The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Each summer going back 18 years, the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre has hosted improvisers from around the country — and now around the world — to celebrate the comedy form, and in particular the late improv guru Del Close. Close not only popularized the Harold form, but also taught and …
Find out what happened to Allan Drake, one of several Mob-connected comedians in mid-century America. His connections got him huge gigs at The Flamingo in Las Vegas and the Copacabana in New York. Those same connections would destroy his life and keep his name from reaching the history books. Hear …
How would you react if a guy auditioning for America’s Got Talent pretended he was Robert De Niro with full De Niro face, only he didn’t sound much like De Niro, but instead presented a series of celebrity impersonations straight out of the most popular impersonations of yesteryear, with Christopher …
Two guys in chef’s costumes end up naked except for cleverly arranged pans. They are, naturally, Men With Pans. And would it surprise you to learn they’re Belgian? Here they are making their proper American debut in primetime on America’s Got Talent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCLLxyQsWzk You will be seeing more of them. …
Tom Clark is a stand-up comedian and actor who has been in comedy for 23 years. His comedy credits include TBS’s Conan, CBS’s Late Late Show, The Bob & Tom Radio Show, and Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, Montreal’s New Faces at the prestigious Just For Laughs Comedy Festival, The Capetown Comedy Festival in South Africa; and acting roles on NBC’s Outsourced, TNT’s The Closer, …
Sam Morril has sat courtside for the New York Knicks. Now the comedian is getting a prime slot on the TV network that broadcasts Knicks games. People Talking Sports* (*and Other Stuff) will premiere in late-night on MSG Network on July 10. Page Six broke the news. MSG has broadcast …
Bill Dana, the comedian who pretended to be an astronaut and became a fan of America’s original astronauts, has died. Dana was 92. Dana was born William Szathmary on Oct. 5, 1924, into a Hungarian Jewish family in Quincy, Mass., adopting a variation on his mother’s name for his stage …
This essay originally appeared on Medium and is republished here with permission by the author. What are female comics doing these days? What’s the situation? Did we solve it yet? I’d like to check in and take stock. But before I do that, I should say this: I’m just one …
After all these years, the first criminal trial charging comedy legend Bill Cosby with drugging and molesting at least one woman against her will has ended quicker than anyone expected in a mistrial. The trial began June 5, went to the jury after a six-minute defense, and ended Saturday after …
Can Emmy nominations save Seeso? For the sake of the programming department, decimated by layoffs from parent company NBCUniversal that will leave most of them unemployed a week from now, let’s hope so. Then again, every once in a while, the Emmy Awards make it awkward by presenting trophies to …
