The Definitive Guide to Comedy
This week, State Farm insurance unveiled its final tribute in partnership with Saturday Night Live‘s 40th anniversary, just in time for tonight’s season finale of SNL. The Coneheads — Beldar (Dan Aykroyd), Prymaat (Jane Curtin) and daughter Connie (Laraine Newman) — re-enact a currently running State Farm commercial featuring the …
In case you missed it a couple of weeks ago, Late Night with Seth Meyers last night rebroadcast the May 1 episode that featured stand-up from Phil Hanley. Hanley has had some weird roommates over the years. Old and older is the best way to describe them. Well, maybe not …
When every comedian you know talks about how great this performance by Norm Macdonald is from his final appearance on Late Show with David Letterman, know that they’re talking about much more than simply the jokes. The notion of how cell-phone photography and selfies have or will have changed the …
Good Morning America and ABC News reporter Linsey Davis sat down with Bill Cosby and the Black Belt Community Foundation, who had invited Cosby to Alabama to talk to students and about education needs near Selma. Davis asked Cosby how he’d approach any backlash from students or the community, seeing …
Four years ago, Harry Shearer took a stand on behalf of his voice cast for The Simpsons as the dominating animated sitcom for FOX. This year, Shearer’s stance in contract negotiations is leaving the 71-year-old on the outside looking in when The Simpsons continues for seasons 27 and 28 without him. …
The Jim Gaffigan Show doesn’t premiere on TV Land until July 15, but creators Jim and Jeannie Gaffigan already have let us in on a limited-time sneak peek of a full episode that features a ton of cameos by comedians and media personalities, all playing themselves. Including Gaffigan himself — …
truTV showed up for its part of the Turner Networks 2015 Upfront presentations today with two new series ordered up, an extended trailer for another new comedy series and plenty of pilots in the offing. “In just over six months, we have turned over a whole new network, building momentum …
Check out the first brand-new teaser clip promoting Samantha Bee’s upcoming entrance into the late-night TV game as the only female host in a world full of Jimmys. TBS debuted this clip today as part of the Turner Networks’ annual Upfronts presentation to advertisers. In it, Bee surmises a wall …
Take a few minutes today to appreciate not only David Letterman, but also Adam Sandler. But aside whatever you might think of Sandler’s current movie in production, and remember his overall contributions to comedy, as he steps back and writes and performs a song to celebrate Letterman’s overall contributions to …
When Saturday Night Live presented a Win, Lose or Draw game show spoof that perplexed a contestant with the dilemma of drawing the Islamic prophet Muhammad, I noted simply: Topical. After all, the Muslim-haters in Texas had just incited a shooting the week before with a “Draw Muhammad” contest. What …
