It’s Russell Brand week in America (specifically NYC)
by Your imagination is not playing tricks on you this week. That probably is British rapscallion Russell Brand you see on your TV screens. Brand's first …
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.
CBS.com will Heckle U during March Madness
We always frown upon heckling in live comedy, but when it comes to college basketball? Just keep it clean. And also, know your target — …
March Madness, NYC comedy style
We're still another week or so before the NCAA's March Madness kicks off, but in just two days, 64 comedians will begin their own march …
SNL #34.18 with Dwayne Johnson, Ray LaMontagne, Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel
Saturday Night Live returned last night after two weeks off with a fresh case of spring fever and a ham sandwich of a host, and …
Inside the funny “Mystery Team” movie
Derrick comedy has a laugh-out-loud hilarious, dark comedy movie on their hands, and if all things go well, soon enough, there will be a distribution …
D.L. Hughley breaks his CNN show
When D.L. Hughley began his weekly weekend hour on CNN last fall, he joked about moving to New York City and the cold weather. Hughley, …
See “The Hangover” trailer, plus a free screening!
So many wild and wonderful things happened at the 92YTribeca show where I quoted Zach Galifianakis recently. After that show, actor Bradley Cooper showed up …
Comedy Central taps Daniel Tosh for summer series
Daniel Tosh received word Thursday that Comedy Central had made a 10-episode order for his half-hour comedy series that will give Tosh a weekly opportunity …
Super Dave gets summer series on Spike
How many character-based comedy acts have lasted 30 years? Bob Einstein, older brother of Albert Brooks, got an early break as a writer for The …
The Watchmen Saturday Morning Cartoon!
Today the pop culture universe revolves around the new Watchmen movie, so far be it for me to miss out on this, especially since one …