Stewart, Colbert return, strike or no strike
by Jon Stewart returned with a unibrow and a title change: A Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He had a Cornell professor in labor relations on …
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.
2008: The year of Tumblr?
Aziz Ansari has switched his blog to the newfangled hippity hoppity Tumblr format. Today we learn that Human Giant will have a best-of highlights reel …
Comedians vs. actual people
Whom do you prefer? Are they the same thing? I’ve often told friends and acquaintances that I much prefer associating with, hanging around and talking …
Def Comedy Jam returns
While everyone was talking about Leno and Kimmel agreeing to go on each other’s shows to break the strike, or wondering how Jon Stewart and …
Michael Showalter’s comedy feuds, both fake and real
Comedy Central is promoting its new season of half-hour Comedy Central Presents specials by asking its participating comedians with whom they are feuding. Here, Michael …
Scenes from the Cellar
I mentioned seeing Chris Rock at the Comedy Cellar the other night, and while yes, that twas a highlight, twas not the only light sparkling …
Late Night 2008, second night
So let me get this straight. Jay Leno writes his own jokes the first night, claiming it’s OK, when he probably knew that it wasn’t, …
Maria Bamford: Acting Out
Some comedians don’t translate so well to online sketches, while others, such as Maria Bamford, seem made for the medium. Bamford’s Super Deluxe show allows …
Seven hours of Dane Cook!?
Dane Cook rang in 2008 by performing an alleged record-setting seven — count ’em, 7! — seven hours of stand-up comedy on New Year’s Day …