The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The holidays tend to make us fat. On Wednesday’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Lenny Clarke remembered what he was like before he lost 180 pounds. Wasn’t pretty. You should hear what his wife told him. Clarke also reminisces and reminds us just how bad the snow …
Today’s guest, Wayne Federman, has been recording stand-up comedy sets in clubs across America for more than 30 years now since starting out in New York City in the early 1980s. He’s also a classically trained actor, studying in college straight from Stella Adler. No wonder, then, he has so …
Mike Birbiglia’s latest stand-up tour is headed Off-Broadway, back to the same theater at 45 Bleecker St. where Birbiglia developed Sleepwalk With Me. Mike Birbiglia: Thank God For Jokes will play Lynn Redgrave Theater, with previews beginning Feb. 2, 2016, and an official opening Feb. 11. “I’m so excited to be …
Sebastian Maniscalco joked on Facebook last week that he should move to New York City in 2016 because he’s already sold enough tickets for six shows at the Beacon Theatre, and they aren’t even happening until May. Meanwhile, Jerry Seinfeld just announced an actual residency for 2016 at the Beacon, …
Dan Cummins‘ fiancee loves to butter him up. Good for the marriage, but all that fattening is making him fat. As Cummins explained on Monday’s Conan, he also has two young children who he says are very smart. Good for their education, bad for him with all of the questions …
MST3K will come back with a brand-new cast, Kickstarted by 30,000 fans already to the tune of $3.5 million and counting. Original creator and star of Mystery Science Theater 3000, Joel Hodgson, launched the Kickstarter in November. Hodgson said the money raised so far will fund six new episodes. If …
Shane Mauss and I go back almost all the way to his origin story as a comedian, but before we get into that, there are plenty of memories to be shared about the 2007 HBO Aspen comedy festival, how he recovered from breaking both of his heels — which kept …
Andy Ritchie, a stand-up comedian and improviser known for his big heart and impressively unique presence both onstage and off, died from complications related to his brain tumor on Thanksgiving. Ritchie was 39. Born March 27, 1976, in Canada but raised in Minneapolis, where he started performing onstage at Academy …
Quick, name your favorite hour stand-up special by a host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show. How much time did you waste Googling what Craig Kilborn is up to in 2015? Did you remember that Jon Stewart’s lone hour special was way back in 1996 for HBO, where he’ll be …
Patrice Oneal died five years ago today, on Nov. 29, 2011. There are many of his famous peers who knew and adored him, and not only have shared their stories about him but also continue to celebrate Oneal and help his family financially with an annual benefit. Next year’s show, …
