The Definitive Guide to Comedy
All of this talk of Barack Obama impersonators and no one has mentioned Lavell Crawford? Oh. Right. I can imagine Crawford has a "No, We Can’t" joke somewhere in his arsenal, though. This Friday, Comedy Central only debuts one new Comedy Central Presents half-hour, and it’s Crawford’s, taped last August …
Here’s some newsy news! The second season of Human Giant may not debut on MTV until March 11, but through the power of iTunes, you can download it already. It’s not an Illusionators trick, either! But it is Season 2: Duffel Bag of Death. Click here! And here is …
I spotted Greg Behrendt last night at a taping for John Oliver (more on that soon enough). But it reminded me that Behrendt is in New York City this weekend at Gotham. And that reminded me of a great lengthy chat I had with him two years ago. Here’s a …
When I launched this site, oh so many days ago, people in the comedy festival business wondered if there’d be much of an American comedy festival business in 2008. Or at least, not the same comedy confabs that we’d become accustomed to. When last we left Las Vegas in November, …
If you thought you’d seen enough of those TV commercials in which impersonator Frank Caliendo promotes his sketch comedy show through his various celebrity characters, well, get ready for a new round of apologies from Frank. TBS announced today it has ordered eight more episodes. The network that’s trying to …
Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Lots of rumor spreading about SNL cast additions this week. Let’s break down one such addition with fun facts. Yay. Fun facts. On the record, Lorne Michaels said he’d make a decision late Thursday. That’s…today. Donald Glover performed his Barack Obama impersonation Tuesday night at Seth …
Gabe & Jenny’s new video series is up at and at them with animation, their subversive wit and dialogue, and cameos with their comedy friends. Check out What’s Doin? on Super Deluxe (note to SD: update the Gabe & Jenny bio so people don’t try to find them and fail …
Jimmy Kimmel‘s back with new episodes, and tonight welcomes comedian Ben Kronberg. Which reminds me, I haven’t seen Kronberg since last year around now in Aspen. Which reminds me, I just uploaded the photos from last year’s U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in a new album. Take a look back at …
Lorne Michaels made the interview rounds yesterday to promote the return of Saturday Night Live, and more than a couple of people wondered who’d play Barack Obama. Michaels wonders, too. He told the USA Today that he auditioned candidates last week, "and expects to pick from two or three late …
Casey Rose Wilson joins the cast of Saturday Night Live this week in the show’s return from the WGA strike. Lorne Michaels confirmed the hiring to the New York Post, saying (buried in a different angle on SNL): "I think you will love her." Well, what else would he say? …