The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The Comedy Underground, my original home club, has a new home in Seattle’s Pioneer Square and opens the doors tonight at 109 S. Washington St. (about two blocks from the spot it occupied from 1981 until this summer, when building renovations forced the move). And yes, it’ll still be located …
The UCB Theatre in New York City has a tradition of offering great stand-up comedy showcases for free late-night Mondays. For a while, Aziz Ansari hosted the showcase under the name Crash Test. Then Ansari got all Human Giant, and the showcases took a break. Leo Allen has taken over …
Are you ready for new episodes of The Sarah Silverman Program to appear on Comedy Central? The show returns to the airwaves on Wednesday, Oct. 8. To pique your interest, the TV gods have prepared this reel of goodies for you to enjoy: See more Sarah Silverman videos at Funny …
This is supposed to be funny, right? Of course, they forgot to put the flag in the fireplace. They forgot, right? (side-by-side courtesy of goldenfiddle)
Sarah Palin is on my TV right now pretending to know something about foreign policy and defending her decision not to have a passport, which means we need to put up a new silly video. Banzai! How long do you think Mr. Shake Hands Man can shake hands with a …
On last night’s program, David Letterman really let loose on Sen. John McCain, the Republican candidate for president, for bailing out on the last minute on his show…even more so when McCain hadn’t rushed back to D.C. at all, but merely gave an appearance to another CBS personality in Katie …
Here were your final results from the 2008 Boston Comedy Festival contest, decided last weekend… 1. Dwight Slade ($5,000); 2. Andrew Norelli ($2,500); 3. Myq Kaplan ($1,000); 4. Dave Waite ($300); 5. Baron Vaughn ($300); 6. Joe List ($300); 7. Rob O’Reilly ($300); 8. Mario DiGiorgio ($300) How did this …
This ad spoof from the Talk Show with Spike Feresten, Imaginary Bats Home Gym, stars Andre du Bouchet. Swat, swat, swat those pounds away! The show bills this segment as "Comedy For Stoners," which also seems like code words, a euphemism as it were, for "Comedy For Tim & Eric …
Hey comedy fans, if you were up late last night, as I was, you may have seen me on your TV screens attempting to say a witty thing or two about current events on the late-night news-talk-infotainment program, Red Eye, on the FOX News Channel. (Spoiler alert: It was me) …
King Magazine publishes a brief, and already somewhat old oral history of Chappelle’s Show. And by old, I mean it sounds as though these interviews happened years ago. The New York Times profiles B.J. Novak, who has seen his career rise as a writer/performer on The Office, which starts its …