The Definitive Guide to Comedy
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 …
Yes, yes, The Daily Show has its own irreverent cable TV "news" spin on the political conventions, but in this groovy new media world, it’s all about online video and blogs and vlogs and going low-budget, low-key, low-tech. At the first convention I covered as a reporter (Democrats, New York …
Gossip Girl‘s second season starts Sept. 1, so everybody get your xoxo’s ready! Of course, if you live in New York City, you cannot go anywhere without knowing that — and in fact, they filmed another upcoming scene in my Brooklyn neighborhood earlier this month, so really, you cannot escape …
Some clips have surfaced promoting the new animated comedy, The Life & Times of Tim, created by former ad man Steve Dildarian and debuting Sept. 28 on HBO. It’s set in New York City, and Tim, well, sounds a little bit like a calmer, low-key, perhaps easier to take Larry …
Whether you want to see David Letterman or tell jokes on his TV show, your gatekeeper remains the same. Paging Eddie Brill! That’s because Brill has two jobs on The Late Show with David Letterman, warming up the live audiences at Letterman’s Broadway "Ed Sullivan" theater each weeknight, then also …
Congratulations go to Reid Faylor, who won the Funniest Person in Cincinnati contest held throughout the month at Go Bananas. Here is some video from Faylor’s winning performance, courtesy of my friends at RooftopComedy. Enjoy! Related: Reid Faylor answered questions for RooftopComedy earlier this year as a finalist in that …