YouTube’s Sketchies II: The top 20
by YouTube has announced its 20 semifinalists in his second Sketchies sketch comedy contest. Voting ends March 19 to whittle it down to the top 10 …
Lewis Black’s Root of All Evil
What I like about Lewis Black’s new Comedy Central show, Root of All Evil: It takes the Tough Crowd formula, stand-up comedians talking smack about …
For your consideration: Gay Robot
Comedy Central released this image today of Gay Robot, the star of Nick Swardson’s new animated series. From my interview with Swardson last May…Most reports …
Gelmania! The debut
And you thought Rififi was done when Invite Them Up left the building? No. Instead, Brett Gelman has taken over Wednesdays and assumed the title …
Hulu! Chris Rock on his SNL audition
Hulu went live today for general public consumption. Haven’t had enough time to really root around, but just enough to unearth this clip from Bravo’s …
L.A., Boston club mainstays on the move
Looks like this spring and summer will see big changes for popular venues in both Los Angeles and Boston. Largo will close its current operations …
Comedy Central’s 2008/2009 project list
Comedy Central has revealed its list of upcoming works and pilots under the modest heading: "The Future of Comedy." Next year, prepare for a fantasy-comedy …
The “next big blind guy”
Paging Hannibal Buress: I think we’ve just found your "next big blind guy." He’ll be running New York on St. Patrick’s Day.
Showalter vs. Miller: On the art of the diss
The following comedy lesson is brought to you by Michael Showalter, The Slipper Room, the F train and Road Runner Internet service… Comedians make fun …
Reminder: Human Giant season two tonight at 11
So noted. Human Giant, 11 p.m. tonight, MTV.