Jerry Seinfeld at the Comedy Cellar
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 case you were curious about such things.
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 Ohio State University. Then, for reasons not entirely explained in this photo (nor even on her Tumblr), Martin flew back to New York City on …
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 to Rififi), I’ve borne witness to some funny stuff in the making, both for their upcoming live stage tour and their second season on MTV. …
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 post, you’d already know that this "reality" "contest" has no intention of really helping elevate the public’s opinions and attitudes about the art of stand-up …
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 Black and Bonnie McFarlane talk about their earliest forays in stand-up) on Friday night (10:30 p.m. Eastern), followed by the debut at midnight Saturday of …
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 did manage to 1) get yelps of approval from the audiences at all three shows, and more importantly, 2) sucked a lot of time out …
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 post a new clip each Monday until they run out, honoring the late comedian who would’ve turned 40 on Feb. 24. I’ve noted my Hedberg …
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 this week? David Letterman…Tuesday: Gary Mule Deer; Wednesday: Vince Vaughn (promoting his Wild West Comedy Show movie) Craig Ferguson…Tuesday: Sebastian Maniscalco; Friday: Mo’Nique
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 UCB Theatre in NYC tonight and next Monday night for a live stage sketch tour of the USA. Advanced tix to the UCB rehearsals are …
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 weigh in with opinions on the election. Here, she sits down with Stella (yes, Michael Showalter, David Wain and Michael Ian Black, together again) to …