The Definitive Guide to Comedy
NBC’s Last Comic Standing finally replaced the extended teaser trailer they’d offered up earlier this month to advertisers as a sneak peek, and here’s the new, shorter 39-second clip. More faces, less juicy jokes leaked early. But that’s Joe Machi with a quip about taking a bullet for a lady, …
Maya Rudolph’s variety show pilot has a title, premiere date and guest list, all coming at us next month on NBC. The Maya Rudolph Show will debut at 10 p.m. Monday, May 19, 2014, with guests Kristen Bell, Andy Samberg, Fred Armisen, Craig Robinson, Sean Hayes and Chris Parnell, with …
When last I saw Allan Havey, he was resting easily at the comedians’ table in the back corner of the Olive Tree Cafe. It was a Sunday night in late June, and Havey was between stand-up gigs downstairs at the Comedy Cellar. That same night, millions of Americans saw Havey’s …
“In the beginning of stand-up, it’s the hardest thing in the world, because you are not good,” said Ray Romano. “It takes 30 years to make a good, a great stand-up comic,” Roseanne said. “And it does!” And yet it doesn’t take quite that long to get the attention of …
Conan O’Brien hosted the 2014 MTV Movie Awards live on MTV on Sunday night, which means a lot to you if you’re a teen-ager and/or can DVR Game of Thrones, Mad Men, Silicon Valley, Veep, and maybe even The Good Wife and pay attention to the MTV Movie Awards on …
Otto Petersen, whose foul-mouthed ventriloquist dummy George made his act “Otto & George” a popular friend of the Opie & Anthony radio program, reportedly died in his sleep. He was 53. The sad news was reported this morning on SiriusXM’s The Opie & Anthony Show. Petersen almost died last year, …
Dave Attell gives back to some of his fellow comedy veterans, and in a very real way has given back to military veterans and their families, through filming his new stand-up showcase series, Comedy Underground with Dave Attell, which debuts at 1 a.m. Sunday on Comedy Central following the premiere of …
Twitter may have given everyone the false hope or impression that they’re all joke machines. But nobody remains funnier and writes more great jokes and tests them out on a nightly basis in front of living and breathing comedy club customers than Dave Attell. Nobody beats Attell. And Attell wins …
In a fatal case of mistaken identity, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies shot and killed a Tosh.0 production assistant who was trying to help a hostage standoff earlier this week. John Winkler, 30, had moved to West Hollywood from Washington state within the past year to pursue a show-business …
On the night that CBS announced a replacement for Late Show with David Letterman in the coming year, there was no new Late Show to comment on the news. Letterman already had taken the night off Thursday, having been pre-empted 15 minutes anyhow by annual late-night highlights of the Masters …
