The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Jack Johnson has known that Andy Samberg impersonated him on SNL with "The Mellow Show" for a couple of years now. Today, Johnson has gotten his revenge on screen. Sort of. He did convince Samberg and his SNL Lonely Island buddies (Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone) to appear in his …
Wasn't sure what to make of this latest installment of the "Stand-up Comedy Is Not Pretty" animation series, especially considering it was labeled as an interview with Kyle Cease about his stand-up comedy boot camps, but did not say Cease participated in the video. Cease later told me he didn't …
I initially resisted on clicking on a video that said it was for Eyehole Paintings with Adam West, but Great Scott, that was fun. Yes. I know that's mixing classic superhero metaphors. Just thank Scott Gairdner for joining Funny or Die already and watch it. Roll the clip!
HBO's next big series, Boardwalk Empire, debuts this coming Sunday. It's got Marty on the helm, stars Buscemi, and is set in Atlantic City during Prohibition. Hey. Wait. Wasn't that the basis for the Monopoly game? Instant mash-up ensuing. Roll credits: Written by Whitney Meers, Video by Patrick Meaney and …
This kid's got the knack for knowing and showing, and looks like he's growing. It's Bo Burnham, y'all. All 20 years and six-foot-something of him, debuting the first music video off his new disc, "words, words, words." Co-produced by Kool Keith, who also seconds Burnham's notion that he's a hypocrite. …
Just watched this new 26-minute interview with Kyle Cease, which isn't really so much an interview as it is an infomercial for his "stand-up comedy bootcamps," although it's not so much an infomercial as it is really the whole thing. In a nutshell. Did this save you a bunch of …
The Xtranormal series "Stand-Up Comedy is Not Pretty" has introduced its first official collaboration, as Roy Wood Jr. co-wrote and "stars" as an animated version of himself in this sketch of a talk-show appearance gone very wrong. If you need to catch up, read this first. Roll it!
Several movie theaters across America screened Louis CK's stand-up concert film, Hilarious, last night. It debuts on TV on Sept. 18 on the new EPIX channel. Louis CK appeared at the New York City screenings at the IFC Center to introduce the film and answer questions afterward. Here is his …
There's a new clip on Funny or Die this morning featuring Mark Cohen making a telephone call to a phone acting institute. Very meta. Funny stuff. Hey, did you notice who uploaded the clip? It's not Cohen. Nope. Sarah Silverman done did make this happen. Roll it. Mark Cohen Makes …
Wil Sylvince showed me and some famous comedians this short film he did this summer with Paradise Square Films. He didn't tell us what it was about before we watched it, so I'm not going to tell you any more. It's pretty great, though. Roll it! Wouldn't you enjoy seeing …