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More than a few people today have arrived here looking for information on Robby Roadsteamer. Perhaps that’s because he has a Monday night acoustic residency at the All Asia in Cambridge, Mass., which I learned from reading my friend Nick Zaino’s recent interview with the musician/comedian in the Boston Globe. …
Nick DiPaolo went on the Opie & Anthony show this morning to promote his new Internet talk show on BlogTalkRadio. I caught the last 10 minutes or so. An interesting return to the airwaves for DiPaolo, who had a so-called "terrestrial" radio program based in NYC on 92.3 FM in …
Here is Eugene Mirman’s new Scientology video for 23/6, just in case you thought the Tom Cruise video that circulated everywhere last week didn’t go far enough to explain his cult of personality religion. Mirman’s half-hour Comedy Central Presents, by the way, debuts this Friday, Feb. 1. And here is …
If you haven’t already forgotten, the WGA strike continues without a resolution. So count this as a reminder that the late-night chat shows are all on the air. David Letterman and Craig Ferguson remain the only WGA-approved shows. Comedians on the lineup for Letterman this week? Bill Cosby on Tuesday, …
Comedy Central’s annual "Stand-Up Showdown" airs today, rebroadcasting the top 20 stand-up specials as voted online by fans over the past month. It’s airing now! The full schedule/countdown…which began at 11:30 a.m. today…(with applicable taping season) 20) Loni Love (season 11) 19) Doug Benson (season 8) 18) Chelsea Handler (season …
Leo Allen taped his Comedy Central Presents special with the same NYC audience as Eugene Mirman (CCP taped in groups of two, two groups each night in August; in this case, Allen went first, followed by Mirman). Some pairings seemed more random than others, so audience members might’ve arrived really …
Comedy Central Presents rolls out two more new half-hour specials tonight, starting with Hard ‘N Phirm, the musical comedy duo of Chris Hardwick and Mike Phirman. Certainly, more than a few of you will see these guys onstage, look at Hardwick and think to yourselves, "Hey, wasn’t that guy on …
Something I couldn’t help but notice Wednesday night at Rififi…aside from the huge crowds seeming to want to bask in this comedy’s scenes last gasps of glory…were all of the new short hairdos! Aziz Ansari. Kumail Nanjiani. Joselyn Hughes. Brooke Van Poppelen. All newly shorn and clean-cut. That Hughes and …
The show is taping as I type this, but my sources have informed me that in addition to comedian TJ Miller showing up tonight to talk Cloverfield with Letterman (and maybe Carpoolers, too), that comedian and Letterman regular Andy Kindler will appear on the program, as well. Kindler closed out …
Gothamist has a new interview with Eugene Mirman up today, and it reminds me that the cityblog’s comedy coverage just isn’t the same since parting ways recently with the young and eager Ben Kharakh (or should I say, Keith Whitener?). Not that the interview is horrible, but neither is it …