The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Guess what, America? BBC America liked broadcasting Chris Hardwick’s Nerdist pilot so much they’ve ordered up more of it. Specifically, five additional TV specials: A one-hour Christmas Eve broadcast, plus four more (one hour, three half-hours) to air throughout 2012, “coinciding with big events for the channel,” as BBC America …
If you’ve seen even one episode of ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, then you know that you have cried at least once. It’s a heartwarming series about making a difference in the lives of families who need it, and it sure does find a way to bring tears to your …
In an odd twist of fate and Brett Ratner being Brett Ratner, we went from Tower Heist propelling Eddie Murphy’s comedy comeback to hosting the Academy Awards, to, well, none of those things materializing. And it’s still only November. Don’t believe the hype. First Ratner quit as Oscars co-producer. Then …
In case you thought Dave Chappelle was the only big-time comedian finding a lifestyle in rural Ohio, then you haven’t been keeping up with what Drew Hastings has been up to in Hillsboro. Hastings not only moved to the rural town of 6,600 outside of Cincinnati several years ago, but …
Boston used to have two daily newspapers that each had a weekly comedy column, covering the local scene, interviewing touring comedians and reviewing shows and performers. But that was, well, so five years ago. That’s where I first started blogging about comedy in addition to covering it in print alongside …
Dave Attell has made the late-night TV rounds before, both as a host and as a stand-up comedian. But I cannot recall him ever doing panel with Jay Leno before, and certainly not with his ever-growing hairdo flowing out from underneath his ball cap — and most especially not whilst …
Most man-on-the-street videos make me go, oh, no, not another man-on-the-street video. But this one made me laugh out loud in the first minute. Which is probably why Fuse had no qualms green-lighting this series from Funny or Die that sends Billy Eichner out on the streets for a game …
The Kennedy Center honored Will Ferrell this year with the annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The ceremony, which taped last month in Washington, D.C., and aired on PBS on Oct. 31, featured Ed Asner, Jack Black, Matthew Broderick, Adam McKay, Conan O’Brien, John C. Reilly, Paul Rudd, Molly Shannon …
In case you missed it Friday night, and of course you did, because why would you be at home on a Friday night watching MSNBC, then you missed Sarah Silverman telling Rachel Maddow all about her planned “Live from N*****head (Stripping the Paint off of Good Old-Fashioned Racism)” comedy show …
Burt Reynolds will play himself in an upcoming episode of Archer, which begins its third animated season on FX in January 2012. Reynolds will play himself in an episode titled “The Man From Jupiter,” a reference to Reynolds’ home of Jupiter, Fla. Reynolds will be dating Agent Sterling Archer’s mother …
