The Definitive Guide to Comedy
There’s a classic episode of Cheers in which U.S. Postal Service employee Cliff Clavin finally finds the opportunity to make the most of his trivial knowledge as a contestant on Jeopardy!, only to blow it all up by giving what he feels is a correct question to a vague answer …
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! COMEDY BANG! BANG! (“Taking the Bladder Out” #296 …
Any time is a good time to pick up a book, but summertime sure feels like the right time to lounge poolside or on the beach, or anywhere you feel most comfortable, really, with a great read to pass the carefree day away. On weekends this summer, The Comic’s Comic …
Let’s Get Going, America! Two of you must get going, too. Sorry about that. There’s something about watching these TV comedy competitions dress up stand-ups and challenge them in different formats — particularly in this week’s sketch challenge on Last Comic Standing — that reminds me of Mitch Hedberg’s too-true …
There is a funny show hidden within Funniest Wins. Perhaps too hidden from view, and viewers. It debuted late last Friday night (with repeats overnight Saturday) on TBS and scared up less than a half-million viewers. More of you watched aspiring comedians on VH1’s I Love The 2000s — as well …
Daniel Sloss returned to Conan on Thursday night to talk about the ladies of Wimbledon, the futility of making videogame soccer a bit too realistic, and the dilemma of Tinder. Timely! Topical! Trendy! Things are not going well for Sloss on all three fronts, which makes for more jokes for …
Ready or not, Hartford, you’re getting a second chance to laugh at the giant all-day funny fest that is the Funny or Die Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival tour. Head’s up, America! Dave Chappelle isn’t on the lineup for summer 2014, but pretty much anyone else you’re thinking of is. …
Almost a year after NBC Universal tapped Lou Wallach to develop a second sketch comedy troupe for the network to be taped and broadcast on a night other than Saturday… The Untitled Sketch Comedy Show had a written pilot ready to shoot over the weekend. Not much made public about …
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! ALISON ROSEN IS YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND (ARIYBNF 287 …
Steve Harvey thought it best to sit out the 2014 Daytime Emmy Awards (that’s a photo, above, of him presenting at the 2013 ceremony, back in the olden times when the event was televised) this weekend, and so the livestream did not have the chance to reward him in person …
