The Definitive Guide to Comedy
When their IFC sketch series ended after five seasons, The Whitest Kids U’Know mostly went their separate ways, although they reunited for a tour in 2013 and tried filming a pilot last year. Timmy Williams got married and moved back to South Dakota. Zach Cregger went the primetime sitcom route …
Comedy Central’s biennial special event all-star fundraiser, Night of Too Many Stars, returns on Sunday night with plenty of pre-taped stunts and a live telethon and celebrity phone bank — as always, hosted by The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart and organized by Robert Smigel. You’ll see the likes of Steve …
Brendon Walsh perfomed on Thursday’s episode of The Late Late Show with guest host Drew Carey, and regaled us with a tale of his time back when he lived in Austin, Texas. You see, back then and there, Walsh was gifted a 1961 Plymouth Valiant to drive around — for …
This should be required viewing by everyone, and shown in orientation for every TV news reporter and camera crew. Why do people feel the need to wave or make fools of themselves in the background of a live TV news report? Who are they? In this UCB1 report from UCB …
The Tribeca Film Festival already had announced a big, NYC-based offering to kick off the 2015 slate — #TFF2015 April 15-26, 2015 — with the opening-night selection of Live From New York!, Bao Nguyen’s documentary looking back at 40 years of Saturday Night Live. Now the festival has added a …
Hot off the presses! Here is the TBS press release announcing it’s signed Samantha Bee to a deal for her own topical satirical comedy series on the cable network — presumably airing either before or after Conan, don’t you think? She’s already executive-producing and writing a newly-announced TBS sitcom starring …
Comedy Central has announced the roster of Roasters lined up to leave it to the Biebs, and it’s a collection of comedians, rappers, athletes, and Martha Stewart? Um, ok. Kevin Hart will preside over the “Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber” (#BieberRoast), taping March 14 in Los Angeles and airing …
Artie Lange already has achieved favored-guest status with Jimmy Fallon, and usually heads straight to the panel to talk smack with Jimmy. But on Wednesday night’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Lange started off with a stand-up set, in which he dished about the Kardashian family — …
In the first few minutes of Conan O’Brien’s special episode of Conan on TBS Wednesday night, he explained the political, social and cultural ramifications of the United States move to “normalize” relations with Cuba after a 53-year-long economic blockade and embargo. “Which is why I kept the purpose of my …
Paula Poundstone is what she’d call an asexual atheist. But she understands that some people think and pray a lot more about sex on a daily basis, particularly her teen-aged son. Poundstone joked about the disparity in her performance on Tuesday’s episode of The Late Late Show with guest host …
