The Definitive Guide to Comedy
NBC unveiled its summer slate of TV programming for 2009 today, and Last Comic Standing is nowhere to be found. Not on the schedule. Not on NBC's home page. Not on NBC's page of upcoming shows. The show page remains stuck in time in August 2008. Normally, we'd already be …
Dane Cook announced a new arena tour that launches this spring in North America and eventually goes abroad. So I guess all that talk about going small with Isolated Incident was just talk. Speaking of his upcoming new DVD/CD, Isolated Incident, word from Comedy Central says he taped the special in …
Jim Gaffigan's latest Comedy Central special, King Baby, debuts March 29 on Comedy Central, with a CD and DVD coming soon thereafter on March 31. If you follow Gaffigan, you already know how much he can mine your favorite foods for funny (Hot Pockets, the McRib), and in this hour, …
Reggie Watts has fronted a funky Seattle band (Maktub), been acknowledged for his brilliant brand of stand-up comedy (Andy Kaufman Award), and earlier this week, added the ECNY award for best musical comedy to his kudos. If you have seen Watts perform, you know he's doing something quite special. When …
Russell Brand is tonight's first guest on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. That's not what got my attention. This did, though. Minutes ago, Fallon typed this into his Twitter feed: "Trying a Twitter experiment around 6:00pm eastern time. Should be fun. Check in around that time." In other words, while he …
FOX has launched a new series of promotions for the upcoming animated comedy, Sit Down, Shut Up, which debuts April 19 in the network's Sunday animation block. The promos play up the reunion of Arrested Development cast members Jason Bateman and Will Arnett, which is good for all of the …
If you read The Comic's Comic, then you may also listen to The Best Show on WFMU, Tom Scharpling's Tuesday night radio talk/comedy/music spectacular. Tonight from 8-11 p.m. EDT, Scharpling's show coincides with the radio station's fund-raising efforts, and Scharpling will welcome Paul F. Tompkins, John Hodgman, Ted Leo, Aimee …
Comedians know the car companies are hurting, and this fake-ad-ad-not-ad shows just how much, featuring James Adomian and Andy Richter. Until Richter shows up in June on The Tonight Show and Adomian gets the break he deserves…Enjoy! Car Commercial w/ Andy Richter – watch more funny videos
Bo Burnham may only be a college freshman, but he already has his first full-length musical comedy gem out today via Comedy Central Records. How did he do it? By becoming a YouTube star. Burnham pays it forward today by showing how you can cash in, too! The self-titled CD …
If you want to know who's winning what and what's going down tonight at the ECNY Awards at Comix, feel more than free to follow my Twitter updates @thecomicscomic. Or, if you're in New York City tonight, just come on over and join in the fun. There will be an …