NBC’s 2009 late-night TV shuffle
by NBC officially unveiled the timeline it plans for shuffling Jimmy Fallon into late-late night and Conan O’Brien into Jay Leno’s Tonight Show slot, which left …
Posthumous George Carlin CD due July 29
George Carlin‘s final HBO performance, It’s Bad For Ya, will be released as a CD on July 29 on Eardrum Records, the label started by …
Review: Russell Brand’s NYC debut
Russell Brand‘s show proved the toughest ticket in Montreal last week, but would Americans (and our ex-pats) react with similar enthusiasm to his New York …
Montreal 2008: New Faces 2
Is it possible for the host of New Faces to bomb? If your name is Dana Gould and the show in question happened Saturday night, …
Montreal 2008: Andy Kindler’s State of the Industry
Where would The Comic’s Comic be in Montreal without an interview with one of the comic’s comics, Andy Kindler? A meeting of the minds was …
Montreal 2008: Stiles and Proops Unplanned
Anything and everything is up for grabs in the hour-plus riffathon here in Montreal called Stiles & Proops: Unplanned. As the sign behind Ryan Stiles …
Montreal 2008: Flying Solo reviews
After running around the city on Wednesday night, I decided to make my Thursday much easier to digest by camping out at Theatre Ste-Catherine for …
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Montreal 2008: Putting the business in show business
This year’s festival added that two-day Just Comedy confab to attract industry, and they also enticed comedians to come in a pay-for-play tease…you pay us …
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Montreal 2008: Strippers!
Many comedians come to Montreal and joke about the preponderance of strip clubs in the city. But it’s infinitely more amusing to watch off-duty strippers …
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Montreal 2008: Just Comedy notes on Finding the Comedy Audience
Thoughts and quotes from the first day of the Just Comedy confab at Montreal’s Just For Laughs fest… On "Finding the Comedy Audience," Comedy Central’s …