The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Before working with talent manager Barry Katz on the NBC comedian contest showcase Last Comic Standing, producer Peter Engel already had cemented his producing legacy with the Saturday morning hit of the early 1990s, Saved by the Bell. On Katz’s new podcast, Industry Standard, Engel sat down with Katz to …
“What’s your favorite stereotype?” Wait! Don’t answer that. It’s a trap! It’s a trap Hugh Moore is willing to jump into in this performance as he returned to the stage of Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Because he’s cool with the saying that “black don’t crack.” He’s also got …
The host of NBC’s America’s Got Talent, Nick Cannon, performs stand-up comedy. One of the show’s judges, Howie Mandel, got his big break in show business as a stand-up comedian. But could a comedian ever win AGT? Before you say Terry Fator, remember this: Fator, listed among the biggest-earning comedians …
Forget self-distribution, forget concert films, and forget even the old models of cable TV — Lewis Black is going PPV for his ninth stand-up comedy special. “Lewis Black: Old Yeller, Live At Borgata” will debut Aug. 24, 2013, as a Pay-Per-View event. Asked about his choice of PPV over self-distribution, …
I saw Dan St. Germain in Montreal last week at the Just For Laughs comedy festival, and can report that neither one of us was smoking or drinking. Not that we’re goody two-shoes, either one of us. On Conan last night, St. Germain talked about the realizations he has had …
For her quarterfinal performance last night on America’s Got Talent, Angela Hoover decided to use her 90 seconds of stage time to poke fun at the judges — impersonating both Mel B. and Heidi Klum — a tactic which served her well with those two. Howard Stern, on the other …
Only two weeks into its revival, Whose Line Is It Anyway? not only has proven to be a hit for The CW, but it’s also revived the broadcast network’s hopes to program actual sitcoms and other comedy series on its dial. The CW announced late Monday it had ordered a …
Tom Papa‘s new one-hour stand-up special, Tom Papa: Freaked Out, premieres tonight on EPIX HD (check your cable listings or go online to watch). While many Americans and others around the world might feel freaked out due to the global economy, national politics or local issues, Papa seems cool, calm …
Dwayne Perkins returned last night for another performance on Conan. Perkins said smartphones and Facebook have made us dumber. Just go onto Facebook “and type in almonds” and see what happens. That’s one of his suggestions. He also has ideas for the future of videogames, based on where we’ve come …
From my friends at Slacktory, here’s a new supercut of old Saturday Night Live sketches in which one or more of the actors break character, live on TV, on Saturday night! About two dozen scenes represented here. It’s 4:20 somewhere. It’s 4 minutes and 20 seconds right here, right now, …
