Eliza Skinner is Shameless!
by New Yorkers already have come to know and love Eliza Skinner for her musical talents as part of the popular musical improv duo I Eat …
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.
Jim Norton on HBO: “Monster Rain”
Toward the end of Jim Norton’s new hour-long HBO special "Monster Rain" (debuts tonight at 10, available on DVD Tuesday), the 39-year-old comedian takes a …
Show & Tell: Dave Chappelle, Robin Williams
SNL may have had Chevy Chase back at the “Weekend Update” news desk last weekend, but audience members at the Comedy Cellar got even rarer …
How to get a spot on Letterman
Meet Eddie Brill. You want to get on The Late Show with David Letterman as a stand-up comedian? Well, you’re going to have to impress …
Michael Ian Black looks for his demo
I spoke with Michael Ian Black while writing for the New York Daily News, and Black wasn’t quite sure he’d be able to sell those …
Jim Gaffigan explains Pale Force
Jim Gaffigan debuted the second season of his cartoon superhero farce, Pale Force, on Monday night’s Late Night with Conan O’Brien. For those of you …
Exclusive: Dane Cook answers his critics
The last time Dane Cook and I talked at length face-to-face, we were in his dressing room backstage at Boston’s TD Banknorth Garden, minutes before …
Christian Finnegan on becoming a NYC headliner
Christian Finnegan is excited to headline Gotham Comedy Club this weekend. I know because I’ve read the emails and MySpace bulletins in which he says …
Pete & Brian, and Bill Murray, on video
Today on Funny Or Die, NYC comedy duo Pete & Brian unveiled their latest short film, FCU: Fact Checkers Unit with Bill Murray. Let’s play …
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Will Durst, off-Broadway
After six years, comedians don’t even have to write jokes about President George W. Bush.To them, Bush seems to write his own punchlines into the …