The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Sure, Dom Irrera showed up on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson last night so he could crack some jokes about ads for ice-cold beer and his relative who is an ignorant racist, but Irrera and Ferguson also had some time for panel chat, too. Ferguson asked Irrera, as a …
Love. Love. Love this. Jon Dore and Rory Scovel are two of my favorite stand-up comedians today who love to play with the rules of comedy and then chuck them out the proverbial window. One thing they do that few others do is perform together, yet separately, onstage. If you’ve …
In case you missed it earlier this month, NBC’s The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is repeating Larry David’s first appearance on the program tonight. In this clip, Larry David reveals that Leno first asked him on the program way back in 1992, when the Seinfeld program he’d co-created was …
Remember that horror comedy Death Valley I was telling you about before that MTV had ordered last fall? MTV announced it’ll premiere the new series at 10:30 p.m. Mondays, starting Aug. 29, 2011. It’s a documentary-style look at the LAPD’s newly-formed “Undead Task Force,” tasked to go after the vampires, …
When NBC announced it was bringing stunt-game show Fear Factor back into production earlier this month after a five-year hiatus — putting out a renewed casting call for teams of two — host and comedian Joe Rogan wasn’t sure what to make of it at first. Rogan asked his fans …
Hannibal Buress has a fairly reasonable dispute with a police officer about the nature of speeding through Indiana, which he outlined last night during his performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Buress also recounts a couple of times his debit card fell into the wrong hands of would-be criminals, as well …
Louis CK and Jon Stewart go back a couple of decades in comedy together, so last night’s appearance on The Daily Show allowed the two comedians to reminisce a bit. They also — spoiler alert — discuss the fart joke that’s a central plot point in the premiere episode of …
Mere weeks after saying goodbye to both of its new sports-themed comedy series, Comedy Central has ordered series pickups for two sketch-comedy ideas: One starring Nick Kroll and all of his characters, The Nick Show Kroll; and the other, an untitled project reuniting MADtv alums Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key. …
On the other side of the globe, Australia’s Got Talent garnered quite a bit of attention earlier this season when Jordan Paris, “a singer and actor” as his website describes him, introduced himself to Australia’s TV viewing audience as a 22-year-old stand-up comedian. He made it through to the semifinals. …
NBC brought back The Marriage Ref for a second season, which premiered last night. It’s Jerry Seinfeld’s pet project and hosted by his friend and longtime opening act, Tom Papa. Some people think the very concept is silly, having celebrities — not particularly known for their ability to maintain their …