The Definitive Guide to Comedy
You knew that the correspondents from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart have lives and comedy careers outside of TV, right? Whether you knew it or not, you can see what some of these guys and gals are like when they’re crafting their own jokes. Here are a few examples …
Famous actors and comedians drop in at the Upright Citizens Brigade theaters in New York City and Los Angeles all of the time. Particularly for ASSSSCAT. What makes the Robin Williams appearance last night at the UCBT in NYC so surprising is that he merely wanted to play along with …
Wait. What? That HBO movie about the late Sam Kinison that yesterday, we were told, was in the early stages of development? Well, they already had some footage of Tony winner Dan Fogler as Kinison to ponder, with these four minutes shot and in the can of Fogler as Kinison, …
Can’t wait to see Abby Elliott get her some facetime on SNL? You’re in luck, as the youngest Elliott to enter the professional family funny business appears in this new video, portraying Bonnie Hunt in "Jell-O Comedian Auditions," brought to you by The Midnight Show. James Adomian also should be …
Stephen Colbert’s A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All comes to Comedy Central on Nov. 23, with musical numbers from Stephen Colbert, Elvis Costello, Feist, Toby Keith, John Legend, Willie Nelson and Jon Stewart. Here is a preview, with more after the jump:
The semifinals began this week for the 2008 Seattle Comedy Competition, with the following 10 comedians assured of at least $500 and in the running for $5,000 and a record contract: Drew Barth, Seattle WA Lars Cailliou, Edmonton AB Canada Tyler Hawkins, Edmonton AB Canada Nate Jackson, Lacey WA Todd …
Do more cities have funniest person contests because we write about them now, or were they always around and we just never thought to ask before? Either way, more comedy contest news is in to report, and we can tell you that if you’re in Columbus, Ohio, and looking for …
The Apiary announces that The ECNY Awards, originally devised to reward and honor "emerging comics" in the New York scene and relaunched last year with rousing success and a rollicking show that brought the community together, is back for another go, with nominations open for the 2008 awards. Winners will …
After years of seeing their classic TV sketches and film clips distributed without their permission on the YouTube, the men of Monty Python decided to strike back, launching their own YouTube channel (thanks, CC Insider!). Let’s let them explain: So they want you to buy their DVDs, and I wholeheartedly …
Dan Fogler is set to portray the late Sam Kinison in an HBO movie about the comedian’s life, from preacher to screaming wild stand-up to his death in a 1992 car accident at the age of 38. The project is in the early stages of development, but it’s based on …