The Definitive Guide to Comedy
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 …
Beth Stelling reminded us on Tuesday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live that her siblings and mother still live back in Ohio, as if they didn’t have a choice in the matter. As Stelling jokes, her mother also seems to have problems figuring out her cell phone plan and options, and could use …
If the Jews supposedly run show business, then how Jewish is too Jewish to get your TV show pitch through the Hollywood system? That’s a valid question for Cathy Ladman, as she explained on Monday’s episode of The Late Late Show with guest host Drew Carey. One thing we all …
Cristela Alonzo has a bone to pick with the folks at Lululemon, because they don’t seem to make workout clothes for her bones to fit in, which means she has to work out extra just to afford their workout clothes! As Alonzo explained on Monday’s Conan, perhaps the arguments we …
Last summer, Marlon Wayans presided over a comedy competition on TBS called Funniest Wins. This summer, this Wayans brother is headed to broadcast network TV on the same channel his older brother Keenen Ivory Wayans is seen on as a judge for Last Comic Standing. No contest. No, really. No …
Those who can’t succeed on a newfangled streaming TV service should go back to the drawing board and try regular cable TV instead. It worked like a charm for Denver-based comedy trio, The Grawlix, who just received a 10-episode series order from truTV for their sitcom, Those Who Can’t, which …
The “feud” between Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart and the WWE’s Seth Rollins came to a head Monday night on the pro wrestling’s live RAW telecast, as Rollins mocked Stewart with a fake “Daily Show” set, only to have the satirical news anchor show up and kick him right in the …
