The Definitive Guide to Comedy
What’s happening in the comedy world now… Showtime has ordered a second stand-up comedy special from Larry Wilmore (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart correspondent) that’ll be politically-based and air Nov. 3 — just before Election Day. It tapes Oct. 24 in Jacksonville, Fla. Wilmore is with UTA. CBS gave …
Isn’t Conan O’Brien orange enough already? Orange you tired of asking silly questions like that? Let’s just stick to the facts. Comedy Central’s Night of Too Many Stars airs on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. It’s the main cause of Robert Smigel, and funds raised go toward autism research and programs …
If you didn’t know that R. Kelly is a comedian as well as a hip-hop musician, then you have been living in a hole for the past several years. Kelly’s real-life antics are a hoot, to be sure. But he also has crafted a musical journey that’s more ridiculous than …
The biennial Night of Too Many Stars benefit, hosted by Jon Stewart and organized by Robert Smigel, has reached new heights in 2012 for Comedy Central and for raising money toward autism research. The benefit show premieres Oct. 21, 2012, on Comedy Central, with a live phone bank taking your …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… Anyone paying attention to the New York comedy scene in the past month knows that Chris Rock is working on a new hour of stand-up material so he can mount another tour, and eventually produce another comedy special. What about this rumor that …
Say what you will about whether Tim & Eric’s Adult Swim series was an “Awesome Show” or a “Great Job” or something else altogether. Their show within a show, Dr. Steve Brule’s “Check It Out” — starring John C. Reilly — is pretty genius. And now you can own the …
Ricky Gervais has a contest that will grant one stand-up comedian with a three-minute spot to perform on Conan. Wait, what? Why? Doesn’t Gervais have his own TV shows? And why isn’t Conan O’Brien holding this contest instead? It’s all about the new mobile app Gervais has launched called Just …
What’s happening in the comedy world right now… ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live has booked Kimmel’s longtime idol, David Letterman, as a guest for the upcoming week of shows in Kimmel’s birthplace of Brooklyn, New York. JKL will tape a week of late-night shows there from Oct. 29 – Nov. 2. …
We’re living in a DVR world now, where the “500 channels” once dreamt about finally seem to all coexist in our lives and nightly viewing habits. More and more of us aren’t watching TV when the suits have programmed it — unless it’s a cult favorite show with multiple spoilers, …
A classic game show beloved by comedians and comedy fans returns to the TV airwaves five times a week starting tonight. But Match Game isn’t coming back to America. Try heading north of the border. Oh, Canada! Sally was so desperate for new episodes of Match Game…”HOW DESPERATE WAS SHE?”…Sally …
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