The Definitive Guide to Comedy
For the first time in decades, Bob and Doug McKenzie were back together again. TAKE OFF, EH! The Great White North reunion of Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis, chewing the cheese curds over beer, politics and the invention of rap, was all part of an all-star cavalcade of Canadian comedy …
“My favorite comic. You hate him.” That was Howie Mandel setting up Eric Jennifer‘s performance to fellow judge Simon Cowell bfeore the Judges Cut round of America’s Got Talent. Make some noise! Alas, Jennifer didn’t make the cut.
Harrison Greenbaum only got to tell one joke for the Judges Cut round of America’s Got Talent, but it was a pretty funny joke, wondering what it must feel like to have the world record for lightning strikes by a human. Nevertheless, the judges didn’t pass Greenbaum through to the …
The comedy game show that earned “POINTS!” for its comedians by mocking memes and daily headlines will end its run on Comedy Central after 600 episodes. @midnight with Chris Hardwick debuted Oct. 21, 2013, in a trial run for Comedy Central, and earned not only multiple renewals, but also multiple …
The Simpsons may have broken many TV records and earned all of the plaudits, fans, memes and podcasts over the years, but another animated comedy of the early 1990s broke all of the rules and inspired a generation of funny people. I was in college when my friends and I …
The 35th annual Just For Laughs, or Juste Pour Rire (Pour les Français), kicked off on Wednesday in Montreal, and while there may only be a few Americans performing there this weekend (Jessica Kirson, Steve Byrne and Vlad Caamano in The Ethnic Show, hosted by Alonzo Bodden), hundreds of comedians from …
If you’ve got a script or a series pitch sitting around in your files, but dearly want to put it in front of the producers, suits and creative executives to make it on the TV, then you’ve still got time to submit it for the 2017 ITVFest. Not much time, …
Episode #6 of my exclusive Laughly audio series, On Second Thought, is out now with featured guest Liam McEneaney. On Second Thought asks: If tragedy plus time equals comedy, then comedy plus time equals what now? Liam McEneaney hosted one of the more popular alternative basement comedy rooms in New York City …
I’ll get into all of this in detail later, but for now, just the facts, ma’am. Here are your nominees in the comedy categories for the 69th annual Emmy Awards, to be handed out live Sept. 17, 2017, on CBS. Full list here Comedy Series Atlanta (FX) black-ish (ABC) Master of …
Conan O’Brien and Team Coco head to San Diego for their third straight trip to Comic-Con International, and Conan has announced its guest list for next week’s episodes there. CONAN‘s Comic-Con® International shows will be taped at San Diego’s historic Spreckels Theatre on Wednesday, July 19 – Saturday, July 22. Episodes will air …
