The Definitive Guide to Comedy
On Sept. 9, 2011, HBO will broadcast a comedy special pairing Mel Brooks with Dick Cavett in conversation, but in this clip, we see that Carl Reiner is there, too, and they’ll be talking about the classic bit Reiner and Brooks used to do about a 2000-year-old man. Roll it. …
The New York Television Festival has unveiled its schedule for Sept. 20-24, 2011, and, aside from the traditional sneak peek premieres of several new fall TV series, the NYTVF also will include a late-night writers panel hosted by SNL’s Jason Sudeikis, as well as the world premiere of Marc Maron’s …
Music fans excited to see the reunion of power-pop band That Dog last weekend in Los Angeles received a bonus treat at the Troubadour, as Maya Rudolph revealed she fronts a Prince cover band called Princess! Now we know that if Fred Armisen had ever faltered in his Saturday Night …
Over at Collectors Weekly, they’ve dug deep into the archives of fake vomit. Or rather, they talked to Stan and Mardi Timm, who collect novelty and gag items, and chronicle them online at Timm Stuff. The Timms told Collectors Weekly all about their knowledge of fake barf and vomit novelties, …
Despite winning a Peabody Award for its outstanding quality, the dramedy that was Men of a Certain Age couldn’t earn a third season on TNT — and after putting out feelers to other networks and receiving more than 10,000 fans to a Save Men of a Certain Age Facebook petition …
NBC decided over the summer to change up the cast of 2011-2012 midseason replacement Are You There Vodka, It’s Me Chelsea, and the newest beneficiary of those cast changes is stand-up comedian Ali Wong, just hired to play “Chelsea Handler’s” (Laura Prepon) best friend on the sitcom. Wong’s character, Bianca, …
Bill Burr is and has been one of my favorite stand-up comedians over the past decade. Never afraid to tell you what’s on his mind and take the opposite position from convention wisdom and find a way to make you laugh and agree with it. On last night’s Late Show …
According to the TV schedule, Marina Franklin was supposed to appear on Friday’s episode of Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. But at the last moment on Wednesday night, another guest had to drop out due to illness, and Franklin stepped in to perform her stand-up (which was taped earlier, …
Among the many weird things that happened this July at Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival, one of the weirder but possibly predictable things was that Tony Clifton caused trouble. It’s where and when he did it that’s newsworthy, as Paul Provenza had invited the longtime comedy character (played at times …
Of the 24 acts still competing in the 2011 season of America’s Got Talent, there remains only one comedian, and she is Melissa Villasenor. Villasenor and 11 other acts performed Tuesday night in one semifinal, with five of them advancing this week to the final 10. For her brief time …
