The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Bill Murray Stories are so crazy and bountiful that of course there’s a website catering to them. He’s such an eccentric icon, that Bill Murray. So funny. So fun. So lovable. But what if you told those same stories at night around a campfire, in hushed tones? Downright spooky! Just …
The New York Times launched a new video profile series this week called Off Color, highlighting and showcasing comedians and comedic performers who use humor and their own racial/ethnic backgrounds to inform their social commentary onstage. Featured in the series: Hari Kondabolu, stand-up comedian Kristina Wong, performance artist Issa Rae, online star …
Less than a week before Election Day here in America, and while it might not seem as frighteningly entertaining as Toronto’s mayoral election just was or as deadly serious as elections are elsewhere around the world, your local ballot includes a decision on who’ll represent you in the House of …
“In a perfect world, in five years I’m Ed Sullivan.” That’s Neil Patrick Harris, describing his career ambitions in a new interview with Charlie Rose, just after NBC announced that it’d ordered a 10-episode variety series fronted by NPH to bow in 2015. Roll the clip to see what else …
We’re overflowing from so much comedy on our electronic screens, there’s even a sketch TV boom exploding from within the current comedy boom. While Saturday Night Live celebrates its 40th season this year, Comedy Central is bringing the buzz and the heat with Key & Peele, Inside Amy Schumer, Kroll …
Over the weekend, John Mulaney and Nasim Pedrad closed out the New York Television Festival by sitting down with Grantland’s Andy Greenwald for a Q&A and screening of their new FOX sitcom, Mulaney. The sitcom had the weekend off — pre-empted Sunday night for Game 5 of the 2014 World …
Last year’s Super Bowl week Friars Club Roast of Boomer Esiason in New York City never aired on TV, so if you weren’t there, you missed it. ESPN isn’t going to make that mistake again. The cable sports giant has entered into a partnership with The Friars Club to televise …
As Netflix continues to add new stand-up comedy specials to its arsenal, Amazon had to counter. Today, Amazon announced it was buying Rooftop Comedy. Reuters broke the news, with a statement from Audible CEO Donald Katz that the company had been attracted by Rooftop’s content library and talent pool. Amazon bought …
NBC has been searching for a new variety series franchise for the past couple of years. Neil Patrick Harris has been looking to front a variety series, and even talked to CBS about such a gig back in May. NBC, meet NPH! The Peacock Network confirmed today, as first reported …
More remarkable than anyone who spoke at last week’s dedication of George Carlin Way were the throngs of comedians in the background, humbly present to pay their respects once more to the legendary comedian who grew up on West 121st Street in New York City’s Morningside Heights, where a street …
