The Definitive Guide to Comedy
I had a vision in the hours leading up to Saturday Night Live‘s massive SNL40 celebration on Sunday night of what it could be — a series of live tributes presented by past cast members and delivered to the current cast members onstage who have taken their torches and run …
Wes Anderson and Louis CK won top prizes in comedy for movies and TV, respectively, at this past weekend’s Writers Guild Awards. Anderson took home best original screenplay for The Grand Budapest Hotel, where he’s also up for that award and others at this coming weekend’s Oscars. Louis CK, meanwhile, …
Pat McGann returned to perform on Friday night’s Late Show with David Letterman, and McGann has become a father yet again since his previous appearance — three children under the age of 3. That’s some fast-actin’ action in the McGann household! He joked that his wife didn’t pick the best …
Solomon Georgio made a dashing debut on Conan earlier this week, even though he might confuse some audience members or viewers at first, since he is an Ethiopian with an Italian name. And also because of how he chose to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Don’t worry, though. He …
Kyle Kinane arrived on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon hot off of a new Comedy Central album and special, but he’s also just come to accept turning 38. Not only did Kinane joke he didn’t think he’d make it this far, but now that he has, he also has …
In case you missed it, last week’s episode of FXX’s It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia — Episode #108, “Charlie Work,” — featured a long tracking shot with subtle and not-so-subtle winks to both Birdman and True Dectective. Plus live chickens, dead steak, a power outage, a topless Danny DeVito and plenty …
Mark your calendars: Comedy Central has set Kevin Hart as the Roast Master for the Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber, which will tape on March 14 in California and premiere on the cable network at 10 p.m. Monday, March 30, 2015. Bieber had asked the network to roast him …
Andy Kindler has achieved favored-nation status on Late Show with David Letterman during Letterman’s CBS tenure, not only appearing regularly to perform stand-up comedy sets, but also showing up as a field correspondent. And in what may have been his final chance to do his thing before Letterman retires, Andy’s performance …
Matt Braunger was 39, single, no kids, renting an apartment when I saw him record this hour-plus set last summer at The Bell House in Brooklyn. “I think I’m fucking killing it, you guys,” Braunger told the audience then, and now as his stand-up special, Big Dumb Animal, debuts tonight …
Five weeks into the two-month experiment by CBS to rotate guest hosts in and out of The Late Late Show, we’ve seen plenty of different techniques to introduce viewers to their new hosts for a night (or two or three). Drew Carey already had taken the Late Late desk for …
