“Kate McKinnon on Ice,” A One-Woman Sketch-tacular!
by Kate McKinnon earned a nomination for the ECNY's Emerging Comic Award in 2010, but how she hasn't emerged already as a comedy star is beyond …
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Jon Benjamin Has A Van: So funny, it may be too funny for Comedy Central?
Forget everything you thought you knew about the new Comedy Central series, Jon Benjamin Has A Van. Oh, wait. You didn't know much of anything? …
Ding Dong Meow (Cookie!), aka The Andrea Rosen Show
Andrea Rosen's current show at the UCB Theatre, "Ding Dong Meow," really should be called "Ding Dong Meow (Cookie!)" It's neither one-woman show nor performance …
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Is “Talking Funny” funny? It is when Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Louis CK and Ricky Gervais do it on HBO
Ricky Gervais is friends with Louis CK, who is friends with Chris Rock, who is friends with Jerry Seinfeld. Put these four friends together in …
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Charlie Sheen’s “improv” experience with Drew Carey and friends should have warned live audiences
So that Charlie Sheen clip on GSN's Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza aired last night. I wish this had aired months ago. Because then, anyone who wondered …
Colin & Brad: Two Man Group (DVD review)
As Drew Carey gets the improv comedy gang back together next week for the start of his new GSN series, Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza, you may …
Can you get a job on The Colbert Report by staging your own version of it? This guy hopes so
J.D. Durkin is not unlike many young people who love Stephen Colbert and what he's doing on Comedy Central with The Colbert Report. Well, except …
The Pajama Men in “Last Stand to Reason,” four nights only in Brooklyn
It's OK if it takes you a minute to figure out The Pajama Men. Yes, they are two men onstage in pajamas, and you get …
Quotes, notes and news on The Greg Giraldo Fund and assorted benefit plans
Last week's benefit concert for Greg Giraldo's family, "The Big Time Comedy Show," was a big-time success at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. …
Nick Kroll’s “Thank You Very Cool” on Comedy Central
Nick Kroll has said that he pitched his first one-hour special to Comedy Central as his "one-man Muppet Show." But he gets a lot of …