The Definitive Guide to Comedy
You could know James McNair in Peekskill, N.Y., as an upstanding resident, and hear others call him “Jimmy Mack” without ever really knowing why. You might have crossed paths with “Jimmy Mack” without ever knowing his real name was James McNair, or that he was a longtime friend of Tracy …
Alan Davies, the British comedian, host sidekick of QI and star of Jonathan Creek, heads up a new chat show this evening across the pond in the U.K. that purposefully has no title until the end of each episode, when he asks his comedian guests to come up with one …
What do they say about New York City: There are eight million stories, and sometimes it seems as though eight million of the people telling them think they’re comedians? No, that’s not it. It is a fact, though, that America’s biggest city is also its biggest comedy mecca. Hollywood may …
“This is something very different. Something very special for myself. I’ve had the opportunity of doing many specials on TV, and TV shows, and I think it’s about time that a comedian who has a lot of clout in the business uses that clout to help the next up-and-coming comedian. …
What do they say about New York City: There are eight million stories, and sometimes it seems as though eight million of the people telling them think they’re comedians? No, that’s not it. It is a fact, though, that America’s biggest city is also its biggest comedy mecca. Hollywood may …
Six years after his Kill The Messenger special, Chris Rock finally is ready to put together a new stand-up tour. Rock announced he’ll mount “The Black Plague” Tour around October or November, making the announcement last night on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. “The Black Plague? That’s what it’s …
Roy Wood Jr. returned to perform on Conan in advance of the upcoming season of Sullivan & Son (also on TBS). Wood makes a reasoned case for why Captain America is the best superhero of them all — we’re talking movie versions, not necessarily comic-book versions, mind you — and …
Gary Gulman has a great bit about shopping at Whole Foods, but he’s really enamored with Trader Joe’s, too. On Thursday night’s The Pete Holmes Show, Gulman delivered an ode to Trader Joe’s and the employees who work there — with an aside for lions, witches, wardrobes and “Oreos.” Did …
Myq Kaplan puts enough thought into his jokes that he’s thought out the arguments and counterarguments, and those are all part of the jokes, too. In this set from Thursday’s Late Night with Seth Meyers, Kaplan fills us in on Facebook’s thoughts on adding a second button as an alternative …
“We started with 100 of America’s funniest comedians.” Or so the voiceover guy tells us. But now we have 28 semifinalists, and tonight 14 of them battle for five spots, with guest mentors Amy Schumer (past Last Comic finalist) and Wanda Sykes (current Last Comic executive producer) giving them pointers. …
