The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Cheech & Chong celebrated an extra-special 4/20 week in 2013 with a big smokin’ promotional tour, capped off Thursday afternoon with a surprise visit from an unsurprising big fan in hip-hop icon Snoop Dogg during the comedy duo’s “Town Hall” recording for SiriusXM. And if we’re supposed to call Calvin …
Jimmy Kimmel raised a glass, and another glass, and another, and another, and another to toast his fellow influencers on TIME magazine’s arbitrary list of who’s who in influencing 2013. With his once and future late-night TV competitor Jimmy Fallon handing him drinks, Kimmel toasted Lena Dunham, Bassem Youssef, Fallon, …
The mainstream media, Internet, and comedy nerds all seem to love Louis C.K. more than they do other comedians today, and the release of C.K.’s latest stand-up special on HBO this month has only continued to feed that hive mind. So what if Louis C.K. turned around and sold a …
You may not know that you’re already following the career of comedian Mike Burns, unless you already know that Burns also types out observations on life as Michigan resident Karl Welzein, aka @DadBoner. His online alter-ego has amassed more than 133,000 followers on Twitter, and a gig contributing dadboner columns …
When you think of Bonnaroo, you think of Brooklyn, don’t you? Sure, New York City’s borough of choice seems even chosen more now, but it’s a long way from the actual summer festival of comedy and music held on 700 acres of rural Tennessee. That’s not stopping Bonnaroo from going …
Speaking of the Peabody Awards… Jim Carrey’s music video this week for Funny or Die, “Cold Dead Hand,” takes a satirical look at the NRA through the late Charlton Heston and how the gun-rights lobby could be so out of touch with reality. It has more than 1.77 million views …
From Zaandam, the Netherlands, comes this footage of a woman fast asleep during an improv comedy show. The troupe members — Tijl Beckand, Ruben van der Meer, Jamai Loman, Tygo Gernandt en Rick Paul van Mulligen — stops what they’re doing to strip down to their underwear, surround her, and …
Earlier this week, DC Pierson uploaded a half-hour of his new stand-up comedy material to YouTube and gave it away for free to fans and potential new followers. As Pierson said in introducing his footage, “You’re about to watch 30 minutes of stand-up by me, DC Pierson. I put it …
Have you seen the trailers for the upcoming movie, 21 and Over? Would you like to see a little something that’s a little more, your style? Here is the official trailer to Average Party. Tagline: “Sometimes, one big party can change your life. But usually not.” Roll it! Dan Perrault, …
Eugene Cordero and Kulap Vilaysack wonder how they haven’t yet been cast on the CBS revival of drama series Hawaii Five-O. “Neither of us is Hawaiian,” Vilaysack said. “But we’ve seen your show, and…” “We can see that you pretty much don’t care,” Cordero added. So hey pitch themselves in …
