The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Welcome to the first half of the semifinals in Las Vegas, the night when Dan Naturman gets the shaft for a second time on Last Comic Standing — spoiler alert!!! — where we see if Bill Bellamy tell jokes, and because he has had a career as an MTV VJ, …
Dan Mintz is the new guy at the Comedy Cellar, and he couldn’t be happier about it. At least that’s what Mintz told me last weekend before going up for another spot. He’s on the schedule this Saturday, and again on Tuesday-Wednesday. If you cannot imagine Mintz playing to a …
Saw this Facebook status update from Frank Caliendo, seen currently in ads for DISH TV, and so I bring it from him to you, as he wants you to know: Frank Caliendo is shooting more live audience tapings of FrankTV. The shows are really going to be strong this year. …
Comedy Central’s Comedy Central Park was such a big success last Friday that by the time I got to the outdoor venue, there was a line to get into the line to get into the place to see Stephen Lynch, Mike Birbiglia and Julian McCullough. You could hear them just …
Via my friends at Shecky magazine comes word that many of the old-timey (and by old-timey, I mean older than me) Seattle comedians got together for a good ol’ barbecue picnic, and Alysia Wood filed a report on the matter with her own reflections on how these comics helped her …
This little item in Publishers Marketplace might pique your interest… FICTION: SCI-FI/FANTASY Bob Powers and Ritch Duncan’s LIVING WITH LYCANTHROPY: A Lifestyle Guide for the Modern Werewolf, which provides newly infected werewolves with a workable road map for living an ethical, fulfilling, and near-violence free life through chapters such as …
Before I move on to other matters, here’s something to refresh the comedy palette. It’s the trailer for the upcoming movie, Visioneers, starring Zach Galifiankis and also Judy Greer. Am I going to explode? Yes. But in a good way. Enjoy. <a href="https://www.funnyordie.com/videos/e5630825e2">Visioneers with Zach Galifianakis</a> on <a href="https://www.funnyordie.com">FunnyOrDie.com</a>
In today’s newspapers, Jerry Seinfeld wrote an op-ed piece in the New York Times appreciating the late George Carlin, who had just joked about evading death to Seinfeld mere days ago. The quote most will focus on: You could certainly say that George downright invented modern American stand-up comedy in …
Some final thoughts from George Carlin himself, via interviews. "Gee, he was just here a minute ago." That’s how Carlin wanted to be remembered. More from the vaults: Perhaps his final interview? He spoke with Psychology Today 10 days before his death, and because of the nature of the magazine, …
George Carlin was such a big part of HBO with his 14 specials over the years, so it’s no wonder that the cable network giant would reconfigure its schedule to salute the legendary comedian, who died last night at the age of 71. Here are the details… HBO: Re-airing Carlin’s …