The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Everything you loved about MST3K is coming back in 2K14, but for three hours only. And only on National Geographic Channel?! Wait. Is this some sort of April Fool’s Day joke? Yes and no. The “Total Riff Off” by RiffTrax is happening from 8 to 11 p.m. April 1, 2014, …
Todd Barry returned to Conan on Monday night to perform stand-up and opened with some prepared material about a certain Walgreens in Chicago that deserves recognition. Even now. Even. Now. Then Barry took to the panel, where he talked with Conan O’Brien about his new crowd work special (produced and …
THIS JUST IN! MARK YOUR CALENDARS! NBC is making Thursday nights must-see TV for comedy fans as of May 22, 2014, with the return of Last Comic Standing — with new host JB Smoove and new judges Roseanne Barr and Keenen Ivory Wayans, along with international comic sensation Russell Peters …
“I reveal all these things about my career, to inspire. I read that 40 percent of Latin kids drop out of high school. And that’s a tragedy in this country. And I know how they feel because I felt the same way. And why is that? That’s just because you …
Kermit the Frog employs the ol’ mirror routine gag — spoiler alert! — in a scene during the new Muppets Most Wanted movie, in cinemas nationwide today. How old is the ol’ mirror routine? Thanks to Andrew Bouvé over at Slate for putting together this supercut. And even this excludes several …
Saturday Night Live just released an extended blooper reel of sorts, as it shows the extended takes of Bobby Moynihan’s scenes in the 12 Years A Slave audition sketch video. Worth it just for the priceless laughing and smiling fits it brings on in Vanessa Bayer as one of the …
IFC is hosting its annual Upfront event and party tonight in New York City, but announced at high noon today two new series, a new award program, two series renewals and even more in development for 2014-2015. “IFC began the year with significant momentum that continues to accelerate,” said Jennifer …
Eugene Mirman’s routines have a non sequitur vibe upon first blush, but if you change your focus just a smidge, it all blends together harmoniously. Take Mirman’s performance on Wednesday night’s Late Night with Seth Meyers. He opens with a bit about an audition scene set in the 1920s — topical …
FX just announced it’s bringing Billy Crystal back to primetime TV, as star of The Comedians, which has received an initial order of 13 episodes for its first season, to debut in 2015. Crystal plays a version of himself, essentially — “a superstar veteran comedian” — paired up with a …
Netflix has announced a new 13-episode single-cam sitcom, Grace and Frankie, that reunites Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda as “long-time rivals brought together by a rather unusual change in their marital circumstances.” Tomlin and Fonda famously teamed up with Dolly Parton in the 1980 movie musical, 9 To 5. “Jane …
