The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Do you know all of the words to your National Anthem? ALL of the words? Could you sing it on cue, let alone on pitch? OK. Now, can you sing the “Comedian’s National Anthem”? Wait. You don’t know that age-old ditty? That’s probably because it’s only a few years old, …
You may have heard the name Neal Brennan in conjunction with the Comedy Central sketch show he co-created with Dave Chappelle (Chappelle’s Show). But in recent years, Brennan has honed his stand-up to the point of taping and releasing his first half-hour Comedy Central special as a solo performer, and …
Earwolf, the podcasting network founded by Scott Aukerman (Comedy Bang! Bang!) and Jeff Ullrich, is adding music and lifestyle programming to its lineup of talk shows, while also expanding its list of comedy offerings. To wit: New comedy shows up-and-running within this month include “Nerd Poker: Dungeons and Dragons with …
If you thought comedians had launched enough podcasts for there to be a festival just for them, then you’re thinking what the fine folks at The People’s Improv Theatre in NYC were thinking. The PIT announced Monday afternoon it would host “the first-ever, first-annual” New York City Podcast Festival, starting on …
Flight of the Conchords released a brand-new single over the weekend. But “Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That)” isn’t a typically funny song from the duo of Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement. No. It’s their very own “We Are The World” gone “We Are New Zealand” effort, as FOTC corralled …
Eddie Murphy may have had a hit song back in the day with “Party All the Time” and even hosted the MTV Video Music Awards in 1985, too — but Murphy couldn’t accomplish what Community’s Donald Glover already has in his spare time away from comedy: Score his own VMA …
Nick DiPaolo and Artie Lange have even more fans to hear them talk sports and joke about sports, as they’ve added SiriusXM to their listenership. The Nick & Artie Show, hosted by Lange and DiPaolo and produced by DIRECTV Entertainment weeknights from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Eastern, arrived to Sirius …
You think your merch is a big deal? Comedy Central has solidified its position in merchandising by putting all of it under a new business division — Comedy Central Enterprises — and putting Mitch Fried in charge of it. The division centralizes control over the network’s consumer products, home entertainment, …
Lee Greenwood has “Proud to be an American.” Denis Leary has “Kiss My Ass.” Because that’s Leary’s way to announce his American pride for this Fourth of July holiday week. And in the video for Leary’s new song with his band, The Enablers, we see how he celebrates the lazy, …
We haven’t heard much from Jack Black and Kyle Gass as the over-the-top musical duo Tenacious D since their first full-length feature film, Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, failed to win over moviegoers or critics in 2006. But it’s 2012 now, and the boys have a good sense …
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