The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Fun fact: Do you know where David Alan Grier was last night when his stand-up performance was set to begin at Caesars Palace for The Comedy Festival? Festival staff didn't know. They caught up with him in his hotel room, where he was fast asleep! Good thing the show before …
At the end of their rousing live performance last night, the Kids in the Hall told the crowd at Caesars Palace for The Comedy Festival that not only had they witnessed the Kids' "first show in about three months," but also their Vegas debut. "You got to see us shake …
Here is an exclusive clip from Ellen's Even Bigger Really Big Show, which taped last night at The Colosseum in Caesars Palace as part of The Comedy Festival, and airs Saturday, Nov. 29, on TBS. Ellen gives her three financial tips for surviving in Vegas:
It seems like only a few days ago that Cedric the Entertainer was celebrating opening night of his Broadway deut in the revival of David Mamet's American Buffalo, which co-stars John Leguizamo and an all-growns-up Haley Joel Osment. But not enough people want to see the trio do Mamet's dialogue …
Demetri Martin's upcoming new show on Comedy Central, Important Things with Demetri Martin, is almost ready for broadcast, and it's important for you to know that if you'll be in NYC from Dec. 3-6, then you could see a live taping of it. (via CC Insider) Info: How to reserve …
Be thankful that you live in a society that protects freedom of speech. In the Union of Myanmar(aka Burma), a military junta just sentenced a comedian there to 45 years in prison for his social activism (not for his onstage comedy). U Maung Thura, known onstage as Zarganar, had been …
Ellen DeGeneres has competition next week in the TV variety showcase business — Rosie O'Donnell plans "Rosie Live" next Wednesday, Nov. 26, for NBC — so DeGeneres really had to deliver on her promise for Ellen's Even Bigger Really Big Show on TBS, which airs Saturday, Nov. 29. And in …
Who says you cannot announce a development deal at a comedy festival anymore? TastiSkank, the sexy funny musical duo of Sarah Litzsinger and Kate Reinders, arrived in Las Vegas last night for The Comedy Festival and told The Comic's Comic they had just signed a deal with Sony Pictures Television …
And you think some comedians churn through too much material? Bravo has agreed to give Kathy Griffin not only a fifth season of Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, but also two one-hour stand-up specials for the network to be filmed "during her current nationwide tour" (emphasis mine, quote …
It's chilly in New York City, so The Comic's Comic has hopped on a jet and headed West, young man, to the more hospitable climes of Las Vegas, Nevada. Oh, there's a big comedy festival going on? What a pleasant coincidence! I guess my plans for the next few days …