James Adomian pays tribute to a fallen icon and impersonation: Huell Howser
by James Adomian is a master of impersonations, particularly of comedians. Included in his arsenal of voices, however, was one person that you might not have …
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From Funny or Die to Sundance to Comedy Central series: The history of “Drunk History”
Drunk History isn’t the first webseries to become a TV series, but it is among the more celebrated ones to make the jump. Comedy Central …
Kate the WASP celebrates Kwanzaa
Kate Hendricks has embraced what people her outer self — what you may perceive her to be — to create a an inside-out caricature of …
Secret Society of Comedy: Seth Herzog, Jamie Lee and Craig Baldo on their worst gigs
Among the offerings on Official Comedy’s YouTube channel is a weekly series called “Secret Society of Comedy,” in which comedians sit backstage or in an …
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Best in Comedy 2012: The breakout year of Chris Hardwick
BBC America announced Wednesday that it’s giving Chris Hardwick and his Nerdist colleagues a promotion — a full, regular season of hourlong episodes of The …
Amazon Studios announces slate of comedy pilots for 2013
Amazon Studios announced six new orders for comedy pilots to head into production for 2013. Amazon.com began soliciting original pitches for comedy series for the first …
A Charlie Brown Christmas, all grown up in a “Louie” episode, from FOX ADHD
A Charlie Brown Christmas first aired 47 Decembers ago in 1965, and continued its traditional primetime run in network telecasts Tuesday night on ABC. The …
Judd Apatow sits down for “Serious Jibber-Jabber” with Conan O’Brien
For Conan O’Brien’s second installment of his Web-only uninterrupted talk show, “Serious Jibber-Jabber,” the front man for Team Coco on TBS welcomes writer/director/producer Judd Apatow …
Election Day 2012: Six years closer to “Idiocracy”?
A few days ago, actor Terry Crews popped up in a new series of videos on Funny or Die in character as President Camacho. Not …
“Modern Comedian” series picked up by PBS Digital Studios
Scott Moran’s documentary series about the lives and work of stand-up comedians, “Modern Comedian,” will live on with a new distribution deal with PBS Digital …