The Definitive Guide to Comedy
In case you thought everybody already was in the online game of producing short comedy videos, well, now count big-time "reality" show producer Mark Burnett in, too. A press release this morning announced that Burnett had agreed to a deal with AOL.com in partnership with John Wiley & Sons and …
Doogie Horner joined Emily Gould for the latest episode of her web series, "Cooking the Books," because why not? Horner wrote a book. And here he is demonstrating how to make a batch of "Gettin' Laid Lemonade." Make sure you have at least 13 minutes of free time. Ready? Roll …
If you think it's tough being a comedian, then try being an agent for a comic actor who only seems to cause trouble. You know, like Charlie Sheen? Well he's nothing compared to being Mel Gibson's agent, as Livia Scott imagines herself in that situation, playing the role of agent …
In their latest episode for Yahoo!, the legendary comedy duo of Stiller & Meara recounts a story from WWII, in which Jerry Stiller served with the U.S. Army, in honor of Veterans Day. I'll let you just sit back and enjoy the ride. It's short but sweet. Click click! …
In a new online series produced for Yahoo! Sports, comedian Ben Gleib joins Stephen Hale in going "Behind Enemy Lines" for the next 12 Sundays, dressing up in an NFL rival's attire and seeing how the locals react. Their first episode took them to NYC and New Jersey to see …
Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, for you kids who only watch King of Queens and Seinfeld reruns, are the parents of Ben Stiller. For you kids who don't know who Ben Stiller is, then, well, you're young. I get it. Stiller and Meara, meanwhile, have been a comedy and life …
Want to see what Jenny Slate is up to these days? For one thing, she and comedy partner Gabe Liedman have a fresh new installment of their series "Bestie x Bestie" — they uploaded several episodes previously way back in January 2009. (Related: See their first first episode on Vimeo) …
Mark Malkoff recently spent five straight days in his bathroom. On purpose. Got quite a bit of publicity for it, because he's got a knack for these wacky stunts. See my previous report on Malkoff. But as we see in Part 1 of his My Damn Channel series, "5 Days …
Just when you least expect it, there's a brand-new episode of "Between Two Ferns," the hit series that's not quite a talk show but is most definitely starring Zach Galifianakis — or, in this case, his "twin brother" Seth — and featuring Sean Penn. Penn says that talking about himself …
Hey, remember three years ago when Pete Karinen and Brian Sacca, aka Pete & Brian, debuted a nine-minute short casting themselves as magazine fact checkers who paid Bill Murray a visit, and then talked to me about it? In September 2007, Pete told me the idea was to break out …