The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Talk about a fast turnaround. Within a few hours of Sarah Palin's abrupt announcement resigning as Alaska's governor on Friday afternoon, animator Scott Bateman had a new clip online for True/Slant. Bateman also reproduces and reanimates crazy moments in actual politics for Salon.com. If only this had happened a day …
John Roberts has earned millions of views for his "Jackie" videos on YouTube. Drea de Matteo played an infamous Jersey girlfriend on The Sopranos and is the new cast addition to ABC's Desperate Housewives. Here they are, together, in New Jersey, looking to get tan for the troops. For your …
When cable network FX announced its fall 2009 slate this week, it said it planned to pair another new comedy with the return of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia in the 10 o'clock hour come Sept. 17. But it didn't say what that comedy would be?! That's a curious move. But let's …
FUNNY! From UCB sketch comic and improviser Eugene Cordero, it's Jon Gosselin's new Match.com ad: Match.com-Jon Gosselin – watch more funny videos
We're only halfway through 2009, but already, methinks we can award the Oscar for Best Misdirection Campaign by a Movie to Funny People, because while everything we've seen about the actual movie suggests that it is a melodrama about what happens when a famous stand-up comedian faces the prospect of …
There's a new trailer out for Steven Soderbergh's upcoming farce, The Informant!, and I include it here, not only because it's funny, but also and more importantly because Soderbergh seems to have carved out some juicy supporting roles for comedians Tom Papa (as someone Matt Damon is trying to snoop …
Two of the more awkward phone interviews I have conducted over the years have been with Al Franken. Just lucky, I guess? But maybe, just maybe, Franken may have been tentative with me all of those years ago because he knew that someday, he'd become a U.S. Senator. That day, …
What's new and making news in the comedy world? Let's take a look-see and find out. Jerry Lewis is going to be making his Broadway directorial debut, a musical version of The Nutty Professor, with Marvin Hamlisch composing. (Variety) Just For Laughs Montreal will hold a "Comedy Conference" for the second …
All of the recent crazy celebrity deaths certainly got everyone talking over the weekend, but the timing of it all overshadowed the death Sunday of comedian and impersonator Fred Travalena. If Rich Little was The Guy in the 1970s and 1980s to get your celebrity impersonations, then Fred Travalena was …
When you see Jon Daly get into character as smooth jazz artist "Barry R," it's quite a bizarre treat in a comedy club. What happens when he busts loose on the beach and makes a commercial for his new box set? Well, that's where Funny or Die comes in. So …