Showtime hits the road this summer with Tig Notaro for fan-picked stand-up tour, documentary
by Tig Notaro is hitting the road this summer for a very special stand-up comedy tour. Just how special? “Showtime is going to be filming my …
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Gene Wilder looks back on his career in 92Y talk
Think of Gene Wilder and you think of his many memorable movie roles, from 1971’s Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory through to Blazing Saddles, …
The “red band” trailer to Kevin Hart’s “Let Me Explain”
Kevin Hart’s second stand-up concert film, Let Me Explain, hits movie theaters near you on July 3, 2013. Filmed last November in a sold-out show …
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Comedy Headlines for 6/11/13
What’s happening in the comedy world these days… You knew it was happening before it happened, but Community creator Dan Harmon is back running his …
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A look back at Richard Pryor: “Omit the Logic”
Ask most comedians today who they love and loved watching perform, and Richard Pryor’s name is more likely than not to make the cut as …
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Broken Lizard’s Jay Chandrasekhar on directing sitcoms, Freeloaders and the future of TV/movie distribution
Jay Chandrasekhar is best known as the ringleader of sketch comedy troupe Broken Lizard, but he’s also a stand-up comedian and an in-demand director, helming …
Cheech and Chong finally meet their big fan and spirit animal, Snoop Dogg (Snoop Lion)
Cheech & Chong celebrated an extra-special 4/20 week in 2013 with a big smokin’ promotional tour, capped off Thursday afternoon with a surprise visit from …
Where it’s always 4:20: Watching “The Greatest Movie Ever Rolled” with Doug Benson’s commentary
At a screening earlier this month of The Greatest Movie Ever Rolled at the Friars Club Comedy Film Festival, and elsewhere, Doug Benson readily concedes …
“iSteve,” the first Funny or Die movie, and first Steve Jobs biopic
PaFunny or Die has unveiled its first “on-site feature film,” iSteve, starring Justin Long as the late Apple founder Steve Jobs. With a running time clocking in …
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RIP Jonathan Winters (1925-2013)
Jonathan Winters, one of the most inventive and inspired comedians whose career spanned the entire second half of the twentieth century, has died. He was …