The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Oh, the Golden Globes. The Pia Zadora of awards shows. How you make up such silly ideas in your heads about who delivered award-worthy work in TV and film, always determined most importantly by whom the Hollywood Foreign Press Association would like to dine and get drunk with each January. …
Fresh off his victory in this year’s Andy Kaufman Awards, stand-up Nick Vatterott took his act out West for an appearance on Conan. I shan’t reveal too much of his set, because part of what makes Vatterott a Kaufman Award winner is in the reveals. But there’s a nice piece …
When a web video makes it to primetime network television, kudos for everyone. Of course, Brian Williams more than plays along with Marcel the Shell with shoes on, and “his” parents Jenny Slate and Dean Fleischer-Camp. Don’t ever accuse this network news anchor of not having a sense of humor. …
One of the more interesting aspects of a week in the life of Saturday Night Live is the ritual of staying up all night Tuesday into Wednesday morning to write sketches in time for the weekly table read. With the original cast, this could include all sorts of drug use …
Remember that one time Katy Perry was the musical guest on SNL, but also showed up in a sketch wearing a cleavage-bearing Elmo shirt and jumped up and down? You remember that, don’t you? Want me to wait here while you Google “Katy Perry Elmo gif” and do what you …
Hugh Fink. That there’s a name I hadn’t typed in a while. What’s he been up to? Fink popped up on camera a bit back when D.L. Hughley had a CNN show, but hadn’t been seen on my TV doing stand-up recently. Until Friday night. When Fink performed on Late …
Comedy Central unveiled its full development slate for 2011-2012, although let’s face it, we already knew about some of these upcoming series, and any/all of them won’t find it to the airwaves until 2012. Details, details. Let’s take a closer look! First, the previously announced series that have been ordered. …
Michael Palascak was on Late Late Show Ferguson, and had no problems talking about his food allergies or his experiences playing high-school football. Did you know he grew up in a small town in Indiana? Find out what that must have been like, and more. Roll the clip!
The end of the calendar means awards season is upon us, so without further ado, let’s find out our nominees in TV comedy from both the Producers Guild of America as well as the Writers Guild of America (East and West branches). First, the WGA nominees… COMEDY SERIES 30 Rock, …
Sean Patton has been accused of looking like others, but how about like an owl? That’s what he divulged last night on Conan, in addition to quitting smoking — and, by the way — nice shout out for The Creek and The Cave! Roll the clip.
