The Definitive Guide to Comedy
With all of the hype about "Snooki"'s new book, you may not have noticed that comedian Roseanne Barr's third book also is on sale this week (sorry, Patton Oswalt, but you're too smart for TV promos this week, apparently). And …
In his new memoir, "Dear Mrs. Fitzsimmons," comedian Greg Fitzsimmons creates a self-portrait of the comedian as a young man, complete with photos and letters upon letters from disciplinary figures in his life to illustrate just how Greg evolved into …
As of today, more than 41,500 people were following Denis Leary on Twitter @denisleary for free. The calculation is that there are many more people who like Leary enough to pay for a book of his Tweets. Because that book …
Jim Breuer was between gigs in Iowa this fall when I spoke to him over the phone. Breuer has spent the past couple of years hitting the reset button on his career, returning to the road for stand-up gigs in …
When I heard the ventriloquist Jeff Dunham was penning his autobiography and doing it with the voices of his dummies, I wondered how in the heck that would translate to print. Well, not to worry, necessarily. Because Dunham also is …
Earlier this week, a CNN press release for Larry King Live promised that Jerry Seinfeld would reveal "one of Hollywood's best kept secrets" on Thursday night's show. This morning, the Today show has hinted that Seinfeld's revelation concerns the identity …
The new book, Sex: Our Bodies, Our Junk, comes with high praise. Titter titter. No, seriously. The covers boast compliments in the forms of quotes from Conan O'Brien, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. Andy Richter and his wife, Sarah Thyre, …
Not sure about the timing of this booking, since his book has been out for more than a year and went paperback in July, but author William Knoedelseder went on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson to talk with Ferguson …
Tom Davis may be a scholar and a gentleman, or he may be neither of those things, but he was one of the original writers for Saturday Night Live, and he did live a full life, which he shared parts …
Brian McMullen wrote in Salon today that he is putting together a McSweeney's book of self-portraits doodled by creative types, with help from author and creative type Jonathan Ames. You can give Salon 20 more page-view clicks by viewing their …
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