The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Here are your nominees for 2014 Emmy Awards in TV comedy. Will update with more categories and breakdowns, but for now, congrats to all! Making a big splash this year definitely is Netflix, with its decision to Orange Is the New Black in comedy earning the streaming site a series …
Not all of the new Broadway musicals staged in New York City are based on hit movies. Rehearsals began last week for HA! The Musical, and no, it’s not based on the old Times Square comedy club. but yes, it is a completely and seriously silly look at the world …
Forget everything you read in the gossip pages about what Katt Williams is doing offstage. HBO has set a date for his newest stand-up special, directed by Spike Lee. “Katt Williams: Priceless” will premiere Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014. Here’s the first official trailer of Williams back onstage doing his thing. …
The Fourth of July is one of those holiday weekends you may spend close to friends and family, and that’s where The State newspaper found comedian Liza Dye, slowly but surely recovering in Spartanburg, S.C., almost five months after she fell in the path of an oncoming NYC subway train. Friends …
The post-WWII era shall be spoofed again by author “Eric Jonrosh” and an all-star cast, as IFC announced Monday it’d ordered a second six-episode miniseries from Funny or Die’s “Spoils” franchise. The Spoils Before Dying will bring back Jonrosh (Will Ferrell) to open and close each of the six episodes …
Forty years ago, NBC assembled a group of “Not Ready For Prime-Time Players” for a live televised sketch comedy show on Saturday nights. Can they start from scratch again in 2014? The Comic’s Comic showed you the new NBC sketch comedy pilot cover sheet last month. Now take a look …
While Jimmy Fallon and his Tonight Show crew filmed a week of shows in Orlando last month, they took out some time to open up the ol’ viewer mailbag, and Fallon answered a question about his biggest fears when he was just starting out as a stand-up comedian. Would you …
Before you even try to answer that question, consider this: Should you even be a comedian? I mean, as a profession. As in, dive into a career as a professional comedian. If that’s your goal, then let me steer you toward professional stand-up comedian Paul Ogata (past winner of the San …
Finally! Some great, encouraging news to share regarding comedian Ardie Fuqua, courtesy of our mutual friend and comedian, Wil Sylvince. I’ll let Wil tell it to you straight: “To all who’s concerned about Ardie Fuqua, he’s doing a lot better but still has a long way to fully recover. He’s finally …
Jay Baruchel is FXX’s newest leading man, starring in the upcoming Man Seeking Woman, ordered to a 10-episode season today by the cable network. Coming in 2015, Man Seeking Woman stars Baruchel as Josh Greenberg, “a naive romantic on a desperate quest for love” — based on Simon Rich’s book …
