterman (in repeats) — Thursday: Don Rickles Conan O’Brien (in repeats) — Monday: Howie Mandel Jay Leno (in repeats) — Wednesday: Larry the Cable Guy; Friday: Will Ferrell Jimmy Kimmel — Tuesday: Jackie Mason; …
Shoot the Messenger at 45 Bleecker
If you haven’t seen Lizz Winstead‘s latest creation, then you’re missing out. Winstead, who co-created The Daily Show and later went on to Air America Radio, now has her sights set on skewering morning TV. Her Monday night show, Shoot the Messenger, recently moved into larger digs at The Green …
Shades of Black and the BCE
The Black Comedy Experiment worked (!). Who knew? Crowds packed The Tank for the final night of shows on Saturday. If there’s any one show that defines the "experiment," it’d have to be Shades of Black, because that stand-up showcase exists to prove that there’s no singular definition for a …
John Mayer at the Comedy Cellar
So I finally got to witness Grammy-winning rock star John Mayer perform stand-up, as he dropped in at the Comedy Cellar late Saturday night (well, 1:39 a.m. Sunday) and did an eight-minute set. What’s to say? The guy is a rock star. Which means he already has command of the …
Catching up with Horrible People
Here is episode four of the satirical soap opera… If you need further catching up first, episode three is after the jump.
Review/Interview: George Carlin “It’s Bad For Ya”
George Carlin’s latest HBO special, "It’s Bad For Ya," debuted live Saturday night on HBO. For repeat viewings, it’s On Demand and also airing multiple times, including 12:10 a.m. Monday on HBO2 (consult the HBO master schedule here). If your DVR acted like mine, it cut out early. Ah, the …
SNL with Ellen Page, Hillary Clinton, Rudy Giuliani
SNL’s second new episode of 2008 began much as the first one had, with an extra-long pro-Hillary cold open focusing on the Democratic presidential debate — 10 1/2 minutes! — that included an "editorial response" from the real Sen. Hillary Clinton. If you thought last week’s SNL was pro-Hillary, this …