The Definitive Guide to Comedy
After a six-year run, Invite Them Up closes its comedy show career this week with three consecutive nights of comedy and afterparties at Rififi, tonight, Tuesday and Wednesday. Rififi itself will remain open. But Bobby Tisdale and Eugene Mirman will be going their separate ways. As they announced on their …
The Academy Awards happened last night and much comedy ensued. Or not exactly. But Kambri Crews was nice enough to throw a viewing party at Comix for the night, with her hubby Christian Finnegan hosting. Finnegan noted that the Academy Awards writing staff reached out to several comedians, asking them …
Time once again to check the late-night TV talk show listings to see which comedians and comedic actors will be making the rounds. Note: Some show listings still TBA. David Letterman…Monday: Will Ferrell; Friday: Tommy Tiernan Jay Leno…Monday: Catherine O’Hara; Tuesday: David Koechner; Thursday: Wanda Sykes Conan O’Brien…Monday: Will Arnett; …
You knew this was coming. But Jimmy Kimmel delivered on the promise and then some with all of the celebrity backup singers in his "I’m F–king Ben Affleck" video, which debuted early this morning after the Oscars. How many celebrities can you spot? Enjoy.
The return of Saturday Night Live got people talking about who they’d pick to play Barack Obama. The show itself reminded viewers and comedians alike that to make the cut and join the cast, you better have more than one impersonation in your back pocket. Don’t know when I’d seen …
File this under what could’ve been and under NSFW. It’s Jordan Carlos as Barack Obama. If he got the gig, the fro would have to go. <a href="https://www.funnyordie.com/videos/6ad3f1408a">BA-L-ACK OBAMA</a> on <a href="https://www.funnyordie.com/">FunnyOrDie.com</a>
Saturday Night Live answered the Obama question right away in the cold open, which tried to take on this week’s CNN/Univision Democratic debate. Fred Armisen played Barack Obama. So??? Armisen has similar facial features, which helped his cause. Already has that faraway look in the eyes down. Skin tone? Too …
Soon enough we’ll have our answer to the SNL Obama question, as the cast and audience get ready for the Saturday Night Live dress rehearsal. The Huffington Post’s Rachel Sklar reported that Lorne Michaels formally auditioned three outside candidates: MAD-TV’s Jordan Peele, 30 Rock writer and Derrick sketch/improv trouper Donald …
Just in time for Sunday’s Academy Awards, Olde English weighs in with two new looks at two of the Best Picture nominees. This one features Jackie Clarke as Diablo Cody.
The return of Saturday Night Live tomorrow night will mark the first cast changes in three years. Casey Wilson joins the troupe as a featured player, and Defamer got her on the phone yesterday for a very very brief Q&A, in which we learn that she sent in a 10-character …