The Definitive Guide to Comedy
What’s happening in the comedy world now… HBO will air a special tribute to Mel Brooks in December. Mel Brooks Strikes Back! debuts Dec. 10, with Brooks in conversation with Alan Yentob as he looks back on his career in stage and screen. E! set a start date for the …
Thomas Dale doesn’t think it’s very sexy if a woman walks around naked in nothing but high heels. And that’s not just because he’s a gay Italian New Yorker. No. The comedian also doesn’t want to see a guy naked but still wearing his sneakers. In his first performance on Late …
Election Night always has marked memorable moments in my life; none more so than the first Tuesday in November four years ago. Sure, 2008 saw the United States of America elect the first president of mixed-race origin in our history. Wait. Hold up. Mixed-race? Aren’t we all mixed to at …
When Eddie Murphy first took Chris Rock under his wing in the 1980s, Rock experienced more than a few firsts in his life. First airplane ride. First time tasting shrimp. First time with a white woman. Let Rock tell it. This is a clip from the upcoming all-star tribute to …
What’s happening in the comedy world right now… It’s ELECTION DAY. Have you voted yet? In related news, Roseanne Barr — yes, Roseanne — is on the ballot as a presidential candidate in California, Colorado and Florida. She also says she’s eligible as a write-in in Alabama, Alaska, Delaware, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, …
Michael Che is having a great 2012. The young comedian has earned multiple TV credits on your cable dial, from IFC’s Bunk to Comedy Central’s John Oliver’s New York Stand Up Show, earned a pass into his dream club — the Comedy Cellar in NYC — and Friday night, he made …
Chris Rock, a Brooklyn native, helped Jimmy Kimmel close out his Brooklyn week of Jimmy Kimmel Live with a special pre-taped message directed to white voters about the re-election campaign of President Barack Obama. Turns out, if you really think about it, Obama is white. Genetically, he’s half-white. Which is …
Watching a nation embrace a comedian who has been performing for 25 years is fascinating to absorb in real time. Witness the audience reaction to Louis C.K. when he steps onstage inside 30 Rock for his monologue as host of Saturday Night Live, for instance. Heck. Witness the reactions online and …
Doing a parody of the upcoming big-screen Steven Spielberg movie, Lincoln, is a foregone conclusion for Saturday Night Live. Having host Louis CK portray Lincoln in a spot-on parody of his own FX series, Louie, is a welcome surprise. Even more welcome, then, is this extended director’s cut of the …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… FOX has reduced its order for episodes of new midseason comedy, The Goodwin Games, from 13 episodes to a seven-episode run, which includes the pilot plus six additional episodes. It stars Becki Newton, Scott Foley and T.J. Miller. USA has cancelled Fairly Legal …
