The Definitive Guide to Comedy
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 …
CBS has figured out its guest-hosting plans for The Late Late Show for the first two months and one week in 2015, before James Corden officially takes the reins on Monday, March 9, 2015. Drew Carey — The Price is Right host for CBS who traded jobs with retiring host …
This is a great time of year for feasting, which means it’s also prime time for thinking about your physical fitness. Have you tried CrossFit yet? In her stand-up performance on Monday’s Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Erin Foley describes what it’s like being sold on CrossFit by a …
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! I WAS THERE TOO (Aliens with Ricco Ross) …
Poor Seth Rogen. He’s Jewish and Canadian, which means he doesn’t get to celebrate Thanksgiving. Wait. That’s not right. That cannot be right, can it? Somebody tell Rogen the good news, please! In the meantime, here is an animated short starring and written by Seth Rogen talking about how his …
Amid all of the carnage of cancelled rookie sitcoms this fall, finally some good news, and it’s for a stand-up comedian sitcom, as ABC has granted Cristela Alonzo’s Cristela a full-season order. Congrats to all of our #Cristela cast and crew for a full-season pickup! https://t.co/bdtMcW3vQl pic.twitter.com/kWdImLa7yB — Cristela (@CristelaABC) …
This story begins when I was about 8 years old, as most of my stories do. That is the year that I became captivated by comedy. My parents’ record cabinet is where it really all began for me. I listened to everything they had, mostly Broadway cast albums of “Funny …
