The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Did you know that when the Rev. Jesse Jackson doesn’t think his microphone is on, he stops rhyming? Amazing but true! Anyhow. Even more amazing than that, the first 10 minutes of Comedy Central’s new spoof on "reality" TV show contests, Reality Bites Back. It debuts July 17, which by …
Are you ready for the finals of Last Comic Standing to start already? Of course you are. But NBC is going to get you caught up anyhow tonight with a one-hour recap at 8, followed by a two-hour new episode that apparently will include the 12 final acts challenging each …
Dave Attell returns to Comedy Central next week as host of the revamped version of The Gong Show. Here is a preview. We think…if this Comedy Central clip is giving you a hassle, you can always click over to Jezebel (yes, Jezebel), where they managed to grab a clip and …
The first episode, debuting tonight at 10 p.m. on Starz, has host Doug Williams with DC Curry and Rickey Smiley. Williams opens the half-hour show with a long bit comparing a relationship to football, where the woman is the head coach and the man is the starting quarterback. Wasn’t Doug …
Sure, Bonnaroo was almost a month ago, but we’re now being treated to some nice photographic representations of how comedy has become a part of this burgeoning national music festival in Tennessee. Louis CK was nice enough not only to share some artistic photos he shot from the set of …
The site Urlesque yesterday posted a list of "Twenty Bloggers We Want To See In Bikinis," and wouldn’t you know that three of the top 10 ladies on their list also happen to be stand-up comedians in New York City? That’s right. Congrats to Sara Benincasa, Sara Schaefer and Michelle …
The Hollywood Reporter reports that CMT will carry on the torch burned by sister station VH1 last year by airing another Larry the Cable Guy Christmas special this coming winter. It’ll air in November, but tape on July 30 (wow, why so early???) in Nashville with a scheduled guest lineup …
So, in case you missed it, and if you weren’t in Arkansas last month, you did miss it, because that’s when Sacha Baron Cohen decided to unleash "Bruno" on unsuspecting crowds duped into thinking they were attending a regular ol’ cage-fight. You know. The Smoking Gun has the documentation, including …
You probably recognize Greg Proops from his years improvising on TV in both the U.K. and U.S. in Whose Line is it Anyway? Some of you may remember Proops from hosting a TV dating show called Rendez-View. Or maybe it’s the suit that jogs your memory. I had the chance …
The Internet is funny, and in this case it’s the funny weird variety. Just try to watch this interview Lizz Winstead had with Jezebel editors Moe and Tracie last week on Shoot the Messenger. More than a few people watched it live. They weren’t exactly thrilled by it. And I …