The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Lord knows I have been tough on Seth MacFarlane for some of his recent machinations around his animated sitcom Family Guy, but even I know how to conduct a proper interview. This Sunday's NYT magazine featured MacFarlane in its "Questions For" column, but it read more like "Inquistion Of" or "Dressing-Down …
HBO might have led all networks in terms of wins at the 2009 Creative Arts Emmys, which were handed out Saturday night in Los Angeles and parts of which will be broadcast Sept. 18 on E!, but Lorne Michaels must be smiling more than a lit bit, too, as decisions …
Larry Gelbart began writing jokes for Danny Thomas when he was still in his teens, would go on to write jokes for Bob Hope, Sid Caesar, craft the Broadway classic "A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum," adapt M*A*S*H to TV, and write the screenplays for Oh …
Just who is Brent Weinbach? He's a stand-up comedian from the Bay Area of Northern California. That's true enough. But if your first experience with Weinbach is through his new CD, The Night Shift, then you might find yourself asking what it is exactly that this has to do with …
The fine folks at the Andy Kaufman Award have alerted me that they'll be hosting an open call for all interested comedians and performance artists in New York City. So if you're in NYC or will be on Sept. 23, between the hours of 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., and …
I had the opportunity last night to watch the first two episodes of HBO's new series, Bored to Death, which debuts on Sept. 20, and had a red-carpet premiere screening Thursday night in Manhattan. I didn't try to lobby all sorts of questions at the celebs who attended, although I …
Perhaps you have seen the incessant NBC promotions for The Jay Leno Show, promising unprecedented comedy in the 10 o'clock hour for American TV viewers? (If you have a TV, then of course you have, and I wonder if the people in the Central and Mountain time zones get their …
While you were dressed to the nines yesterday, Larry the Cable Guy was uploading a new video to the YouTubes, in which he sat in a chair and read aloud his list of his 10 favorite comedians, and told us why he likes them better than anyone else. You probably …
Ellen DeGeneres getting hired by American Idol might have been the biggest news you heard overnight, but it wasn't the only thing happening in the past week in comedy news. To wit: Mandi Bierly at EW's PopWatch talked to Bruce McCulloch about the new Kids in the Hall miniseries, Death …
Just when you were thinking, the only way American Idol ever could replace Paula Abdul would be to find someone who is deliberately funny, well, they did done gone did that. Ellen DeGeneres announced the news last night during the taping of her daytime talk show that she had been …