The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Jeff Dunham spent the Memorial Day Weekend in Hawaii, resting and relaxing after a final show for the U.S. military following his first tour as a ventriloquist in Asia. Dunham’s “All Over The Map” Tour found him visiting the Middle East, South Africa, Australia, Malaysia and Singapore this month. Following …
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! GIRL ON GUY with AISHA TYLER (#140: Carol …
TBS announced today that it would not be renewing The Pete Holmes Show for a third cycle — a 13-week run ends on June 18, 2014, with all of the remaining episodes already pre-taped. It debuted last fall on a seven-week trial basis. The half-hour mix of monologue, sketches, edited …
Welcome back to Last Comic Standing! Or, as new host J.B. Smoove proclaimed near the top of Thursday night’s two-hour premiere on NBC: Smoove “I just want everyone to welcome back to a bigger, better, greater Last Comic Standing!” Hold for applause. What’s different now in season eight, four years removed …
Joe DeRosa moved out to Los Angeles to work as a writer on The Pete Holmes Show, and on Thursday night’s program, he appeared once more onscreen — but this time in his capacity as a stand-up. Living and working in Hollywood has really changed DeRosa. Not really. But really, …
Ali Wong has some good news bad news happening in her personal life — on the one hand, she recently got engaged; on the other, her fiance has a gluten allergy. And ’til death do you part means forever because Wong is Asian. As she explained Thursday night in this …
Look at this photo and tell me which drummer is comedian Will Ferrell and which drummer is Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Exactly. The two men finally faced off in a drum-off on Thursday night’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, all for charity and arranged via …
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 …
“Taking a risk — maybe a tiny one, maybe a giant leap, into the unknown.” Spend the next 14 minutes with Susan Messing, who tells an audience last month at a TedX UChicago event that when she wanted to grow up, she dreamed of being goalie for the New York Rangers, …
Charlie Day showed up on campus at Merrimack College in 1994. Twenty years later, Day ’98, returned to deliver an inspiring commencement address to Merrimack’s Class of 2014. His life lesson: “Don’t wait for your break, make your break. Go make it happen for yourself.” Ladies and gentlemen, Dr. Charlie Day: …
