The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Comedy Central really wants you to interact with its Roast of Charlie Sheen tonight, so much so that it has constructed a customized online dashboard encouraging you to Tweet and encouraging a competition among the roasters to see who’s the most popular of them all. They’ve also posted several video …
This is not the Arrested Development movie post you were looking for, but you can bet somebody will bring it up when the cast reunites in person for the New Yorker Festival next month. Nancy Franklin will moderate an exclusive “Bluth family reunion” panel on Oct. 2, 2011, featuring the creator …
Why yes, this moment in which Amy Poehler led all of the nominees in barnstorming the stage for the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy category was the bestest last night. Would it have been nice if Poehler also had won the Emmy? Why, yes, also that. But having a …
The Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival kicks off its 2011 edition tonight in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and as it has become an annual institution, it has remained steadfastly unique among comedy festivals in celebrating the fact that it’s festive, but not in an industry-focused, star-making, pressure-packed way. Each year’s fest has …
A photo circulated the other day of Jeremy Piven, he of the hairdo that grows with age, walking his three Emmy Awards in a baby stroller and pouch, and people wondered, was he making some bold statement in protest of not receiving a nomination this year? Nope. Piven, Kristin Chenoweth, …
Artie Lange might not be back on Howard Stern, but his comeback is in full effect. Lange has been performing stand-up comedy regularly at The Comedy Cellar and appearing at other comedy clubs in New York City over the past couple of weeks, and today, Nick DiPaolo announced that he …
Social media sure is bringing us all together more than ever, isn’t it? Yesterday, the New York Times announced that it was moving Sam Sifton off of his food critic beat to become the paper of record’s national editor. Think of that what you will. The comedy comes in here. …
Talk about a vote of confidence from the network… NBC announced today that Late Night with Jimmy Fallon — with The Roots and all — will broadcast live from Indianapolis following Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. The show also will tape episodes in Indianapolis from the Hilbert …
I know the Internet has circulated a video montage of “Uncle Frank” Potenza which aired Tuesday night on Jimmy Kimmel Live, on Kimmel’s first night back on the air since his uncle died at the age of 77. But Kimmel devoted the entire episode to Uncle Frank. Potenza’s favorite comedian, …
The Upright Citizens Brigade opened its third full-time comedy theater on Tuesday night — its second in Manhattan — with the long-awaited launch of UCBeast. Whether you decide to say it as UC Beast or UCB East, the new 124-seat venue instantly upturns and reinvigorates the East Village comedy scene. …
