Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
by Home for the holidays, I managed to make it to the Comedy Studio’s annual Christmas-themed cavalcade of comedy Sunday night, in which much merriment is …
Ha-ha-has for your ho-ho-hos
Christmas is coming, and who cares if the goose is getting fat, because where are the comedy audiences? Probably off to their families, much like …
New Comedy Central Presents debut Jan. 11
Comedy Central has announced that it’s 12th season of Comedy Central Presents — otherwise known as the network’s half-hour stand-up specials — will begin airing …
Missing out on mistletoe, comedy-style
Did you know that if you were to lead your social life solely by Facebook event invitations, that, at least at the end of 2007, …
Continuing work on the archives
Have piles of documents and interviews in front of me, hoping to upload more of them today and tonight. Thanks for your patience.
RIP, Adara Almonte
Maybe you knew Adara Almonte. Maybe you didn’t. Almonte was a stand-up comedian in New York City, and she died earlier this week. I didn’t …
Human Giant’s season 2 preview
The UCB Theatre in NYC hadn’t seen all three members of Human Giant (Aziz, Paul and Rob) together onstage for Monday night’s Crash Test in …
Shark Show Holiday Party recapper
For the first time in months, the fellas from the Shark Show all found themselves in New York City at the same time and Gabe, …
HBO vs. Showtime vs. Comedy Central
Late into the night, or early this morning, after seeing parts of three different comedy specials on Showtime, I couldn’t help but think about how …
My Extras special interview with Ricky Gervais
Ricky Gervais welcomes me into a nondescript conference room at HBO’s Midtown Manhattan offices, looking cool and casual. Wait. I’m not writing some sort of …