The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Arsenio Hall introduced Zainab Johnson on a first-name only basis for her first time on TV, and she showed up right on time. That’s Zainab’s big resolution for 2013. Which means she is more conscious now of everyone else who is late around her. She’s also one of 13 children, …
Have you heard The Beatles arrived in the United States 50 years ago this month? Yes. We’ve heard. We’ve all heard. The onslaught of 50th anniversary reminders bring with them a slew of memories and expectations that remain unfair to every other British performing act looking to invade, infiltrate and …
Tony Deyo says a Memory Foam mattress is not a good idea if you’re self-conscious about your body image. On Wednesday night’s Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Deyo also found himself wondering aloud about condoms and the naming of the “Family Planning” aisle in the store, naming of babies …
Seth Meyers still works on the same floor of 30 Rockefeller Plaza as Saturday Night Live, but for the first time since 2001, he’s not working on SNL any longer. So it’s not goodbye so much as it is good luck, as his SNL castmates paid tribute to their former …
Tyrese’s loss is Kevin Shea‘s gain was our gain on Wednesday night’s episode of Arsenio, as Shea was the second stand-up comedian of the night to perform on the show. Thanks, Tyrese. Kevin Shea comes from Korean heritage, but when he paid a visit to his family’s birthplace, he realized …
Fortune Feimster has made her presence felt behind the scenes and on the panel for E!’s Chelsea Lately, but Wednesday night Feimster made her late-night debut as a stand-up comedian proper on Conan. She wore her best cardigan for the occasion. But perhaps only because Hooters wouldn’t sell her one …
Precious little footage remains of Sid Caesar’s comic greatness from television because in the early days of TV, they somehow didn’t think to record it in a lasting way, or even if they did record it, they’d record over it because they thought they needed the tape for something newer. …
Jimmy Fallon’s second show as host of The Tonight Show welcomed Jerry Seinfeld as the first stand-up comedian to perform on it. Seinfeld continues to play it old-school, preferring to do a five-minute stand-up set first before heading over to the couches for a panel interview with the late-night TV …
“Corey Holcomb, doing all the material the other comics wish they could do!” That’s Arsenio Hall’s outro for Holcomb’s stand-up performance that closed out Tuesday’s episode of Arsenio. So if you want to know what Holcomb has to say to all of the “side chicks” out there, please proceed. Roll …
There’s a funny forest of a movie lost within the trees of Nature Calls, an otherwise forgettable 79-minute movie about a lackluster Boy Scout troop that finds its luster out in the woods. Forgettable entirely (and stars Patton Oswalt, Johnny Knoxville, Rob Riggle and Maura Tierney might agree) if not for …
