The Definitive Guide to Comedy
I may have boycotted the open-call line last Thursday for the New York City auditions for season six of NBC’s Last Comic Standing, but that didn’t mean I’d miss the boat completely on this opportunity to report from the belly of the beast. Especially when I learned on Friday that …
As my readers have pointed out, Nick DiPaolo has gone online daily with his new talk-radio effort, and this morning he went on Opie & Anthony to spread the word. Most days he’s been on at 2 p.m., but today it appears he’ll go on around 6 p.m. You can …
Leaping Louis! Tickets sold so well for Louis CK’s next taping in Boston that he’s added another show for the night before, Feb. 29 (Leap Day), also at the Berklee Performance Center. It’ll give the comedian a chance at an extra tech rehearsal. He also has reported on the message …
Strike or no strike, the late-night TV shows go on, and here are the comedic talents already booked on WGA-approved Letterman and Ferguson shows… David Letterman: Monday, Jason Sudeikis; Wednesday, Martin Short; Friday, Bill Burr. Craig Ferguson: Friday, Bobby Miyamoto.
The new soap opera satire from A.D. Miles, Horrible People, officially debuted today on My Damn Channel with an episode that lives up to its title. It got a sneak peek screening at last month’s ECNY Awards. The Web series also features Kristen Schaal, Mather Zickel and Joe Lo Truglio.
And the 50th annual Grammy Award for best comedy album goes to Flight of the Conchords for The Distant Future. Want to buy it? Download it in one click here:
The Whitest Kids U’Know make their second-season splash at 11 p.m. tonight on IFC, followed by a half-hour highlights package from their first season back on FUSE. The IFC promos make much of the fact that the Whitest Kids can now be seen uncensored, and tonight’s episode certainly reminds you …
Is season six set up to be the year for the duo? Both God’s Pottery and Stone & Stone advanced last night out of New York City’s Last Comic Standing auditions and performance showcase. I’ll have much more to say on this, but wanted to get the main news out …
Two things to remember when you watch the debut tonight of Nick Thune’s half-hour Comedy Central Presents. 1) See that "bird" that flaps around in the camping background? That bird prompted three, count ’em, three reshoots just so they could get it on camera. Was it worth it? 2) Thune’s …
Michael Showalter hosts tonight’s special Comedy Central Presents: My First Time, which explores the early jokey jokes and stand-up starts of Showalter, Michael Ian Black, Mike Birbiglia and Bonnie McFarlane. Here, let Showalter explain it. During the taping back in August, Showalter explained to the audience that this show wouldn’t …