The Definitive Guide to Comedy
At New York Comic-Con today, Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein and Jonathan Krisel introduced a fresh, new clip from season two of their IFC sketch comedy show, Portlandia. The “Sanitation Twins,” Marcus and Madeline Harris, bring an expanded recycling system to Portland. Which bin should you put your fingernail clippings in? The …
If the thought of owing the IRS more than $11 milion in unpaid back taxes wasn’t enough, Chris Tucker also finds himself facing foreclosure as SunTrust Bank filed papers against the comedian/actor earlier this week, the AP reported today. According to documents obtained by the AP, Tucker bought a 10,000-square-foot lakefront home …
If you haven’t yet heard, The Onion‘s corporate executives want to move the editorial staff from New York City to Chicago — where the executives already are based alongside the satirical paper’s nonfiction entertainment section, The A.V. Club. It’s a cost-cutting measure, to be sure. The Onion‘s editorial staff has …
In the world of ABC’s Happy Endings, Casey Wilson’s Penny Hartz and her mom, played by Megan Mullally, used to have a duo singing cabaret act called Two Hartz Beat As One. We’ll get to see a little bit about that on tonight’s episode. Specifically, here’s a teaser of the duo’s …
The East Village and Lower East Side have provided a home for the independent comedy scene in New York City since before I moved here. Luna Lounge. Rififi. Mo Pitkin’s. All since closed. The Slipper Room is under construction. There are venues such as Pianos or Lolita Bar that host …
Tracy Morgan was on last night’s Late Show with David Letterman, and Letterman being Letterman, he wanted to ask Morgan about what happened this summer in Tennessee when Morgan flew back to apologize to an audience member because of a joke in which Morgan suggested he’d kill his own son …
MTV Networks has announced the launch of a new talk show that will gather comedians, athletes and “pop culture entertainers” to discuss how men behave in MTV2’s Guy Code — premiering at 11 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15. Regular segments will include celebrities talking about what makes for a “Good Ass …
Who decides who’s the best at using Twitter? Exactly. Nobody knows. Which means everybody can throw their proverbial hats into the three-ring social media circus and make their own proclamations. Which is what the latest edition of kids over at the National Lampoon chose to do with their first-ever Twitter …
As the Occupy Wall Street movement enters its fourth week and expands to activist protests in Los Angeles and elsewhere around America, it’s becoming more difficult to dismiss this as an unorganized, unmotivated lark. In 2008, the disenchanted masses turned their minds and hearts to Barack Obama, because he told …
Congratulations go out to Sean Kent, who has become the third stand-up comedian to win both the San Francisco and Seattle comedy competitions. Kent completed the double with his victory last night in Northern California. This year’s runners-up from the San Francisco contest, in alphabetical order: Sal Calanni, AJ Finney, …
