The Definitive Guide to Comedy
If you take one of your writing assistant's ideas and turn it into your own, you just might be a gold-digger. No? That's not a Jeff Foxworthy line, nor even my line, but the line Jared Edwards is using (so to speak) in his federal case against three of the …
It’s the Fourth of July Weekend (almost) and even closer to Canada Day (for you Canadians), and it’s Thursday in the U.K., so why not celebrate with a good ol’ fashioned new-media battle of the wits from across the pond? To celebrate its new “Ministry of Laughs” comedy block of …
“Weird Al” Yankovic has had much success in his decades as a satirical recording artist, but not quite like he has had this week. Yankovic’s most recent album, Alpocalypse, debuted at #9 on the Billboard charts (a rare feat for any comedic act) — and Conan O’Brien finally allowed him …
Remember that horror comedy Death Valley I was telling you about before that MTV had ordered last fall? MTV announced it’ll premiere the new series at 10:30 p.m. Mondays, starting Aug. 29, 2011. It’s a documentary-style look at the LAPD’s newly-formed “Undead Task Force,” tasked to go after the vampires, …
When NBC announced it was bringing stunt-game show Fear Factor back into production earlier this month after a five-year hiatus — putting out a renewed casting call for teams of two — host and comedian Joe Rogan wasn’t sure what to make of it at first. Rogan asked his fans …
The schedule is out for the 13th Del Close Marathon, the Upright Citizen Brigade’s annual celebration of their late improv comedy teacher, with shows scheduled around-the-clock from Aug. 12-14, 2011, in multiple venues in NYC’s Chelsea neighborhood near the UCB Theatre. As in recent years, the UCB has scheduled its …
Katt Williams said he retired from stand-up comedy. So what was he doing onstage last weekend in an arena in Albuquerque, New Mexico? With a poster advertising a night of comedy with him? Especially after Williams got arrested earlier this month for allegedly getting into it with a worker, preventing …
Mere weeks after saying goodbye to both of its new sports-themed comedy series, Comedy Central has ordered series pickups for two sketch-comedy ideas: One starring Nick Kroll and all of his characters, The Nick Show Kroll; and the other, an untitled project reuniting MADtv alums Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key. …
On the other side of the globe, Australia’s Got Talent garnered quite a bit of attention earlier this season when Jordan Paris, “a singer and actor” as his website describes him, introduced himself to Australia’s TV viewing audience as a 22-year-old stand-up comedian. He made it through to the semifinals. …
Louis CK brought up several disturbing things on last night’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, among them tampon stealing and diarrhea. Oh, and comedians who work on cruise ships. About halfway through this clip, Louis CK explains how he got to introduce his daughters to the concept of cruise ships, …