Jerry Seinfeld at the Comedy Cellar
by Jerry Seinfeld dropped in Thursday night for a surprise 25-minute set at the Comedy Cellar during the early show, didn’t stay long afterward. Just in …
Funny or Die? Tour oddities
The Funny or Die comedy tour, with Will Ferrell presenting Zach Galifianakis, Nick Swardson and Demetri Martin, played to a sold-out crowd last night at …
Sneak peeks at new Human Giant
Based on the past couple of Human Giant appearances outside of their UCB-NY home (well, OK, not that far outside their home, in separate visits …
LCS in NYC
NBC’s Last Comic Standing rolled its circus into New York City this morning, and I boycotted it. Sort of. If you read my Feb. 1 …
Mike Birbiglia says a lot more than nothing
Comedy Central officially makes this weekend Mike Birbiglia Weekend, airing a special Comedy Central Presents My First Time (in which Birbiglia, Michael Showalter, Michael Ian …
Wasting time with Conan, Colbert and Stewart
Conan O’Brien, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert wasted everyone’s viewing time last night with a pre-arranged sketch of sorts that didn’t really go anywhere but …
Rooftop Comedy’s Mitch Hedberg tribute
Rooftop Comedy celebrates the life and comedy of Mitch Hedberg by posting video clips from a May 1999 performance at Go Bananas in Cincinnati. They’ll …
This week on Letterman, Ferguson
As WGA-AMPTP discussions continue, the late-night TV chatters continue with only David Letterman and Craig Ferguson’s shows having Writers Guild approval. With that, who’s on …
Human Giant on tour, tickets
If you clicked on my Google calendar, you’d see that Human Giant (Aziz Ansari, Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel) are busy rehearsing sketches at the …
Stella supports Super Tuesday
Sara Benincasa got a gig this year contributing to MTV’s 2008 Choose or Lose campaign coverage, which means we’re sure to see plenty of comedians …