The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Carol Burnett received the 16th annual Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor for 2013. Held in Washington, D.C., at The Kennedy Center in October, and broadcast Sunday night on PBS, the all-star cast who paid tribute to Burnett included Julie Andrews, Lucie Arnaz, Tony Bennett, Tim Conway, Tina Fey (herself …
When we first see Bill Cosby in his element again, performing stand-up comedy on our TV screens at his current age of 76, he’s letting us know we’re in the right place. He’s in Cerritos, Calif. We’re tuned in on Comedy Central. Comedy Central? Cosby notes quickly that his friends …
Sarah Silverman does not Google herself for reviews or critiques that twist her words around in or out of context. “I guess that could get frustrating, but I can’t take any of it very seriously,” Silverman said Wednesday night during a 92nd Street Y talk with Andy Borowitz. “I tell …
A full 117 episodes into their weekly run on the Manhattan Neighborhood Network — beamed from New York City’s public-access cable TV to viewers everywhere online — The Chris Gethard Show jokingly allowed all of its regular panelists and irregular guest characters and audience members to make big announcements on …
Carrot Top was headlining shows on the Las Vegas Strip when I launched The Comic’s Comic in Vegas six years ago, and the prop comic born Scott Thompson still is entertaining Vegas crowds today — headlining at the Luxor six nights a week. Here’s the new Luxor promo clip for Carrot …
Houston-based stand-up comedian Ali Siddiq emerged victorious on Monday as the first grand prize winner of Comedy Central’s “Up Next” nationwide talent search contest. Fans online chose Siddiq from among nine finalists who had advanced this fall out of regional contests at network-approved comedy clubs. His prizes for winning include an …
Remember earlier this year when I shared with you Eric Idle’s explanation for what is and what is not an official Monty Python reunion? This is official. Terry Jones told the BBC as much already on Tuesday: “We’re getting together and putting on a show – it’s real,” Jones said. “I’m quite …
She had played Carnegie Hall, headlined the Apollo with Cab Calloway for decades, but in 1967, Dick Smothers introduced her to a whole new audience, saying: “Some of you may not have heard of her yet. She’s only started recently doing television.” She was Jackie “Moms” Mabley. “She’s been lost somewhere …
Kate Hendricks stars in a webseries, “Kate the WASP,” that juxtaposes her White Anglo-Saxon Protestant character in settings dominated by other ethnicities and heritages for comedic effect. Exhibit A (Kate the WASP celebrates Kwanzaa) and Exhibit B (Kate the WASP goes to GoogaMooga) already have been entered into evidence here. …
John Oliver did such a stellar job substituting this summer as host of The Daily Show, everyone just naturally assumed Oliver had become the de facto successor to Jon Stewart whenever he’d decide to step down from his role atop Comedy Central’s late-night talk show. Did they think nobody else …
