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Mike Birbiglia’s latest special, What I Should Have Said Was Nothing: Tales From My Secret Public Journal, released today. You’ve seen some of it already on Comedy Central (which broadcast about 44 minutes of it in February, and video clips plus my interview with Birbiglia then can be found here). …
Today marks the launch of Videogum, the Stereogum spinoff helmed by leading bloggers Gabe Delahaye and Lindsay Robertson. They also co-host the monthly Ritalin Readings series at the Slipper Room, so now they’re doubly delicious. If that makes sense. You can see how well they already work together by reading …
CBS trots out Secret Talents of the Stars tonight (10 p.m. Eastern), with the aforementioned stars pitted against each other in brackets. Clint Black takes on Sasha Cohen in comedy. No, not Sacha Baron Cohen, but rather, the figure skater. And her "secret talent" is a contortionist routine. Alrighty then. …
Bob Odenkirk, Rachel Blanchard and Phil Hendrie will join the pilot for Mike Birbiglia’s potential CBS sitcom, Mike Birbiglia’s Secret Public Journal. (THR) Birbiglia stars as himself. Odenkirk plays his older brother (Joe Bags?). Blanchard plays his "sensible but adorable live-in girlfriend," while Hendrie portrays his doctor (or will he …
Last night at Union Hall (Park Slope, Brooklyn!), a three-for-one nighter, with Eugene Mirman hosting Tearing the Veil of Maya with guests that included Reggie Watts, Zach Galifianakis and Tim Minchin, followed by Sara Schaefer’s Name That Tune live game show, followed by a viewing party for the second season …
Sunday’s New York Post ran a top 50 jokes of the past year list that’s sure to generate reader debate and discussion, much like these lists always set out to accomplish in the first place. And if you read the list closely, you can already see that it’s not necessarily …
It’s the penultimate episode of this horrible online spoof of horrible soap operas, so why am I linking to it? Because that’s what I do. Apparently. Only one more episode remains! Enjoy.
And the award for Best Off-Broadway Show You Only Have A Week Or Less to Enjoy goes to…Tim Minchin’s one-man show at New World Stages. Six shows remain, tonight through Saturday (April 12). Why must you see Tim Minchin? Well, I already tried to tell you this back in November, …
Anyone want to guess how we open the show? Did you guess Hillary Clinton? Of course you did. The SNL Clinton trail continues unabated with a cold open featuring Bill and Hillary (Darrell Hammond and Amy Poehler) talking about the news that "broke" just a day or two earlier about …
Robert Kelly went with a basic, theatrical background for his Comedy Central Presents, which debuts tonight at 10 p.m. His wardrobe also fairly simple: Black jacket, T-shirt, jeans. His fiancee explained to me back on that night in August, "He didn’t want anything to distract from him." It worked. His …