The Definitive Guide to Comedy
A generation ago, Billy Hardwick was a professional bowler, ABC was the TV network that aired bowling to a national viewing audience, and AMF were the three big letters in bowling. In 2014, it’s Chris Hardwick’s turn down the alley and AMC is the place to see it. Yes, Chris …
Here’s a classified ad you don’t see every day. Reply at your own risk! Or reward! Could you be part of the next Odd Couple? Or the next Single White Female? I report. You decide! Comedy Central is NOW CASTING a fresh new web series! We’re looking for female roommates …
For the first episode of their webseries chat show, “Let’s Talk About Something More Interesting,” Milana Vayntrub and Stevie Nelson sat down with comedy sketch group Good Neighbor in 2011. Vayntrub and Nelson asked the fellas — Beck Bennett, Kyle Mooney and Nick Rutherford — a bunch of questions regarding …
Sara Schaefer may no longer host an MTV late-night talk show, nor may she even live in New York City still. Nevertheless, now we can see her next project whenever we want. It’s a webseries that looks back at her days before becoming a full-time professional comedian and quitting her …
With the PGA Tour back in spring form and the NBA and NHL playoffs in their quarterfinal matchups, it gives plenty of opportunities for comedian Norm Macdonald — late of Comedy Central’s short-lived Sports Show with Norm Macdonald — to offer running analysis and play-by-play commentary via Twitter @normmacdonald. Macdonald …
IFC’s Maron returns for its second season tonight. Maron remains very quasi-autobiographical in an almost The Newsroom way, re-enacting the recent past travails of stand-up comedian and podcaster Marc Maron and spinning them in heightened and colorful ways for the sake of a TV situation-comedy universe. So it’s nice to …
Not every Improv Everywhere stunt is as happy-go-lucky as No Pants Subway Ride day. This week’s latest trick organized by Charlie Todd sent between 40-50 improvisers into a Gap store on New York City’s Fifth Avenue, wearing Morphsuits and Gap-like clothing to masquerade as store mannequins. Everything went according to …
Jerry Seinfeld turned 60 yesterday. For his 61st year, expect to see a lot more of him driving comedians around New York City and elsewhere in vintage cars to drink cups of coffee and engage in funny talk small and large. Crackle announced today it and Acura would subsidize four …
If you’ve got a great TV or webseries pitch and don’t know where to go next, how about Montreal? Just For Laughs, the biggest comedy confab of the year, once again is hosting a “Pitch Your Project” contest for makers of TV series and webseries alike. JFL has extended its …
When Comedy Central executives celebrated their slate of webseries on CC:Studios five months ago with a live performance of Ari Shaffir’s “This Is Not Happening” storytelling showcase, it seemed like an odd move. The show at New York City’s Webster Hall was great, with Steve Rannazzisi, Al Madrigal, Kurt Metzger, …
