The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Jerry Seinfeld visited The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night to promote his webseries, “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee,” and as Seinfeld is wont to do, he performed stand-up before hitting the panel. For his stand-up set, Jerry chose to revisit some old familiar ground: Food. Even more familiar for …
Two years ago this week, Alex Koll and I enjoyed some delicious barbecue ribs and other meats and treats in Austin during SXSW. Last night, Koll was on Conan and I’m here to tell you about it. Koll lets us know just how violent our kids are in sports; not literally, but …
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the pool… ABC, which used to bring us Superstars on Saturday mornings a generation ago, is broadening the definition of athlete and celebrity while also narrowing the pool of athletic competitions to the diving pool with the debut next …
Louis C.K. gets to have his HBO trailer and mock it, too, in this clip promoting his latest stand-up comedy special, “Oh My God,” premiering on April 13, 2013. Roll the clip!
Justin Timberlake made his fifth turn as host of Saturday Night Live in high style, as so many previous old cast members and hosts welcomed him into the show’s fake-yet-real “Five-Timers Club.” Paul Simon, Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Martin Short (yes, The Three Amigos!), plus Alec Baldwin, Tom …
Here’s a clip you didn’t see on the first two seasons of FX’s Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, because it didn’t appear in any of those episodes! It’s Janine Brito, “dandy lesbian dandy” writer for the show, apologizing last year on behalf of Tracy Morgan, in the voice and …
Ian Edwards was back on Conan last night. Edwards enjoyed telling the audience about a trip he took to Israel, and how it made him feel as a black American male. Good times. He also has a friend who sleepwalks and does strange things such as cook full meals, or …
If Jon Stewart looks and sounds a bit more British this summer, that’s because John Oliver will be playing the role of “Jon Stewart” in Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Stewart is taking eight weeks off from the show this summer (plus the additional four weeks the show …
Last week’s episode of What Not To Wear on TLC opened with scenes shot in Gotham Comedy Club, where, for reasons that are never fully explained, hosts Stacy London and Clinton Kelly decide to surprise former Family Ties child star Tina Yothers. By roasting her from the audience. That’s not …
A few months ago, comedy director Jason Woliner decided to launch his own novelty T-shirt business, selling a parody of the red Che Guevara T-shirts that replaced Che’s face with that of Jay Leno. But he quickly backtracked from his “Che Leno” shirt, replacing it with a “Jay Guevara” shirt, …
