The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Boston's NBC affiliate, WHDH-TV (Ch. 7), announced on its site last night that it would begin carrying an hour of news at 10 p.m. in September — going against the grain of its parent network, which plans to move Jay Leno into the primetime slot. Quite a development, considering Jay …
Jon Lovitz talked to Entertainment Tonight about the new three-story, beach-themed comedy club he plans to open at the end of May in the CityWalk complex at Universal Studios Hollywood. He told ET that he worked on the plans with the manager from the Irvine Improv.
A lot of people wondered after putting out Borat in 2006, whether and how Sacha Baron Cohen would still be able to find enough unsuspecting rubes to fall for his gay fashionista character, Bruno. Well, Cohen did it. You have begun reading about some of the antics already. So now …
Your short comedy film could earn you a cash prize in a new monthly contest at Carolines comedy club called Burnt Toast: Comics With Cameras. Judges will pick the top 10 submissions to show live at the club, and then judges plus the audience will reward the best of those …
Here's something you don't see every day: A comedy CD in the top 10 overall in sales on Apple's iTunes. Congrats to Jim Gaffigan on the early success of "King Baby," which came out yesterday as a CD or DVD. All of Gaffigan's vlogs and Tweets last week certainly must …
Sometimes April Fool's Day just brings good ol' fashioned funny news, and the folks from have done just that, unveiling the first featured shows taking place from June 11-13, 2009. Kids in the Hall's Kevin McDonald will do double duty, performing his one-man show, "Kevin McDonald's Hammy & The Kids," …
Among the many protesting the G20 summit in London, comedian Russell Brand. He likes trouble, but also enjoys discourse. So it makes total sense to find him among the masses here. Interesting to see how he does or does not take the bait from the media. Would you have acted …
Myq Kaplan emerged victorious from last night's Final Four and Championship rounds of the 2009 March Comedy Madness competition at Carolines, which means not only kudos for him, but also more paid gigs for him at the club and an interview by ABC's mythical fourth hour of Good Morning America (it's …
What happens when comedians Tom McCaffrey and Carolyn Castiglia imagine themselves as gangsta rappers? This happens. It's a music video for their rap, "How to Rob Comics." Stuckey from Stuckey and Murray helped direct, and among the many cameos: Janeane Garofalo, Paul F. Tompkins, Aisha Tyler, The Whitest Kids U …
So it's early in the morning on April Fool's Day, and what do the Internets do but allow someone onboard last week's Mayercraft to secretly videotape bluesy rock star John Mayer performing stand-up — as he is wont to do in his spare time when not rocking out Grammy-style or …