The Definitive Guide to Comedy
If you think Last Comic Standing is too exclusive these past two seasons by only inviting 100 comedians to perform for the judges and a live studio audience, then just imagine how some of those 100 comedians feel when they got left on the cutting-room floor. They looked forward to …
Maggie Maye made her big late-night TV debut on Thursday night’s Conan and crushed it. Maye is based in Austin and grew up in the Rio Grande Valley, where people have called her weird (which is good for “keeping it weird!” in Austin) and sassy, but at least that’s better …
This is not a drill. This is not a prank. Well, it is PUNK’D, and it’s all new when it reboots for the Vine generation on BET next week, premiering at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT Tuesday (Aug. 18, 2015) with new host DeStorm Power, “special guest host” King Bach and comedians/actors Amberia …
Comedian D.C. Benny made a new splash last summer competing on NBC’s Last Comic Standing. But back in the day, Benny thought he was getting a huge break with a small part on the CBS sitcom, Cosby. As in Bill Cosby. We have hindsight in 2015. Two decades ago, Benny …
NBC announced its first winners of its “NBC Playground” development contest to seek out new comedic shows, producers and writers. Kassia Miller’s Imaginary Friend, and Sunset PPL, from Aaron Colom and Adriano Valentini, received pilot orders from the network. “NBC is excited to bring these innovative new works from such …
No sooner do I announce once more my desire to avoid posting heckler videos — because it’s my firm belief that sharing and spreading videos of comedians “destroying” hecklers only provokes more incidents, as the mind of a heckler is encouraged by the prospect of becoming the subject of the …
“It’s the rip-roaring conclusion of the Invitationals.” Slow down, voiceover man. “So quit your incessant yapping…” You said it! Now stop saying it! Quit your yapping and let’s hear some joke-telling! But not before we hear that primal yelp from Roseanne Barr, one of our judges on Last Comic Standing. Here’s …
NBC aired the final round of Last Comic Standing “Invitationals” auditions on Wednesday night, which eventually whittled down the field of stand-up comedians from 100 invitees down to 41 semifinalists still in the running for a $250,000 prize and network development deal. Here are your 41 semifinalists for Last Comic …
This just in! Twitter has ramped up its policing of joke thieves, plagiarists and imposters of famous funny folks. A long-running Chris Rock imposter’s account (@ChrisRockOZ): Suspended! A fake Bill Murray? Now just a string of RTs and some private Instagram photos. The @itsWillyFerrell account continues with 1.76 million followers, …
Showtime is going to take a crack at retelling the initial comedy boom of Los Angeles in the 1970s, giving Jim Carrey and Dave Flebotte a one-hour pilot to adapt the book I’m Dying Up Here, to premium cable TV. “The 1970s L.A. comedy scene gave rise to some of …
