The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Chris Wallace invited Jon Stewart to his Sunday-morning talk show, FOX News Sunday, with aims to prove that The Daily Show host not only has political intentions himself but also has a specific political point of view. Only Stewart wouldn’t buy into Wallace’s agenda, telling him: “I’m a comedian, and my …
Comedy Central has gone through so many phases for how it goes about showcasing young comedic talent, that every so often, an idea becomes reality and years later, you wonder how, exactly. Such was Comic Cabana, the 1997 summer series on Comedy Central that may have been the first real …
A year ago this week, I was trying to convince Kyle Kinane to submit to some spontaneous video interviewing during the TBS Just For Laughs Chicago comedy festival. Perhaps I should have asked him to go to Wendy's with me instead? Because last night, Kinane was on Conan talking about …
Great week for Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the South Park creators who almost ran the tables at the 2011 Tony Awards for their hit musical, The Book of Mormon. On Wednesday night, the duo appeared triumphantly on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to rejoice in stories about the …
Remember this spring when I asked two stars of FX's The League how the series — which revolves around a group of friends who compete in fantasy football — would handle the NFL lockout this fall? Well, spring is turning into summer, and that means it's time for The League's …
Anthony Jeselnik felt like the Mayor of Applause Break City during this performance on Conan. Good to see his ego hasn't slipped a bit since he left his writing gig at Fallon. Roll the clip!
Forget everything you thought you knew about the new Comedy Central series, Jon Benjamin Has A Van. Oh, wait. You didn't know much of anything? Well, good. Because the series that Benjamin and Leo Allen have co-created – with Funny or Die, Andrew Steele and Abso Lutely's Dave Kneebone also executive producing — …
In case you still were wondering, Nick Swardson's Pretend Time will return for a second season on Comedy Central. Production is ongoing already. Shooting for a fall 2011 broadcast, but no times and dates have been announced officially. On the show's Facebook page, Swardson and company recently wrote that they'll include …
Sunday morning, I know, is a time for you kids to sleep in, or if you're even awake in those hours, you're brunching as if your lives depended upon it. Well, you do need food to survive. So there is that. But still. If you watch CBS Sunday Morning, then …
Julian McCullough made his network TV debut last night on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and if you're curious as to why Stephen Colbert was Tweeting about it earlier, then perhaps it might behoove you to attend a taping of The Colbert Report and watch McCullough perform beforehand to warm-up …