The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Ricky Gervais is friends with Louis CK, who is friends with Chris Rock, who is friends with Jerry Seinfeld. Put these four friends together in a room and let them talk shop for 50 minutes about comedy. That's not a show about nothing. That's Talking Funny, which premieres tonight on …
Some people I tend to see at every major comedy festival. Jeff B. Cohen is one of those people. I met him several years ago in Aspen. He's a nice guy. For an entertainment lawyer, that is! We have fun conversations about comedy and I have many friends who are …
In this video interview with Social Times, CollegeHumor co-founder Ricky Van Veen explains how the site — and in essence, other online destinations — can earn money (aka monetize) from making funny videos. Van Veen talks about the evolving mood of the collective online audience, as we're now more willing …
It's 4:20 somewhere, but it's 4/20 everywhere today since it's April 20. Pot jokes. Marijuana. Weed. Stoners. Comedians know a lot about that. And they'll be joking about it today, obviously. At 2 p.m. Eastern/11 a.m. Pacific (and other applicable time zones), Comedy Central's Jokes.com and Atom.com have joined forces …
"Well, there's no question that a lot of the, whatever gifts that I have, came through this strain of DNA. It can't just be a coincidence that I know how to do this; I didn't learn all this, you know what I mean? How to be a comedian, and how …
Tina Fey's promotional blitz for her new book, Bossypants, took her to Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson last night. And if you still think you're following Fey on Twitter, then this should put a stop to that. She's not on Twitter. Never has been. She explains why. Roll the …
has announced featured acts for its upcoming seventh annual celebration of comedy, to be held June 8-11, 2011, at the UCB Theatre. Regular UCB staples such as CollegeHumor Live and The Rejection Show will have slots in the lineup, with Jon Friedman's Rejection Show presenting the ‚ÄòSketchFest NYC Closing Night Craptacular‚Äô …
Craig Rowin, the comedian and Upright Citizens Brigade improviser who recently grabbed a lot of press and attention when he boldly asked everyone via YouTube to give him $1 million and received it (only to reveal it was all a hoax), is now writing the questions for the ABC game …
Statette delivers the hard stats via this graphic. Don't shoot the messengers! NOTE: This list does not include the writing staffs for George Lopez (Lopez Tonight, TBS) or Mo'Nique (The Mo'Nique Show, BET). And if you want to really jump into the rabbit hole, try to break down the stats …
As podcasting becomes more mainstream and popular, we're starting to see comedy clubs and theaters embracing them and hosting live broadcasts of the podcasts. Marc Maron has been doing this for his WTF show for a while now, and comedy festivals have followed suit. Kevin Smith has taken it a …