The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Late-night TV will definitely be worth watching tonight as David Letterman and Craig Ferguson return with their writers, while Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien return without theirs. Letterman has Robin Williams and Lupe Fiasco on tonight’s scheduled program. Jay Leno’s schedule includes Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, but his (Leno’s) …
It’s New Year’s Eve, and Chris Rock will perform tonight at Madison Square Garden. As the New York Times goes out of its way to mention, Rock’s routine doesn’t just magically appear. He actually works on his jokes. More than once. No, really! He does. For me, the money quote …
David Cross writes today about his decision to take a small role in the Alvin and the Chipmunks movie, and isn’t about to take any trash talk from anyone, even Patton Oswalt, about it. So there. Actually, what’s really interesting to me about this is how something that normally a …
The "hour" has lots of insight, but the real meat comes about halfway through at the 26-minute mark. This interview is from earlier this month.
Before I get to recapping the year in comedy, circa 2007, let’s look back at some of my more illuminating, insightful and interesting comedy interviews from the year. My sit-down with Ricky Gervais has to take the top spot in my mind, because his strongly held opinions on sticking to …
The Writers Guild strike enters a critical phase now…Next week, the late-night shows re-enter production, and I got this email today about The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. They’re looking for audience members. And here’s their pitch: "These tickets are not available to the general public as these will …
The City By The Bay certainly wants to get 2008 started on a good comedic note, as the schedule for its SFSketchfest proves that its subtitle, The San Francisco Comedy Festival, will be in full effect come Jan. 10-27 at several clubs and theaters throughout the city. The list of …
Home for the holidays, I managed to make it to the Comedy Studio’s annual Christmas-themed cavalcade of comedy Sunday night, in which much merriment is had (much of it insidery and offensive) followed by much Chinese grub, beverage and dancing in the Harvard Square establishment. Not all by me. Not …
Christmas is coming, and who cares if the goose is getting fat, because where are the comedy audiences? Probably off to their families, much like the comedians themselves. But the holidays also tend to bring comedians together, too, with holiday-themed parties, shows and sketches. Tonight in New York City, you …
Comedy Central has announced that it’s 12th season of Comedy Central Presents — otherwise known as the network’s half-hour stand-up specials — will begin airing in groups of two on Friday, Jan. 11, with Stephen Lynch at 10 p.m. and Dan Cummins at 10:30 p.m. Future Friday-night installments will showcase …