The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Dazzling. Startling. Laugh-out-loud hilarious. Violet Krumbein‘s one-woman romp is called Human Painkiller, and for good reason, because I’m not sure how anyone can still feel pain after a half-hour with Krumbein, unless you’re hurting from laughing so much. In black tights, sparkly gold miniskirt, fanny pack and tap shoes, Krumbein …
While you wait to see if I’ll break down and break down the funniest reporter contest, let me first get you up to speed on the New York City Underground Comedy Festival’s "Emerging Comics Contest," in which comedians who are not yet well known compete to become better known as …
A long day and night of filming of the Emmy-winning comedy 30 Rock wrapped here tonight in Brooklyn Heights, otherwise known as home to The Comic’s Comic, which gave me more than an excuse to get out of HQ and enjoy the gorgeous day and even more beautiful surroundings. Alec …
People who know me know I love me some dancing as much as I do the comedy, so when Matt Besser from the Upright Citizens Brigade told me he was reviving Freak Dance, I said, how soon can I get to Hollywood? Oh. Not that soon. Darn it! But if …
New online journalism publication The Daily Beast offers a look back at how various comedians viewed a black presidency, with (language NSFW) voting tips from Eddie Murphy and Chris Rock, and alternate-universe views of a black president featuring Dave Chappelle and Richard Pryor. Enjoy.
Over the weekend in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada’s The Comedy Network handed out the Canadian Comedy Awards, and the Beaver winners (yep, they call them thar comedy awards the Beavers!) were… Pretty Funny Comic of the Year, large venue: Russell Peters Pretty Funny Stand-Up, Male: Gerry Dee Pretty Funny Stand-Up, Female: …
Today on NBC’s The Today Show, co-anchor Ann Curry showed what happened when she tried performing stand-up comedy before a live crowd (packed with friends and co-workers) at Carolines in July. My review. If you pay close attention, you can even see me in the back of the room taking …
The second presidential debate pits Sen. Barack Obama against Sen. John McCain in a town hall setting, but I’m just writing that as an excuse to feature this new video by character-based comedian James Adomian, who gets very profane in his impersonation of McCain in "Apocalypse John," recorded at the …
Just a few quick thoughts on the debut episode of HBO’s Down & Dirty with Jim Norton, which premiered over the weekend and airs again late tonight. In the theater, you could barely hear Lemmy from Motorhead, and not a lick of his theme song, but everything comes through a-OK …
The final three episodes of web series, Penelope: Princess of Pets, finally went online at Super Deluxe this morning. Will Kurt Braunohler and Kristen Schaal fulfill their mission and save the world? Probably, but probably not before more wacky misadventures ensue. It’s not safe for work, but then again, would …