The Definitive Guide to Comedy
After getting snubbed once and making a mockery of Sen. John McCain for it, David Letterman wasn’t going to back down last night in the slightest when the Republican presidential nominee showed up to try to make amends on The Late Show with David Letterman. No, no. Instead, Letterman came …
So, it’s mid-October, and you’re wondering, is it not a little late to begin reviewing the new fall crop of TV sitcoms? No. It is not. In fact, most TV critics weigh in too early, often with just a pilot episode to go on, sometimes with a second episode, but …
The presidential debates are over, so now it’s time for the final stretch of the election campaign, and the Sundance Channel has launched its own online campaign venture called Voices on the Election, complete with serious and satirical videos and interviews. Including this series by comedian Dave Hill, Dave Hill’s …
Rob Corddry, Rob Huebel, Lake Bell, Megan Mullally, Erinn Hayes, Jason Sudeikis, David Wain, Seth Morris, Ken Marino, "the other" Corddry and more…narrated by Stephen Colbert! Intoning things such as "The Internet’s sexiest drama just got…sexiester." We cannot wait to see what happens next on the new series, Childrens’ Hospital. …
It’s about time. Seriously. I long have wondered why Comedy Central had not done more to cement its branding as the central place for all things comedy, so today’s announcement by the cable network that it has created a live entertainment division sounds like positive news. The network, of course, …
As the first Hysterical Festival celebrates women in comedy by putting on multiple shows in New York City this weekend, a group of NYC-based female comedians are getting ready to spread their comedy around the country. Why? Because they’re The Obama Girls of Comedy (not to be confused with the …
Paul F. Tompkins had alerted all of his Los Angeles area fans that he’d be leaving the West Coast for a year due to the show business. We learned he’d be hosting a new version of VH1’s Best Week Ever. But what would that mean, exactly? The weekly recap mockery …
Tom McCaffrey’s first full-length comedy CD, Lou Diamond Phillips?, was recorded on 4/20 at Pianos in New York City and opens with a bit about doing drugs. Despite that coincidence, you don’t need to be a stoner to enjoy McCaffrey’s observational humor and sometimes low, lazy drawl, which includes an …
CNN has announced it’s giving D.L. Hughley his own hourlong platform on the cable news network at 10 p.m. (Eastern) Saturdays, beginning Oct. 25, with repeats on Sundays. The show, as yet untitled, will tape before a live audience in New York City and feature Hughley and a panel of …
At 43, Jeffrey Ross has spent two decades in comedy, and as he told me over the phone just minutes ago, he has "waited a long time" for today, the release of his first stand-up comedy DVD, No Offense: Live From New Jersey. My review appears after the jump. First, …