The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Living in New York City, it’s difficult to get through a September 11 without thinking about what happened that day in 2001, and yet I hadn’t planned on mentioning it here. Then I saw that two-hour documentary on CBS, 9/11: Ten Years Later, which saw two brothers filming the FDNY’s …
I didn’t remember the first time that Jim McDonald performed on Letterman, but sure enough, the Internet tells me it was about four years ago. McDonald also has done Ferguson’s show twice, and been around long enough to have TV credits on the old A&E shows from Caroline’s and The …
First came Stephen Colbert’s Americone Dream, then came Jimmy Fallon’s Late Night Snack, so what next for Ben & Jerry’s? How about a scoop of Schweddy Balls? It’s true. Ben & Jerry’s announced the launch of the new flavor, named in honor of a classic Saturday Night Live sketch starring Ana …
I know the Internet has circulated a video montage of “Uncle Frank” Potenza which aired Tuesday night on Jimmy Kimmel Live, on Kimmel’s first night back on the air since his uncle died at the age of 77. But Kimmel devoted the entire episode to Uncle Frank. Potenza’s favorite comedian, …
How can a good rumor become solid conventional wisdom in a hot minute? When the math looks right, for one thing. The Academy Awards suffered this year from the decision to cast an odd couple as hosts in Anne Hathway (overly excited to be there) and James Franco (appeared to …
Jon Rineman not only works on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as a writer, but he’s also received the opportunity to perform his stand-up comedy on the show, which he did last night. Turns out he has sex on the brain. Whether he’s talking about mannequins or condoms, or having …
For all of the weird headlines that Katt Williams has made onstage and off in the past few years, he always seemed level-headed whenever I spoke with him. Frazzled maybe. But that can happen when you’re dealing with people who don’t understand what you’re about, and whom also happen to …
You kids with the satellite TV systems (or the Verizon FiOS plan) know all about Fuel TV and its late-night show, The Daily Habit. But do you know this: After experimenting with multiple comedians at a time reading their best and favorite Tweets backed by a live band in a …
In his third appearance on Late Show with David Letterman, check out how Joe Wong keeps a slow and deliberate pacing to his delivery. It not only allows the audience to follow along with his Chinese accent, but also gives them chances to laugh at pauses that normally wouldn’t be …
In the second season finale of Showtime’s The Green Room with Paul Provenza, Provenza asked Jimmy Carr to explain his theory on why humans laugh, and how it applies to evolution and makes us more advanced than other creatures big and small. Here is how that transpired. Paul Provenza: “Jimmy …
