The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Meeting today’s TV Critics Association in Pasadena, the cast of IFC’s new miniseries spoof, The Spoils of Babylon, seemed both apologetic and triumphant. Tragically triumphant? Tobey Maguire told the critics: “For those of you who will watch this, I’m sorry and you’re welcome.” Kristen Wiig added: “It’s always fun to …
The third season of AXS TV’s weekly stand-up comedy showcase series, Gotham Comedy Live, kicks off tonight with a new host who’s also on board as consulting producer. It’s Jim Breuer, as you remember seeing on Saturday Night Live or listening to on SiriusXM. Tonight he’ll host live at 10 …
Tonight is the 100th episode of NBC’s Parks and Recreation, which seems entirely plausible and yet also miraculous, considering the state of network television programming at NBC in the 2010s. Of course, throwing the word miracle around is a dubious prospect. As even Parks and Rec‘s co-creator, Michael Schur, noted …
Sure, everyone who loves comedy is talking today about the bold new miniseries farce, The Spoils of Babylon, which debuts tonight on IFC. But if you think that’s bold, then you should have, would have and could have seen something even crazier from the cable network. Like the 1980s soap …
It’s not D’oh. It’s LEGO! The Simpsons are now — or as of February 2014 — available to you for playing in miniature. Don’t believe me or that giant picture above? Here are a couple of LEGO employees to explain it all, and show it off, to you, in detail. …
“I’m very lucky in that I get a lot of good TV and movie parts. And I think for me — because you said — as a stand-up, I just love that I get to bring so much laughter and joy to people through the parts that I get. You …
Scott Bateman knows what it’s like to have multiple identities and realities. Sure, he has a couple thousand followers of his personal Twitter feed @Disalmanacarian, but that’s nothing compared to the almost 70,000 following him @Disalmanac, the feed that has birthed fun facts and witty charts and graphs — which …
You’ve seen this photo of late 1980s improv group Comedy Underground with comedians Andy Richter and David Koechner when they were younger and their builds were thin but their hair was not. They performed with Jay Leggett, who died late last year. Koechner was on Conan last night, though, and …
Craig Robinson’s post-Office career will continue with parent company NBC, after all. The Peacock Network on Monday ordered an initial six-episode run of his 2012 sitcom pilot, Mr. Robinson, or at least some version thereof. It’ll definitely star Robinson as a musician who’s slumming it as a middle-school music teacher. …
Bad news for fans of Seinfeld tribute parodies on Twitter: Jerry Seinfeld doesn’t share your enthusiasm for them. Good news for everybody else: Seinfeld does have his own modern-day idea for something to talk about with Larry David, and he teased it today in his first-ever Reddit AMA chat with …
