The Definitive Guide to Comedy
If you feel like Amazon Studios snubbed The Grawlix by not picking up their sitcom pilot to series, then feel good about today, because today, truTV kept hope alive. TruTV has ordered a reshoot of the pilot for Those Who Can’t, the sitcom Denver-based comedians Adam Cayton-Holland, Andrew Orvedahl and Ben …
On the one hand, all of us want to know that Tracy Morgan is doing OK, or doing better, making progress toward recovery from this summer’s New Jersey Turnpike crash that killed his friend “Jimmy Mack” and also critically wounded fellow comedian Ardie Fuqua and Morgan’s assistant, Jeffrey Millea. On …
Trevor Noah made his debut Thursday night as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and the South African stand-up comedian let his presence be known immediately by tricking Stewart with a game called “Spot the Africa.” Interesting times to compare the perspectives of the lives of black …
In case you missed it Monday night, D.J. Demers crossed the border from Canada to make his American TV debut on Conan. Demers has done plenty of TV in Canada before, but you might not know much about him here in the States. So here’s one thing to know: Demers …
Mike Flinn (@realmikeflinn) isn’t just a podcast producer and engineer; he’s also an avid fan of the form. “My Pod Week” recaps and reviews the many varied comedy podcasts Flinn listened to or attended live tapings of during the previous week. Enjoy! Piper’s Pit with Roddy Piper (Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait …
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then parody is what, again? Well, Steve Hofstetter, your little late-night experiment on FOX — Laughs — has touched a nerve within the comedy community. Particularly over the issue of pay. Or lack thereof. And this weekend, we finally saw someone produce …
Chris Rock enjoyed a big weekend of press and publicity in advance of his already critically-acclaimed new movie, Top Five. Mo Rocca interviewed Rock for CBS Sunday Morning. And Frank Rich interviewed him for New York mag’s Vulture. Both are great. In both places, Rock drops the hint that’d he …
Jermaine Fowler is still very much a young man, but not as young as his parents were when they had him, which leads to a different kind of childhood, as he explained in his stand-up performance on Friday’s episode of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Then again, Jermaine …
Imagine you’re Bill Cosby. You broke color lines, through racism to the most mainstream of success, consecutive Emmys and Grammys in the 1960s, starring in I-Spy and releasing hit stand-up album after hit stand-up album. You built a reputation of being the ultimate father figure, first with an animated classic …
This week, a grand Hollwyood memorabilia auction saw the original Cowardly Lion costume from The Wizard from Oz, as well as the piano Sam plays it again on in Casablanca go for more than $3 million each. Bonham New York’s TCM Presents…There’s No Place Like Hollywood auction sold almost 90% of its …
