The Definitive Guide to Comedy
On last night's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, your sane host showed footage from recent rallies for the leaders of North Korea and America, holding it up as evidence of things one should do, or perhaps not do, in public. Good to know, considering Stewart himself is leading a …
I feel cheated and used after clicking on the multiple pages for Vanity Fair's slideshow this afternoon that accompanied the headline "The Zach Galifianakis Swimsuit Calendar." For one thing: Galifianakis looks dashing in a suit suit on the intro post for Vanity Fair's slideshow. For a second thing: All of …
Nick Swardson debuts the first of his seven-episode sketch series, Nick Swardson's Pretend Time, tonight on Comedy Central. Well, actually, Swardson also showed off the premiere episode over the weekend to a few hundred eager fans at New York Comic-Con. On his birthday. Among the other things learned about Swardson, …
Chelsea Handler continues to be the gift who keeps on giving for her writing staff on E!'s Chelsea Lately, as the network has ordered eight episodes of an improvised half-hour called After Lately, to air after Handler's current late-night talker. Variety got the scoop on E! on this one. Handler …
If you're a fan of the late Robert Schimmel, but particularly on Facebook, then you've seen his family air some dirty laundry over the weekend as Schimmel's brother and eldest daughter squabble over how and whether to raise money for his surviving children. Jeff Schimmel, Robert's brother who also is …
Word came in this afternoon that FOX had ordered up series commitments to two new animated shows for sometime in 2011 or 2012. Remember early this year when Jon Heder dropped out last-minute from a Comedy Central series that had been written for him, because they couldn't agree on his character's …
Congratulations are in order for Auggie Smith, winner of the 35th annual San Francisco International Comedy Competition, which wrapped up its month-long contest over the weekend. Smith previously had finished runner-up in the SF contest back in 2001, but returned this fall to take home the victory. I first saw …
The Friars Club has picked Dec. 1 as its new date to roast director Quentin Tarantino. Samuel L. Jackson will serve as Roastmaster, with other celebrity attendees, roasters and dais guests to be confirmed later. The Roast had been planned for Oct. 1, but was postponed due to the tragic …
As if I need to tell you that listening to Louis CK talk about his life, comedy career and friendship with Marc Maron for two hours on Maron's WTF podcast is something worth your time. Do you even enjoy comedy? Do you care about comedy? Then listen! Louis CK and …
If you watched the series debut last night of TV Land's Harry Loves Lisa — and why would you have, really? Really. This show is merely the latest in a continuing trend of celebrities letting TV crews into their homes and lives, all in the hopes of rejuvenating their celebrity. …