The Definitive Guide to Comedy
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: …
Did you know that Reader’s Digest will pay to publish your funny Twitter jokes? Did you know that Reader’s Digest is still publishing print magazines? Before you answer the second question, know that the first question wasn’t affirmed until just recently, thanks to NYC-based comedian Dan Wilbur — and that’s …
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! THE SYLVESTER STALLONE PODCAST (Episodes one through four) …
Today’s lesson: SMH not only stands for Shaking My Head, but also Social Media Hell. Which is where comedy legend Bill Cosby found himself Monday night when his Twitter feed suggested, whether naively or cavalierly, “Go ahead. Meme me!” With a link to a #CosbyMeme generator and suggestion box that …
TV networks may still use Nielsen ratings as their primary measuring stick for how successful their programs in gaining viewers and selling advertisements. But Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is on HBO, where such ratings are even less reliable and relevant than they are for the broadcast networks. So …
