The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Almost there…almost there…stay on target…stay on target. We have put 49 hours of continuous stand-up comedy in the books here at Comic Strip Live, leaving one final hour to reach the finish and a potential Guinness World Record. Christian Finnegan has already performed, and the rest of this finale bill …
Eddie Brill just handed the reins of the show back to host William Stephenson for the final "regularly scheduled" two-hour show to get us to 50 hours, and Stephenson’s voice is breaking up a bit as he gets this final audience ready and rarin’ to laugh. "We’ve already done something …
We’ve reached the Final Four hours and some odd sights and fun sounds to report. Kerri Louise brought her youngest son to the club with her in a stroller, and when the boy cried out as Louise was onstage, she chose to treat him as if he were merely the …
If I hadn’t mentioned this before, this whole record-setting comedy show also is a fund-raiser for the troops, and comedian Robert Kelly just got back from performing on a USO tour in Iraq. Kelly said he supports the troops, certainly, but he couldn’t help them out as a soldier himself. …
I’ll be otherwise preoccupied when tonight’s latest episode of Last Comic Standing airs on NBC, so it’ll take me until Friday to give you a full report. Thankfully, though, NBC already has provided a few clips of hopefuls coming out of tonight’s audition cities in San Francisco and Toronto. Sean …
We already know that not everyone is onboard the so-called "Dane Train" for Dane Cook, and yesterday one of Cook’s haters tried to tell him so via MySpace, only to be insulted right back by the comedian. It all got picked up today by Gawker, who not only rule in …
Today, just as with yesterday, the late morning and early afternoon makes for an unusual atmosphere for live stand-up comedy. Most people are at work. Yesterday saw plenty of tourists. Today’s crowd is tougher to peg. And many of the comedians remark on this both Wednesday and Thursday. Lots of …
A MySpace interview that not only promotes Adam Sandler’s new film, You Don’t Mess With The Zohan, but also allows Sandler and Nick Swardson to chat about whatevers. Enjoy. Artist on Artist Adam Sandler – Nick Swardson
"I don’t want to be a downer, but I was just on the Internet, and Dane Cook just turned in a 51-hour set." — Moody McCarthy, 6:55 a.m. Thursday
Apparently, at least 10 customers need to be in the audience to constitute an audience to keep this record bid afloat. And we’re teetering on the edge of this number at 6:15 a.m., when Ryan Hamilton takes the stage. And somehow, the few remaining audience members feel compelled "to help." …