The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Fun fact about Rob Stapleton's half-hour Comedy Central Presents: The backdrop is meant to evoke the illusion that Stapleton is performing on the subway platform of his Bronx stop near Yankee Stadium. But this is no ordinary busker show. Stapleton works up a sweat early and often throughout this set, …
Catching up on old business, I'm here to present highlights from Jasper Redd's first half-hour special with Comedy Central Presents. At first, I have to acknowledge I got a bit worried, as a couple of Redd's early bits cover similar territory as a comedian I know in New York City, …
While I was busy checking in with my friends — Pete Holmes, Matt McCarthy and Oren Brimer — who got a couple of their friends together, spent $17 and made a Doritos ad that aired during the Super Bowl pre-game show and earned them $25,000 (plus trip to the Super …
Last night during the hourlong post-Super Bowl episode of The Office, NBC finally unveiled a name and a 30-second clip for its Office-spinoff that stars Amy Poehler, Aziz Ansari and Rashida Jones. It’s called Parks and Recreation, and it’s coming to NBC on Thursdays this spring, debuting at 8:30 p.m. …
There will be a lot of talk today, this day after the Super Bowl, about advertising, and perhaps about the funny people who populate ads, but I'm fairly sure that few of these commercial comedians have inspired someone to write and produce a music video asking for their proverbial hand …
For anyone wondering how Oren Brimer, Pete Holmes and Matt McCarthy did in that Doritos contest…their ad (which also features Glennis McMurray and Jay Bois) aired on the TV everywhere people watch the NBC television network at 4:17 p.m. Eastern during the Super Bowl pre-game show. It may air again …
New York magazine lets comedian Dave Hill interview other performers and put it to video, and what makes it special is how he conducts his chats openly in a public elevator. "Going Up!" Here, Hill corners Daily Show correspondent Wyatt Cenac, who has a feature film debuting tonight, Medicine for …
Just as ABC is refuting a report in today's New York Times that it may move Jimmy Kimmel a half-hour earlier into Nightline's spot, the late-night ABC news program just happened to devote a segment to stand-up comedy. What a delightful coincidence! Nightline stopped by the Comedy Cellar, talked to …
One of The Original Kings of Comedy is back on the road in two separate tours, one telling jokes and the other promoting his new relationship advice book. Steve Harvey's "Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man" is based on an advice segment from his nationally syndicated morning radio …
Many of you have never heard of Sal Lupo. A few of you may have seen Lupo try his hand at stand-up comedy in New York City at the Greg Johnson and Larry Murphy show and in Boston touring with Eugene Mirman, but it turns out this taxicab driver from …