The Definitive Guide to Comedy
A court hearing Tuesday in New Jersey brought with it an update, however vague, about the recovery of Tracy Morgan from a fatal crash this June on the New Jersey Turnpike. Benedict Morelli, Morgan’s lawyer, told reporters outside the courthouse in Trenton that Morgan had suffered a traumatic brain injury …
Kathy Griffin may have been the only choice to replace the late Joan Rivers as host of E!’s Fashion Police, but reportedly it’s now a done deal. TMZ reported Tuesday that E! and Melissa Rivers had reached an agreement with Griffin to take over as host when Fashion Police returns …
Netflix announced overnight that a planned Nov. 28 day-after-Thanksgiving launch of Bill Cosby’s latest stand-up special, Bill Cosby 77, would not air. “At this time we are postponing the launch of the new stand-up comedy special Bill Cosby 77,” said the brief statement. It comes after two more women, including former …
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! CRYBABIES with Sarah Thyre and Susan Orlean (2 …
Paula Poundstone made her final appearance on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on Friday night, and before she made one last appeal via puppet show to get Ferguson to stay in late-night TV, she had jokes for us about dealing with her 16-year-old son. Did I mention Poundstone did …
Jeff Dunham showed up with his longtime dummy, Walter, on Friday night’s Late Show with David Letterman, and Walter is as curmudgeonly as ever. Because if he weren’t, Walter says Dunham’s ventriloquist show “would really suck.” And then you wouldn’t get to hear these Kardashian jokes, Obama jokes, or why …
Mike Lawrence performed stand-up on Thursday night’s Late Night with Seth Meyers as a newlywed, and since his wife works for Sesame Street, that means she can enlist very special guests to make Mike feel guilty when he screws up. At least he’s not working at McDonald’s any longer. Oh, …
Work hard, play hard, joke hard? That seems to be the motto for Allen Strickland Williams, who made his TV debut on Wednesday night’s episode of Conan. Williams is one-fourth of the sketch group WOMEN, but here, he stands alone, telling one-liners. Roll the clip!
Just 24 hours after another remarkably buzzworthy performance — this time triumphantly onstage at New York City’s Town Hall for the New York Comedy Festival — Tig Notaro faced perhaps her most dangerous health scare yet. As Notaro tells it today to her Facebook friends, she had gotten offstage at …
The comedians you’ve come to know and love on MTV2 on shows such as Guy Code and Wild ‘N Out are taking over more of the cable channel’s programming, as the net announced two new comedy series and a talk-show pilot this morning, in addition to season renewals for Nick Cannon Presents: …
