The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Want to see Sara Benincasa in a bathtub with Donald Glover, asking him about how he got his gig writing for (and appearing in this season's finale of) 30 Rock, as well as why he had to leave the show (Jack McBrayer is involved!), and his upcoming NBC sitcom, Community? …
TuRae is taping his new stand-up comedy special June 4 at the Trocadero Theatre in Philadelphia, and we here at The Comic's Comic have two pairs of tickets to bestow upon you, should you like to witness this taping live and in the person. Just email me at thecomicscomic@gmail.com — …
Spinal Tap is coming back from the dead with a new album, coincidentally titled Back From The Dead, out June 16. And here they are, the alter-egos of Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer, discussing several of the tracks. Such as "Stonehenge." Did you know that druids used to run …
It's no secret that Chelsea Handler has a group of favorite comedians who appear on a regular basis providing their topical bon mots as panelists on her late-night chat show on E!, Chelsea Lately. Handler has been kind enough to reach out to these comics and give them TV time …
While everyone was talking about Sacha Baron Cohen and Eminem after the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, I wanted to make sure you didn't miss this other moment, which gave comedian Paul Rust one last chance to shine in semi-anonymity. Rust will star in this summer's romantic comedy I Love You, Beth …
It has become increasingly clear that the summer of 2009 will be the moment in which everyone else learns what everyone who reads this site already knows: Zach Galifianakis will bemuse and bedazzle you with his wondrous sense of humor and comic timing. The New York Times magazine did a big …
You can quibble all you want about Jeff Dunham and the relative credibility as ventriloquists within the comedy community. But when I read the latest issue of Time magazine, which devotes a one-page profile to Dunham, I couldn't help but notice when he said that as a club comic, working four …
Jon Lovitz opened the doors last weekend on the Los Angeles comedy club that bears his name and carries a theme of a tropical beach, complete with leis for the audience members. The Jon Lovitz Comedy Club operates out of the Universal CityWalk complex at Universal Studios Hollywood, with shows …
What if Brett Gelman's character, Sam, aka "Mr. Celebrity," went from telling you how to make friends with celebrities, to actually showing you how his techniques work successfully in real life? That's what you get in this short film on Funny or Die. Features appearances by Jon Hamm, Janeane Garofalo …
First piece of mail received at my new HQ: A package containing the DVD for Pete Correale's new stand-up special, "The Things We Do For Love," which debuts tonight on Comedy Central. Ding, ding, ding! Tell the senders what they win: A fresh review. Wait. That's it? Yes. That's it. …