The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The way media outlets and comedy nerds make such a big deal about who’s hosting late-night TV talk shows, you’d sometimes like to be reminded that most everyone else doesn’t think much about it. But what about the kids, you ask? It’s past their bedtimes, so late-night TV shouldn’t even …
If you’ve never imagined Marc Maron in a Star Trek parody, then here’s your chance to do so, with an added twist: That’s comedian James Adomian as Maron in “Maron in Space,” a new webseries from Funny or Die and IFC just in time to promote Maron’s new IFC’s series, …
Has it really been 25 years since The Simpsons rejuvenated the idea of animated TV in primetime? Well, yes and no. Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson first emerged as shorts on the fledgling FOX network during The Tracey Ullman Show in April 1987 — 26 years years ago. …
Comedy Central has swooped in and grabbed another comedy series from the development plans of another cable network, ordering 12 episodes of Brody Stevens: Enjoy It! and unveiling a separate 17-episode webseries, “Push and Believe.” Enjoy It! originally ran for six 15-minute episodes online for HBO last year. Calling it Comedy …
For his next episode of his spin-off video podcast, Serious Jibber-Jabber With Conan O’Brien, O’Brien reunites with his former co-workers from the writers’ room of The Simpsons to discuss the early days of the FOX animated classic. Al Jean, Mike Reiss, Jay Kogen, and Jeff Martin talk about comedy, fatherhood and how …
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 …
What’s a decade for comedy nerds to wait for their beloved British characters? Over the weekend, we saw the rebirth of not only Steve Coogan’s “Alan Partridge,” but also Ricky Gervais’ “David Brent.” Coogan’s fictional radio and TV talk-show host has popped up in various projects over the past two …
Murderfist is a NYC-based sketch group that has made a name for themselves as crazed comedic lunatics who do just about anything you can think of (and usually things you try not to think about) t0 earn laughs onstage. Their latest webseries, Huffin’ It, on My Damn Channel, is no different …
Joan Rivers was the official substitute host for Johnny Carson before she ever had her own late-night TV talk show. That was then. In 2013, you have YouTube, and now so does a Joan Rivers talk show. “In Bed With Joan,” a weekly half-hour chat show, launched this week with …
Televised sketch comedy in the Internet video era has found its match in this current crop of Comedy Central series. Key & Peele is between seasons, but that’s not stopping Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele from putting out new topical sketches online. New today is this video, “Ballbusters,” in which …
