The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Katt Williams told us he was coming back. He told us just last week on Arsenio. Spike Lee just directed a young comic’s first HBO stand-up special last night with Jerrod Carmichael. On May 17, 2014, Lee will direct Katt Williams in his big comeback, also for HBO — as …
Jerrod Carmichael might be the 10th-billed actor in the new movie, Neighbors — 11th if you count both of the babies playing the infant child of Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne in what already is the funniest film of 2014. He’s certainly the least recognizable of the four main fraternity brothers …
Surviving Jack airs its first and only season finale tonight on FOX. Enlisted has four more episodes yet to air — perhaps to burn off sometime this summer? And Dads, well, sometimes it seemed only Kevin Reilly and his affinity for staying in the Seth MacFarlane business kept Dads on …
Emily Heller lets the audience know there are definite do’s and do not’s when you’re housesitting. On this set from Wednesday night’s Conan, Heller recognizes that she is an adult woman, and there are better ways to treat a cat. Perhaps she should listen to a different radio station? Roll …
Bill Cosby dropped by for a good bit of the hour Wednesday on Arsenio, not only delivering almost seven minutes of stand-up — in which he joked about how old people only talk with each other about their current medications or their late parents — then reminisced about the time …
Don’t be shocked to see Jim Norton skinny and growing his hair out, as you see him shocked above in this appearance last month for the Opie & Anthony 20th anniversary interview/show for SiriusXM at Caroline’s on Broadway. Norton will be front and center this July when he delivers the …
Congratulations to Casey Wilson and Ken Marino, stars of the new NBC sitcom, Marry Me, which just got ordered from pilot to series overnight, in advance of next week’s network Upfronts presentation to advertisers. The sitcom is a semi-autobiographical take from David Caspe, engaged to Wilson in real life. Stars …
“What a dream come true. Thank you to the incredible Ray Romano! You are one of my heroes. One of the first videos we ever put online was the Romano parody seven years ago. So this was a dream come true to do it with the actual Ray Romano. It’s …
We’re down to only one O’Brien on the writing staff of Conan now. O’Brien the Conan bid farewell Tuesday night to Matt O’Brien, who’d written for Conan on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien and Conan. As you can see from this clip reel, the …
Great news for John Mulaney, fans of Mulaney and the cast, crew and friends of the sitcom, Mulaney! FOX has ordered 10 additional episodes of the new multi-camera sitcom, just days in advance of the broadcast network’s annual Upfronts presentation to advertisers to announce the new fall TV schedule. That …
