Zach Galifianakis has Natalie Portman between two ferns
by The latest installment of the funniest talk show to hit the Internets, Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis, is up and ready for viewing. Galifianakis …
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.
IFC launches a sketch comedy blog
The IFC cable network launched its own sketch comedy blog this week, called Details are Sketchy. It's written by NYC-based stand-up Jeff Kreisler. Why sketch …
Jokespirations for Christian Finnegan’s “Au Contraire”
Christian Finnegan's latest stand-up comedy special, Au Contraire, is available now on iTunes, though you won't be able to see it on TV until May …
Inside the mysterious world of freelance TV show joke writers
Years ago, I remember the first time I ever heard someone randomly say that they wrote jokes for The Tonight Show, and thought, really? You …
NBC picks up “Community” for fall 2009
Would you like to see a weekly half-hour sitcom about community college that stars Joel McHale and features Chevy Chase, John Oliver and Donald Glover, …
Etiquette advice, from Paul F. Tompkins
"Are you the table of bloggers and hotel concierges who do not want to be made fun of? Then you might not want to have …
Denis Leary talks “Inside the Actors Studio”
Bravo's Inside the Actors Studio takes a look at the career of Denis Leary on the episode that debuts Monday, May 4. Through his FX …
Kumail Nanjiani on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
Kumail Nanjiani did Jimmy Kimmel Live last night. Saying you live in Brooklyn sounds so much different when you're on TV in Los Angeles than …
New club in Boston: Tommy’s Comedy Lounge
The Boston comedy scene continues to evolve in an everything that's old is new again sort of way, and the news of Boston's newest comedy …
Who needs Last Comic Standing when we have Oprah?
We don't know what is happening in Oprah's world, but something is awry. Over the past month or so, Oprah has tried learning Facebook and …