The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Now you might be asking yourself: If Phil Hanley is a stand-up comedian, then why is a woman standing next to him, as they’re both holding scripts of some sort? Good question! On Hanley’s appearance on Thursday night’s episode of The Pete Holmes Show, he asked a woman from the …
Eddie Izzard‘s new American stand-up tour, Force Majeure, kicked off last night in Washington, D.C., with the first of three nights at the Warner Theatre. His tour continues through May and June up to July 2, 2014, for now — with dates in 20 states (32 cities, 51 shows). He already …
Not every Improv Everywhere stunt is as happy-go-lucky as No Pants Subway Ride day. This week’s latest trick organized by Charlie Todd sent between 40-50 improvisers into a Gap store on New York City’s Fifth Avenue, wearing Morphsuits and Gap-like clothing to masquerade as store mannequins. Everything went according to …
Connecticut is a long way from Hollywood. Too far, it appears, for Cedric The Entertainer to handle a bicoastal life as host of syndicated game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire, star of TV Land’s The Soul Man, and pursue other projects. So he has quit the game show. …
An employee at a doughnut shop, Stan’s Donuts in Chicago — you spell donuts, we spell doughnuts, let’s call the whole thing sticky sweet, from my head to my feet, yeah — claimed on reddit yesterday to pay respects to the late, great Mitch Hedberg by printing out Hedberg’s joke …
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 …
Jerry Seinfeld turned 60 yesterday. For his 61st year, expect to see a lot more of him driving comedians around New York City and elsewhere in vintage cars to drink cups of coffee and engage in funny talk small and large. Crackle announced today it and Acura would subsidize four …
If you’ve got a great TV or webseries pitch and don’t know where to go next, how about Montreal? Just For Laughs, the biggest comedy confab of the year, once again is hosting a “Pitch Your Project” contest for makers of TV series and webseries alike. JFL has extended its …
Is former wrestler and Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura a potential presidential candidate in 2016? Isn’t anyone at this point over the age of 35 who is an American citizen? Well, yes on both counts. But before you start your own conspiracy theories, hear me out. Or, rather, hear out James …
When is the last time you remember seeing Jimmie Walker do stand-up comedy on the TV? If you remember Jimmie J.J. Walker, then Dy-N0-Mite! Good times. Good Times! Walker performed Tuesday on Arsenio, and noted that he’ll have to change his racial profile now that Latinos have become the dominant …
