The Definitive Guide to Comedy
When you have a couple of hours to spare, please spare yourself the time to learn (or re-learn) your history of television. Who knows? It might come in handy the next time our world sees a sea-change in technology. Like. Oh. Say when the Internet becomes the medium and the …
A great new documentary, Johnny Carson: King of Late Night, debuts tonight on PBS. Check your local listings for times and repeat airings. Before you watch it, though, treat yourself to some outtakes. Drew Carey and Ray Romano remember their debuts on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. In this …
Jimmy Kimmel, a Brooklyn native, will bring his ABC late-night series, Jimmy Kimmel Live, home this November. Kimmel announced the decision — which will involve tapings the week of Oct. 29 through Nov. 2, 2012 — this morning when he guest-hosted LIVE! with Kelly. The weeklong jaunt will tape from …
Tommy Johnagin returned to the Late Show with David Leterman on Friday, and as always, he brings the funny. This time, he’s talking about living with a new girlfriend, and what that means to a relationship, along with the age-old question of what it means to say “I love you.” …
In case you missed it Sunday night, Comedy Central has put the entire half-hour special online of Between Two Ferns: A Fairytale of New York. It’s “Between Two Ferns” as you love it, but as you’ve never seen it before. Imagine one of those silly Barbara Walters pre-Oscars interview specials, …
Did you watch the debut of Money From Strangers on MTV last week? Did you miss it? Either way, you can catch up with the latest, greatest, hidden-camera comedy show as host Jeff Dye takes us behind the scenes of the premiere and gives you insight before the next episodes …
Remember when Peyton Manning hosted several years ago and proved to be more than adequate for an athlete on Saturday Night Live — of course, he also was the amusing spokesman for several TV advertising campaigns at the time, too. So now, here comes his younger brother, Eli Manning, who has …
The Comedy Awards 2012 — second annual edition of the revived ceremonies for the comedy industry to honor working comedians and comedic actors — returns to Comedy Central on Sunday, May 6. Since the awards ceremony was taped last weekend in New York City, we already know the winners for …
I’ve been a fan of Dave Waite’s onstage persona and joke tags since I first saw him several years ago as a Cincinnati stand-up comedian competing in the Boston Comedy Festival contest. Waite now lives in New York City. Last week, he destroyed at a showcase for Late Night with …
At last weekend’s taping of The Comedy Awards, award-winner Hannibal Buress stopped backstage (or technically, under the stage) in the press room to answer a few questions. Buress also took a minute to try to describe his upcoming role as the sidekick/co-host of The Eric Andre Show, which debuts on …
