The end for NBC’s Last Comic Standing?
by NBC unveiled its summer slate of TV programming for 2009 today, and Last Comic Standing is nowhere to be found. Not on the schedule. Not …
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Dane Cook lines up new arena tour; new to Twitter/YouTube?!
Dane Cook announced a new arena tour that launches this spring in North America and eventually goes abroad. So I guess all that talk about …
Early look: Jim Gaffigan’s “King Baby” special
Jim Gaffigan's latest Comedy Central special, King Baby, debuts March 29 on Comedy Central, with a CD and DVD coming soon thereafter on March 31. …
Reggie Watts: Innovations in music and comedy
Reggie Watts has fronted a funky Seattle band (Maktub), been acknowledged for his brilliant brand of stand-up comedy (Andy Kaufman Award), and earlier this week, …
Russell Brand and Jimmy Fallon will Twitter Tweet on TV tonight
Russell Brand is tonight's first guest on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. That's not what got my attention. This did, though. Minutes ago, Fallon typed this …
“Sit Down, Shut Up” Promo Battle Comparison
FOX has launched a new series of promotions for the upcoming animated comedy, Sit Down, Shut Up, which debuts April 19 in the network's Sunday …
The Best Show on WFMU’s marathon fun-fund-raiser
If you read The Comic's Comic, then you may also listen to The Best Show on WFMU, Tom Scharpling's Tuesday night radio talk/comedy/music spectacular. Tonight …
Video: Andy Richter blows away the competition
Comedians know the car companies are hurting, and this fake-ad-ad-not-ad shows just how much, featuring James Adomian and Andy Richter. Until Richter shows up in …
Bo Burnham’s new self-titled CD
Bo Burnham may only be a college freshman, but he already has his first full-length musical comedy gem out today via Comedy Central Records. How …
LiveTweeting the ECNY Awards
If you want to know who's winning what and what's going down tonight at the ECNY Awards at Comix, feel more than free to follow …