The Definitive Guide to Comedy
If you thought that HBO's series, Hung, was a little odd for the premise of a series — a guy who's otherwise down on his luck realizes he can make money becoming a male prostitute because of how he is "hung" — then just imagine what it'd be like if …
I've written plenty about musician John Mayer's sincere efforts to perform stand-up comedy on the side, and spoken at length with John Mayer one night about how his attempts at comedy sometimes can go far, far astray. He cares about comedy as an art, even if he doesn't always get …
Signs say the national economy is starting to turn around. Tell that to many comedians. You think you're broke? There are many of us, and some of us are broker than others. Just ask rapper TMC (Tom McCaffrey), who raps about how less money = mo problems in his world, …
I'm heading to the Pacific Northwest for the first time in a long time this weekend to check out the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, so this new video from a few former Seattle stand-ups is a nice and timely treat. Fahim Anwar, Tracy Tuffs and Geoff Brousseau poke holes and fun …
The new FOX series Glee has earned critical praise and a cult-like devotion from its first season fans, and tonight's all-Madonna tribute shouldn't change that. Fanning the flames even more? Glee decided to host an open casting call on FOX-owned MySpace for professional actors and singers, as well as amateurs, …
Remember when we used to be scared of vampires and not wanting to have sex with them? The current pop culture trend of sexy vampires — as seen in TV shows, movies and books that become movies — has gotten ridiculous. So why not play that up by trying to …
An old NYU student film by Michael Dennis, Who's Chris Rock?, surfaced on YouTube over the weekend and is making the rounds (WFMU, Comedy.com). Shot in the spring of 1989, with videographer Judah Friedlander no less, the short documentary jumps back and forth between footage of Chris Rock, then 23, …
You may have formed an impression of George Lopez and his comedy based on his late-night TBS talker, Lopez Tonight, his ABC sitcom before that, or maybe you just know Lopez from his stand-up over the years. Then again, maybe you don't. I don't know you. I do know that …
My friends at Atom.com caught up with Nick Kroll and Donald Glover at the kickoff of their Axe Twisted Comedy Tour — they'll be appearing at a college or comedy club near you later this month (April 25 at Comix in NYC), with Chelsea Peretti and Whitney Cummings. Watch Kroll …
The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre's new backstage video series on UCBcomedy.com continues with a brief conversation with Kay Cannon, improviser and writer for NBC's 30 Rock. Cannon talks about what it's like writing for the show, as well as what it means to be a funny woman. She performs most …