The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Kurt Metzger probably would prefer using his foot pads as health care to taking another trip to Alaska. He shared reasons for such reasoning last night on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, as well as his theory about whether the world really will end in 2012. Spoiler alert: He …
Norm MacDonald will be returning to your TV dial this month, but not in a sitcom nor in a "reality" show. Nope. Norm's the new host of GSN's High Stakes Poker, which opens its seventh season on Feb. 26. And you can see MacDonald and the poker action from the Bellagio …
FX announced tonight that it had renewed fantasy-football sitcom The League for a third season, to go into production this summer with a fall premiere, in time for, well, football season. If the NFL doesn't suffer a lockout or strike, that is. But check out this quote from FX e.v.p. …
For the West Coast edition of the 2011 WGA Awards, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet — Modern Family's gay couple — opened the ceremonies with a song and dance of their own, called "Write it Gay." Roll it! (Note: May be NSFW for one or two profanities) The …
CMT has brought back its Next Big Comic online voting competition, with these 12 comedians asking for your votes each week during the next month: Andrew Norelli, Cy Amundson, Keith Alberstadt, Tom Segura, Kelly MacFarland, Nate Bargatze, Andy Sandford, Tim Harmston, Matt White, Sean Keane, Andy Woodhull and Michael Palascak …
The Writers Guild of America handed out its annual awards last night in simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York. Modern Family co-stars Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet hosted the West Coast show, while Kristen Schaal hosted from NYC and opened with some jokes as well as a song-and-dance number, which you can watch: …
For the first time in almost two decades, Mike Myers joined Dana Carvey on the Saturday Night Live stage to reunite for a Wayne's World sketch. Wayne's World! Party time! Excellent! But first: A special note. SNL's cold open began with a voiceover from the late Phil Hartman. While the live …
For those nostalgic for early 1990s SNL, the return of Dana Carvey as host would bring back memories, but Justin Bieber wasn't even alive during those years — which makes it that much more awkward to hear Carvey as the Church Lady get all hot and bothered over him. Then …
Last night's Late Show with David Letterman included some remarkable TV, and not just because it felt like it could have been 1994 again — what with Howard Stern bashing Jay Leno over three segments, and a musical medley from Naughty By Nature (that, yes, including both O.P.P. and Hip-Hop …
Stephen Colbert has gotten portraits of himself into galleries, restaurants and museums. How about in your home? Portrait 5, Stephen (s), the fifth in the series, could be yours for a price. Colbert and Comedy Central announced today that it'd be auctioned off on March 8 by The Phillips de Pury & …