The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Amy Schumer went off on a bit of a rant toward the end of her appearance this month on Brian Koppelman’s Grantland podcast, “The Moment.” They’d finished talking about comedy strikes of the past and recent past, and Koppleman wanted to ask Schumer about the third season of her Comedy …
In case you missed it, Louis CK sent out a mass email yesterday — separate from the short missive notifying fans that his new stand-up special was now available for sale on his website, “Louis CK Live at The Comedy Store.” Here are the relevant parts, in which the 47-year-old …
On Monday, The Onion posted a satirical piece about New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s reaction to the oncoming blizzard. Headline: “NYC Mayor: ‘Reconcile Yourselves With Your God, For All Will Perish In The Tempest.’” On Tuesday, after the snowstorm blew through the city and region, the mayor delivered …
Who are Paul Feig, Katie Dippold and Ivan Reitman gonna call this summer for their Ghostbusters reboot? Looks like Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones are gonna answer the call this summer! Feig Tweeted a photo of the fearless foursome just minutes ago, and sources are confirming …
Tom McCaffrey is even more of an aspiring stand-up comedian in Adventures In Comedy than he is in real-life. Or is he? Such is the journey McCaffrey enjoys and endures in this mockumentary, with interviews and advice from the likes of Margaret Cho, Jim Gaffigan, Janeane Garofalo and Aisha Tyler, …
Despite proclamations last year that “pilot season” was dead or dying, it’s alive and well as we head into the final week of January 2015. After wrapping up a busy December in development deals, the world of “Maybe See TV” for the broadcast networks and cable channels has heated up. …
Louis CK sent out a sincerely funny email on Monday to his fans, letting them know that the blizzard named Juno had forced him to prematurely cancel his fourth and final planned performance tonight at Madison Square Garden. He wrote Monday afternoon: “Well I didn’t know you could call a …
Mike Epps got into trouble last week for posting a joke photo and caption on Martin Luther King Day depicting a black man with white slaves. On the other hand, Epps is about to portray the late great Richard Pryor, who broke barriers in stand-up with his brutal honesty onstage, …
Tig Notaro has the first and more dramatic documentaries about her recent life debuting this month at the Sundance Film Festival. Tig will screen five times this week at Sundance. It covers a trying period in Notaro’s life in 2012, when, as the film’s description notes: “Having just recovered from …
Blake Shelton is a tall, charming country singer who knows how to crack a joke and make fun of himself, whether it’s hosting an awards show or serving as a judge on NBC’s hit singing contest, The Voice. So it’s no wonder that Saturday Night Live eventually would go along …
