The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Bill Murray. So great. So funny. Still funny. Before diving into a dumpster pool parked outside Late Show with David Letterman yesterday, Murray exclaimed: "You can't wade in, baby! You can't wade in!" Then added: "Louuuuu Piniella!" as he dove into the murky water, and cut himself on the side …
Comedy Central announced today that Seth McFarlane, who himself should and will be roasted someday by Comedy Central, would get to be a Roastmaster first in heading up the dais for next month's Roast of David Hasselhoff. Jeffrey Ross, who has "The Roastmaster" as an official nickname, will be watching …
Breaking news?! Earlier, I thought you might want to know how the seventh season of NBC's Last Comic Standing would play out. Turns out NBC and the producers have modified and solidified those plans, and confirmed them to me this evening. Right now, it's down to our Top 7: Mike …
My Damn Channel got Rob Huebel to get into character as Dr. Owen Maestro from the Adult Swim series Childrens Hospital, and answer real questions from real children. It gets a little too real. And by that, I mean it's probably NSFW. But you should watch this, and also watch …
Previously, we watched this seventh season of NBC's Last Comic Standing through the magic (and sometimes witchcraft) of several-weeks tape delay. The comedians themselves could have forgotten how their performances had gone, only to see them slightly changed in the editing room. But not now. Now the final 10 have …
David Hasselhoff will be roasted by comedians on Comedy Central this Aug. 15, and the Hoff took part in two promotional videos that lets everybody know he knows what they'll be roasting him about. In this first video, Hasselhoff goes so far as to bring up all of the topics …
Some people worried that Andy Kindler's involvement with NBC's Last Comic Standing would mean that he'd pull his punches this summer in delivering his annual State of the Industry address at Montreal's Just For Laughs festival. Those people were worrying about the wrong thing. They should have worried that Kindler's …
In its 28th year, the Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal has featured just about every big name in comedy. But Steve Martin, having "quit" stand-up comedy before JFL's debut, was not among them until last night, when he made his debut hosting two Gala-type showcases at the fest. …
I've got to do a thing, and then another thing today, so before I get you all caught up on what you missed this weekend, how about I tell you about something else that you missed last week. On NBC's Last Comic Standing, I know a few people were confused …
This morning, the New York Times announced on its Laugh Lines blog that it was deleting its Laugh Lines blog. RIP, Laugh Lines blog. We hardly knew ye. Somewhere, Dave Itzkoff, who corners comedy's newsmakers for the New York Times, is wondering why there is no link from his colleagues …