The Definitive Guide to Comedy
What do Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin from Alaska and New York City comedian Sara Benincasa have in common? Well, since the former’s 17-year-old daughter is pregnant and the latter worked for Planned Parenthood, you’d think not much. But put Benincasa’s hair in an updo, change her accent, and …
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It can now truly be said that Kurt Braunohler and Kristen Schaal are global comedy stars. They were toasts of the town in Montreal last summer at the prestigious Just For Laughs Festival, won the biggest award earlier this year in Melbourne, Australia, and were the only Americans nominated for …
Labor Day weekend in Seattle means the biggest music and arts fest of the year there, aka Bumbershoot. A decade ago, the weekend attracted names both big and small in music to come together in celebration of culture and all things good and fun, with one show or maybe two …
My friends at The Apiary provide a clever defense today of Carlos Mencia (really? really) by whipping out this handy "Universal Comedy Flowchart" and suggesting that instead of stealing jokes (wink-a-wink-a), Mencia merely is raking his mind over the handy dandy chart that unlocks the secrets of comedy. The chart …
Brian Regan taped his 20th appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman on Monday afternoon, and it’ll air tonight, with Regan hilariously describing how he fakes his massive amount of expertise about art. His appearance helps promote his upcoming hour special on Comedy Central, "The Epitome of Hyperbole," that …
It appears Super Deluxe wants us to see what happens to Todd Barry’s prostitute character in the cliff-hanger comedy series that is Sexus. In addition to this week’s new episode, the site implores us to come back Sept. 3 for the next NSFW episode. Such range, Mr. Barry. Such range! …
Listening to Mitch Hedberg’s posthumous CD, Do You Believe in Gosh? (available Sept. 9 on Comedy Central Records), it’s difficult for me to maintain objectivity. After all, I knew Mitch Hedberg. I interviewed Mitch Hedberg. I performed alongside Mitch Hedberg. And no comedian is, or will ever be, Mitch Hedberg. …
NBC announced on Wednesday that Olympic gold medal swimmer of swimmers Michael Phelps will host the premiere of Saturday Night Live when it returns for a 34th season on Sept. 13. Called. It. Last. Week. The musical guest? Lil Wayne.
Bill Burr has a new CD out this summer, Why Do I Do This?, and the live video recording of Burr’s performance gets its broadcast debut Aug. 31 on Comedy Central, with the DVD available Sept. 16. On the DVD, loaded with more than 80 minutes of extras, we see …