The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The original animated pilot demo for Bob’s Burgers looks a lot like the real comedy you’ve been enjoying for the past couple of years on FOX. With one catch. Tina (voiced by Daniel Mintz) started out as Daniel (voiced by Mintz). Does this change everything for you? Roll the clip! …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… The Friars Club announced it will roast Jack Black in 2013. The 2013 Friars Club Roast will take place on April 5, 2013, in New York City. Over Thanksgiving weekend, “Never Not Funny” and Jimmy Pardo raised more than $108,000 during the fourth annual …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… FX has renewed Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell for a new, full 13-episode “second” season in 2013, as well as 13 episodes of an extended hour-long version of BrandX with Russell Brand. Both series are in their second of two short inaugural …
Congratulations to Michael Malone, who edged out four other finalists and a couple of dozen other stand-up comedians to emerge victorious last night as winner of the 33rd annual Seattle International Comedy Competition. The final standings: Michael Malone (Los Angeles) Joe Klocek (San Francisco) Tyrone Hawkins (Tacoma) Landry (Atlanta/Toronto) Elliot …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… Chevy Chase left the NBC sitcom Community on Wednesday during production of its fourth season — which the network already had postponed until 2013. The Mindy Project is reshuffling its deck as far as cast members, too, midway through its rookie season on …
On Oct. 1, 2012 — the 50th anniversary of Johnny Carson‘s debut on The Tonight Show on NBC — a military base in California turned up footage long thought lost of the legendary late late-night TV host. The find is just one of the more remarkable events happening this fall …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… The inaugural NYC PodFest, Jan. 12-13, 2013, has announced its full lineup for live broadcasts at The PIT, which shall include “How Was Your Week” (Julie Klausner), “RISK!” (Kevin Allison), “The Dork Forest” (Jackie Kashian), “Dave Hill’s Podcasting Incident” (Dave Hill), “The Jeff Rubin …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… Lucille Bliss, the original voice of Elroy on The Jetsons and Smurfette on The Smurfs, died Nov. 8. She was 96. A memorial for Bliss will be held Tuesday at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles. TV Land’s Hot in Cleveland will go …
Stephen Falk created and executive produced an NBC sitcom that you may never see on TV, Next Caller, starring Dane Cook and co-starring Collette Wolfe and Jeffrey Tambor. The show was more than halfway through production, scheduled to debut in early 2013, when NBC abruptly pulled the plug on it. …
Chris Tucker joked this past week that his new stand-up comedy tour is called his “IRS Tour,” a reference to his owing the Internal Revenue Service more than $11 million. Tucker told Jimmy Fallon that he had taped a new stand-up comedy film last week in his hometown of Atlanta …
