The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Why go to Kickstarter when you can appeal directly to everyone? Comedian Jarret Berenstein takes it to the next level by making himself a full-fledged charity case, with Christina Gausas as his celebrity spokeswoman to make the pitch on his behalf. It’s really sad, the life of an aspiring stand-up …
America’s nationally televised singing competitions may be on the diminuendo in 2014, but perhaps that’s only to make room for a revival of stand-up comedy contests on TV?! TBS announced Tuesday that it has ordered an eight-episode summer series from Marlon Wayans — tentatively titled Funniest Wins — pitting comedians against …
The late-night TV wars may be bracing for another round of battles without W. Kamau Bell in the fight in February 2014, but that just means there’s a much better chance for you to experience and enjoy Bell’s “Totally Biased” sense of humor in a hometown near you. Bell is …
Showtime debuted the third season of David Steinberg’s Inside Comedy interview series on Monday night, and now has put the whole half-hour online for you to view, whether or not you’re a Showtime subscriber. In this episode, Steinberg first sits down with Zach Galifianakis, and then has a chat with …
Henry Cho‘s wife is from a small all-white town in Alabama, so just imagine how they react when Cho and his side of the family come to visit. Then again, you don’t have to imagine it, as Cho explained it during his stand-up set on Monday’s Late Late Show with …
Black don’t crack. Just look at Arsenio Hall, as Helen Hong noted opening her stand-up set on Monday’s Arsenio. Black don’t crack is a cool saying, but Asians age well, too — and Hong thinks they need a catchphrase to honor that. “Rice stays nice!” You know what’s not nice? The …
Here’s a fun short film some friends of the site just produced. Terry and Maggie Johnston (Micah Sherman and Cathleen Carr) take the cliched childhood marriage pact — if they both found themselves still single 20 years later, then they’d be lawfully wedded to each other — to heart. Even …
The Writers Guild of America held their annual awards in both New York City and Los Angeles on Saturday night, with Colin Quinn hosting on the East Coast, and Brad Garrett later on the West Coast. Congratulations to this year’s comedy and variety winners! COMEDY SERIES Veep, Written by Simon Blackwell, …
From Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update Twitter feed today: “A big thank you goes out to Locke&Key artist @GR_comics who drew this for us as a goodbye present for Seth.” That’s GR as in Gabriel Rodriguez. And above, that’s the colorful cast of characters who were the friends of Seth …
Turns out the “Seinfeld reunion” filmed in January was exactly what I thought it was: A Super Bowl commercial for a “Seinfeld” episode of the webseries Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. With a push for Acura and a plug for the webseries, only on Crackle on Super Bowl Sunday. Here’s …
