The Definitive Guide to Comedy
This is as close as we’re ever going to get to an actual Friends reunion, most likely. So thank Jimmy Kimmel for being such a devoted fan that he spent thousands on designing an exact replica of the Friends NYC apartment set, and convinced guest Jennifer Aniston to read his …
Zach Galifianakis has his first starring TV vehicle! FX just ordered Baskets, a half-hour, single-camera sitcom starring Galifianakis, and co-created by Galifianakis, Louis C.K. and Jonathan Krisel. You’ll have to wait until 2016 to see it, though. FX’s announcement today said the first 10 episodes will go into production in 2015, …
This is republished with permission by the author, Adam Newman. https://vimeo.com/79174128 To any stand-ups submitting for a Comedy Central Half Hour this year (or any future years), I thought this might be helpful. This is the time of year when comedians are starting to put together submission tapes (it’s a …
We’re ever so much closer to crowning a new winner on America’s Got Talent as this ninth season launched into semifinal action last night. NBC threw a big ol’ BBQ party inside 30 Rock to celebrate, inviting the remaining contestants, judges and select media to dig in, hoe down and …
For everyone who argues that Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee exists only for and by the rich and famous, there finally is an alternative from the alternative comedy community. Meet “Poor Comedians In A Car Getting Coffee.” It’s a parody, yes, but also very real, as UCB performers …
If there were any doubt about Chelsea Handler’s standing in show business or in late-night TV, then her live one-hour finale episode of Chelsea Lately on E! should put that to rest, too. Dozens of stand-up comedians who have benefitted from her nightly panels came back to pay homage to …
For the better part of the past six years, Kelly Carlin (photographed above by Dan Dion) has been processing and sharing the lessons from her life as the only child of a comedy legend, first as a stage show — “A Carlin Home Companion” — and now in a published memoir …
Anjelah Johnson‘s Bon Qui Qui is back with a new music video tribute parody of Montell Jordan’s 1990s hit, “This Is How We Do It.” Johnson’s cover and lyrics benefit Benefit Cosmetics, as she playfully puts on makeup and has a girls’ night out in Las Vegas at TAO and The …
The top comedy writers on TV for 2014 were stand-up comedians, according to the Emmy Awards. Take that, comedy writers. In a telecast light on filler, viral videos or much in the way of surprises, the Emmy wins for Louis C.K. (writing, comedy series) and Sarah Silverman (writing, variety special) …
The on-again off-again Richard Pryor biopic finally looks like a go, with Lee Daniels directing, Pryor’s widow Jennifer producing along with Oprah, and Mike Epps playing the iconic stand-up comedian. Epps, 43, posed with Jennifer Lee Pryor on Sunday, and wrote @TheRealMikeEpps: “Had to kiss the ring of @jennferLpryor (sic) for …
