The Definitive Guide to Comedy
“In the beginning of stand-up, it’s the hardest thing in the world, because you are not good,” said Ray Romano. “It takes 30 years to make a good, a great stand-up comic,” Roseanne said. “And it does!” And yet it doesn’t take quite that long to get the attention of …
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! THE GREG PROOPS FILM CLUB (Wonder Boys) *LIVE* …
Conan O’Brien hosted the 2014 MTV Movie Awards live on MTV on Sunday night, which means a lot to you if you’re a teen-ager and/or can DVR Game of Thrones, Mad Men, Silicon Valley, Veep, and maybe even The Good Wife and pay attention to the MTV Movie Awards on …
Otto Petersen, whose foul-mouthed ventriloquist dummy George made his act “Otto & George” a popular friend of the Opie & Anthony radio program, reportedly died in his sleep. He was 53. The sad news was reported this morning on SiriusXM’s The Opie & Anthony Show. Petersen almost died last year, …
Sometimes it feels as if Saturday Night Live‘s dirty little secrets aren’t secret any longer. If they ever were. And I’m not talking about the infamous cocaine-fueled writing sessions of the original cast and staff of the late 1970s, either. No. The dirtier secret of SNL is that 39 seasons …
Dave Attell gives back to some of his fellow comedy veterans, and in a very real way has given back to military veterans and their families, through filming his new stand-up showcase series, Comedy Underground with Dave Attell, which debuts at 1 a.m. Sunday on Comedy Central following the premiere of …
Twitter may have given everyone the false hope or impression that they’re all joke machines. But nobody remains funnier and writes more great jokes and tests them out on a nightly basis in front of living and breathing comedy club customers than Dave Attell. Nobody beats Attell. And Attell wins …
Root root root for the home team, and if they win, you can take credit in it! That’s not how the song goes, but it helps to think that way for the opening bit of Adam Ray‘s performance on Thursday night’s Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Ray is a …
In a fatal case of mistaken identity, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies shot and killed a Tosh.0 production assistant who was trying to help a hostage standoff earlier this week. John Winkler, 30, had moved to West Hollywood from Washington state within the past year to pursue a show-business …
Brent Sullivan’s digital profile is slowly growing, as well as his list of TV credits. Sullivan (@mrbrettsullivan) performed stand-up on Thursday’s episode of The Pete Holmes Show, and had no problems detailing his embarrassing youthful indiscretions in AOL chat rooms, on the New York City subway and high school English …
