The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal has named Andy Samberg, Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg, Michael Schur, Nathan Fielder and Bill Burr as its major award-winning honorees for 2014. Their individual honors: Andy Samberg: Comedy Person of the Year Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg: Comedy Directors of the Year …
New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio signed a bill late Wednesday to place street signs naming the 400 block of West 121st Street — between Morningside Drive and Amsterdam Avenue — as “George Carlin Way.” It’s the street where the legendary late stand-up comedian grew up. Carlin would talk and …
Here are your nominees for 2014 Emmy Awards in TV comedy. Will update with more categories and breakdowns, but for now, congrats to all! Making a big splash this year definitely is Netflix, with its decision to Orange Is the New Black in comedy earning the streaming site a series …
Not all of the new Broadway musicals staged in New York City are based on hit movies. Rehearsals began last week for HA! The Musical, and no, it’s not based on the old Times Square comedy club. but yes, it is a completely and seriously silly look at the world …
On Bill Burr’s Monday Morning Podcast last week, the comedian made fun of electronica and EDM DJs in Las Vegas. “You know that DJ music?” Burr asked. He then proceeded to make a series of dumb noises. “You know what’s funny? Someone could DJ that. They could turn that into a …
Forget everything you read in the gossip pages about what Katt Williams is doing offstage. HBO has set a date for his newest stand-up special, directed by Spike Lee. “Katt Williams: Priceless” will premiere Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014. Here’s the first official trailer of Williams back onstage doing his thing. …
Lewis Black‘s most recent one-hour special, Old Yeller: Live at the Borgata, arrived first to fans last summer live via pay-per-view before EPIX distributed it to cable subscribers in May. Black is staying ahead of the interactive curve with his live shows this weekend in Napa, Calif., incorporating questions not …
The Fourth of July is one of those holiday weekends you may spend close to friends and family, and that’s where The State newspaper found comedian Liza Dye, slowly but surely recovering in Spartanburg, S.C., almost five months after she fell in the path of an oncoming NYC subway train. Friends …
The post-WWII era shall be spoofed again by author “Eric Jonrosh” and an all-star cast, as IFC announced Monday it’d ordered a second six-episode miniseries from Funny or Die’s “Spoils” franchise. The Spoils Before Dying will bring back Jonrosh (Will Ferrell) to open and close each of the six episodes …
Forty years ago, NBC assembled a group of “Not Ready For Prime-Time Players” for a live televised sketch comedy show on Saturday nights. Can they start from scratch again in 2014? The Comic’s Comic showed you the new NBC sketch comedy pilot cover sheet last month. Now take a look …
