The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The 34th season of Saturday Night Live certainly brought a lot of buzz and attention back to the show, and Lorne Michaels and company celebrated the end of that year with a bang that included plenty of starpower and nostalgia, plus a heavily implied farewell to Darrell Hammond, who completed …
Before David Letterman got his own late-night talk show on network TV, he was, like many of you, I suppose, a hungry young stand-up comedian and writer. Here is some footage of Letterman from back then, talking about the influence of Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor on his generation of …
Saturday Night Live puts a bow on its 34th season on May 16, and before it's a wrap, some folks in the mainstream media and the Internerds have given us some new profiles and stats to ponder. Vanity Fair chatted up newbie "featured player" Abby Elliott. Kristen Wiig talked to People …
When is a movie plug that's pretending to hinder a promo really just a twisted take on a promo, and when do we realize that by posting it, we do exactly what they want? Are these important questions to even ask before showing you a series of videos in which …
Escape Pod Films produces a series of videos from the fictional station WXZT-TV, and usually feature public service announcements from Lanny Latham (Rob Lathan). Listen up, kids! He's got all of the advice you need to lead a happy and fruitful life.
We have news on both the outgoing and incoming versions of The Tonight Show. First, the new: TV Guide obtained a publicity photo from NBC showing Conan O'Brien's new set in California — which is twice the size of his digs up in 30 Rock in NYC, and also somewhat …
The cast of comedians from VH1's Best Week Ever with Paul F. Tompkins (11 p.m. Fridays on your TV) will interact with you, the general populace, in real life, and not just in a comedy club, but in a bar, to do things involving Twitter and the beginning of the …
Robin Williams went on The Late Show with David Letterman last night, and showed he's almost fully recovered from his recent heart bypass surgery. Williams reveals he can still kick and get physical, but there's something a bit off vocally. He'll go back on tour at the end of September. …
CNN already has established that it's crazy for Twitter. And in this recent report, Josh Levs asked stand-up comedians John Heffron (@johnheffron) and Craig Shoemaker (@thelovemaster) about how to be funny in 140 characters or less, and whether Twitter is a good way for comedians to build up a fan …
Having lived in the Phoenix area for four years and spending quite a bit of time literally in the shadow of Arizona State University — the Tempe Improv is across the street from Sun Devil Stadium and ASU's athletic complex — this Daily Show report by Jason Jones hits so …