The Definitive Guide to Comedy
To hear everyone tell it, you’d think TBS has serious issues with its late-night TV lineup, what with the cancellation of Lopez Tonight after only two seasons, and the steep decline in viewership for Conan as it nears the end of its first year on basic cable. In May, Conan …
On last night’s episode of The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert finally addressed the strange-but-true fact that Texas Gov. Rick Perry had poached Colbert’s Colbert Super PAC treasurer to work on the Republican’s presidential campaign. Plus, Colbert sang part of a classic 1980s ballad! And as he noted, he’d already given …
Another member of this year’s “new faces” from Montreal hit the late-night TV circuit last night, as Sean O’Connor shared his uncomfortable sexual journey with the viewing audience on Conan. O’Connor recently moved from New York to Los Angeles to write for Sports Show with Norm Macdonald. Also, I just …
On Tuesday night’s “wild card” round of America’s Got Talent for 2011, comedian J. Chris Newberg decided to scrap the guitar and went with his gut, and his gut told him to surprise judge Piers Morgan with a live roast of Piers Morgan! Newberg hit Morgan right from the start …
In 1997, while Phil Hartman was enjoying his post-SNL fame in primetime with NewsRadio, a 19-year-old aspiring comedian named Mike Scott wrote Hartman a letter and included an audio recording of his early routines. Amazingly, Scott not only received a reply, but also Hartman’s honest assessment of the recording. There’s …
See what this super fan of Donald Glover has done? Done gone and taken one of Glover’s rap tunes as Childish Gambino, “Freaks and Geeks,” and made a music video for it using only the most appropriate clips from Glover’s NBC sitcom, Community. Yep. Pretty cool. Note: Lyrics are NSFW. …
Comedy Central has set dates for returning series and new stand-up specials to bow on the cable network this fall. Want to know what to look forward to? Mark your calendars appropriately for… “COMEDY CENTRAL Roast of Charlie Sheen” (World Premiere) Monday, September 19 at 10:00 p.m. “Tosh.0” (Fall Season …
Comedy Central darling Daniel Tosh has earned a second series on the cable network, spearheading an animated comedy, Brickleberry, that’s written and created by comedians Waco O’Guin and Roger Black. The network announced an order for 10 episodes to premiere early in 2012. Brickleberry is based on a group of …
Thursday’s episode of Lopez Tonight was supposed to feature actress Raven and stand-up comedian Auggie Smith. But after TBS announced on Wednesday that it was pulling the plug on George Lopez’s late-night show rather than grant Lopez and his crew a full third-season order, Lopez ripped up the script and …
File this under the weirdest press releases ever. PBS put out a statement late Thursday in response to online calls by people such as this Change.org petition calling for Sesame Street‘s Bert and Ernie to get gay-married. The network said: “Bert and Ernie are best friends. They were created to …
