The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Now that he’s retired, Jay Leno can start to reap the rewards of his free time. Perhaps nothing quite as rewarding as the news this morning that The Kennedy Center has named Leno the 2014 winner of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. “Like Mark Twain, Jay Leno has …
Sometimes you think you know what you’re doing with your career, when all you really needed to do was stick with the dick jokes you first learned when you were 12. This is Josh Orlian, a nice 12-year-old Jewish boy from White Plains, N.Y., who said his all-time favorite TV …
Rachel Butera is having a pretty good year. Butera, 42, moved from New Jersey to Hollywood a few years ago, as she recounts in her audition footage for this season of America’s Got Talent. You may have heard her voice on Howard Stern’s show — and Stern recused himself from …
AMC’s most-talked about shows get talk shows about them. History Channel’s Pawn Stars is letting its viewers compete with its pawn-shop stars in trivia games for their prized possessions. And it’s tapped comedian Christopher Titus to host the half-hour game show, Pawnography, which will air its first 10-episode installment, starting …
After nine years of shows on two coasts, Kurt Braunohler and Kristen Schaal’s “Hot Tub” variety show will get the double-album treatment in both vinyl record and digital formats this fall, thanks to Kill Rock Stars. They’ll be recording shows the following two Monday nights at The Virgil in Los …
“Don’t just show up off the street and think you’re going to come in and do some jokes. Not happening.” Wanda Sykes said nobody wants to watch a true open-call audition process for stand-up comedians on Last Comic Standing — at least not anymore, as this eighth season was invitation-only, …
Hari Kondabolu‘s stand-up theme on Monday night’s Conan was colonialism, which meant that he delivered it in English — even though the waiter spoke in Chinese, when we all know that you’re supposed to do in Rome what the Romans do. But what would Adam and Steve do? A lot …
Some encouraging news last night from New Jersey, where Tracy Morgan and his assistant, Jeffrey Millea, both were upgraded to fair condition by hospital officials. Morgan’s publicist, Lewis Kay, said: “His personality is certainly starting to come back as well.” Wish I had better news to share about Ardie Fuqua, …
The semifinal rounds of Last Comic Standing‘s season 8 may be coming to a close this week on the TV, but online, you still have more than a rooting chance for the other eliminated stand-up comedians who didn’t make the cut in the eyes of the judges on your NBC …
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! BERTCAST (Episode #79 Ms. Pat & ME) “Someone …
