The Definitive Guide to Comedy
As a writer for Late Night with Seth Meyers, Michelle Wolf already has enjoyed plenty of chances to shine onscreen in sketches and segments, particularly as Grown-Up Annie and as Cassandra in the game show, “Fake or Florida.” On Thursday night’s show, Wolf got her first opportunity to perform stand-up, …
Paul Morrissey may remind you of a younger Jim Gaffigan in some ways, joking about how pale he is and how poorly he eats. But perhaps I’m biased. Because I’ve lived with my roommate for three years now, which means he and I might be common-law married?! Yikes. The things …
TruTV unveiled the first look at upcoming sketch comedy series Friends of the People today as part of the cable channel’s turn in the summer press tour for the TV Critics Association. It’ll debut Oct. 28, 2014, with a blend of pop-culture sketches, man-on-the-street segments and more. Co-stars, writers and …
Andrea Martin is enjoying her summer trip to Portugal when she’s patched onto the phone line last night with The Comic’s Comic. “It’s surreal for me to have a show premiere and me be in Lisbon,” Martin said. So if fans tune in tonight to the American debut of Working …
The Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal has named Andy Samberg, Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg, Michael Schur, Nathan Fielder and Bill Burr as its major award-winning honorees for 2014. Their individual honors: Andy Samberg: Comedy Person of the Year Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg: Comedy Directors of the Year …
Here are your nominees for 2014 Emmy Awards in TV comedy. Will update with more categories and breakdowns, but for now, congrats to all! Making a big splash this year definitely is Netflix, with its decision to Orange Is the New Black in comedy earning the streaming site a series …
Forget everything you read in the gossip pages about what Katt Williams is doing offstage. HBO has set a date for his newest stand-up special, directed by Spike Lee. “Katt Williams: Priceless” will premiere Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014. Here’s the first official trailer of Williams back onstage doing his thing. …
The post-WWII era shall be spoofed again by author “Eric Jonrosh” and an all-star cast, as IFC announced Monday it’d ordered a second six-episode miniseries from Funny or Die’s “Spoils” franchise. The Spoils Before Dying will bring back Jonrosh (Will Ferrell) to open and close each of the six episodes …
Forty years ago, NBC assembled a group of “Not Ready For Prime-Time Players” for a live televised sketch comedy show on Saturday nights. Can they start from scratch again in 2014? The Comic’s Comic showed you the new NBC sketch comedy pilot cover sheet last month. Now take a look …
While Jimmy Fallon and his Tonight Show crew filmed a week of shows in Orlando last month, they took out some time to open up the ol’ viewer mailbag, and Fallon answered a question about his biggest fears when he was just starting out as a stand-up comedian. Would you …
