The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Alan Kirschenbaum, co-creator of the sitcom Yes, Dear for CBS, who also had a midseason sitcom readying to debut on CBS in early 2013 called Friend Me, died on Friday. He was only 51. Kirschenbaum’s father is Freddie Roman, dean of the Friars Club. Kirschenbaum also was a consulting producer …
Community fans, take note. Your comedy-nerd leader, Dan Harmon, will be back creating TV just for you soon enough. Adult Swim has ordered 10 episodes of Harmon’s new animated creation, Rick and Morty. It’ll debut late nights in late 2013 or early 2014. Rick and Morty follows a brilliant inventor (Morty), his …
One of FOX’s ADHD pick-ups for summer 2013 is “Ask Axe Cop,” based on a comic strip written by a kid — Malachai Nicolle started the advice column comic when he was only 5 — and illustrated by his brother, Ethan, starting when he was 29. They’re older now. Obviously. …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… G4 announced late Friday that it would cancel its most popular live programming, Attack of the Show, at the end of 2012. The Monday-Friday live weeknight show launched in 2005. AOTS covered pop culture, made Olivia Munn a household name, gave Chris Hardwick …
The last time I hung out with Jim Jefferies, we were not only in another country, but also in Doug Stanhope’s hotel room, before eventually taking the party to the hotel’s outdoor terrace as the sun rose over the French-Canadian skyline of Montreal. Jefferies was in full-blown “Alcoholocaust” mode then. …
Multifaceted, multilingual, matador. These three words tell you what you need to know about Reggie Watts for his latest performance on Conan, which happened Thursday night. Need three more words? How about “Camarones! Mantequilla! Madrid!” Check it!
Craig Fergus0n enjoys surprising viewers in the cold open of his Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and Thursday night’s episode on CBS was no exception, as Ferguson ceded the stage to Eddie Izzard — playing the role of Ferguson! Izzard tried to Glasgow up his accent and launch into …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… Adam Sandler is moving his moving-pictures business from Sony to Paramount — at least for his next trick, a comedy western flick, due in cinemas in 2014. Adam Carolla is joining FOX News as a contributor to Bill O’Reilly’s top-ranked cable shout-show, The …
Conan O’Brien vowed to host an episode of his late-night TBS talker, Conan, in an orange spray-tan and his hair in cornrows — if you would donate money to Night of Too Many Stars to benefit families with autistic children. Well, you gave, and so Conan gave back. Above is …
A couple of years ago, you crazy kids went wild on Facebook with the notion that Betty White host Saturday Night Live at the tender age of 88. Sounded great, didn’t it? NBC and SNL listened, booking her for Mother’s Day weekend of 2010 and surrounding her with past SNL …
