The Definitive Guide to Comedy
For someone who has built his public persona and career comeback in show business around the notion that he's slightly crazy, Tracy Morgan offstage can be quite sincere. People love him on NBC's 30 Rock, he just headlined the Apollo Theatre earlier this month for the New York Comedy Festival …
I don't know if you can imagine a calm and controlled stand-up performance from Dane Cook, but you could have seen one last night if you were among the 4,000 in attendance for Cook's headlining slot at The Comedy Festival in Las Vegas. The wordplay and raunchy storytelling was still …
At the end of their rousing live performance last night, the Kids in the Hall told the crowd at Caesars Palace for The Comedy Festival that not only had they witnessed the Kids' "first show in about three months," but also their Vegas debut. "You got to see us shake …
Here is an exclusive clip from Ellen's Even Bigger Really Big Show, which taped last night at The Colosseum in Caesars Palace as part of The Comedy Festival, and airs Saturday, Nov. 29, on TBS. Ellen gives her three financial tips for surviving in Vegas:
Demetri Martin's upcoming new show on Comedy Central, Important Things with Demetri Martin, is almost ready for broadcast, and it's important for you to know that if you'll be in NYC from Dec. 3-6, then you could see a live taping of it. (via CC Insider) Info: How to reserve …
Be thankful that you live in a society that protects freedom of speech. In the Union of Myanmar(aka Burma), a military junta just sentenced a comedian there to 45 years in prison for his social activism (not for his onstage comedy). U Maung Thura, known onstage as Zarganar, had been …
Ellen DeGeneres has competition next week in the TV variety showcase business — Rosie O'Donnell plans "Rosie Live" next Wednesday, Nov. 26, for NBC — so DeGeneres really had to deliver on her promise for Ellen's Even Bigger Really Big Show on TBS, which airs Saturday, Nov. 29. And in …
And you think some comedians churn through too much material? Bravo has agreed to give Kathy Griffin not only a fifth season of Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, but also two one-hour stand-up specials for the network to be filmed "during her current nationwide tour" (emphasis mine, quote …
After years in the figurative closet, and who knows how long literally trapped in underground comedy rooms, gay comedians are showcasing their variety of stand-up talents on cable TV. The show, "Hot Gay Comics," tapes live at Comix and began airing last weekend on the here! cable network, which is …
Did you know there are really two sides to the comedy of Jim Breuer? Sure, there is the Half-Baked, heavy-metal rock comedy persona Breuer has developed over the past decade, and certain to be in effect tonight in Las Vegas when Breuer performs with his Sirius "Breuer Unleashed" sidekick Pete …