The Definitive Guide to Comedy
What do they say about New York City: There are eight million stories, and sometimes it seems as though eight million of the people telling them think they’re comedians? No, that’s not it. It is a fact, though, that America’s biggest city is also its biggest comedy mecca. Hollywood may …
Friend of the site Julie Seabaugh put together an oral history on Wet Hot American Summer for this week’s Variety, just in time for the launch of the prequel miniseries this Friday on Netflix. Would you believe they tried to make a Wet Hot TV series way back in 2003? …
I feel bad, now, for the comics who grew up idolizing Cosby. It had to affect their decision to begin doing standup and motivate the kind of standup they wanted to do… I hope there’s a way to salvage that kind of inspiration. I never saw or listened to comedy …
The TCA summer press tour began on Tuesday in Pasadena — an annual parade of TV networks and stars, presenting themselves en masse to the TV Critics Association in hopes that their fall series will be welcomed and shared with rave reviews. Or, at the very least, enough buzz to …
The only sure things are death, taxes and schmucks will try to profit by stealing your jokes. At least my online friends at Death and Taxes are making an effort at countering the joke-stealing schmucks. On Tuesday, Death and Taxes took to Wikipedia to make certain everyone knows that Josh …
NBC’s Last Comic Standing opened its ninth season last week with an homage to famous competitors from past years who weren’t famous then. “Over the last eight seasons, one show has launched some of the biggest names in comedy,” the voiceover announces, as the visuals show you past glimpses of …
For The Onion‘s next trick, coming this Monday is a new video channel poking fun at VICE’s freelancers-on-the-edge brand of voyeuristic immersive journalism. As The Onion describes @EDGEtv: “Uncaged, Unaccountable, Fucked Up” Roll the clip!
British ventriloquist Paul Zerdin continued to prove himself a hit with the judges at America’s Got Talent this season, earning a “golden buzzer” from guest judge Marlon Wayans which sent him straight past “Judges Cuts” to the live rounds in August from Radio City Music Hall. Roll the clip and …
Welcome to Sweden, and now fare thee well, Sweden. Amy Poehler said goodbye to NBC and Parks and Recreation earlier this year, and barely anyone stuck around to watch her brother, Greg, toil away with his wife and new life in Sweden. Viewership of Welcome to Sweden — in its …
Kevin Pollak is a gifted actor, impersonator and comedian whom you’ve seen onscreen far more often than you probably even remember — although you’ll certainly recall his roles in such hits as A Few Good Men and The Usual Suspects. Pollak recently recurred as the dad in the CBS sitcom, …
