The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Two months ago, Stephen Colbert addressed Colbert Nation on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report and asked them to vote him a People’s Choice Award. Lo and behold, it worked! Colbert won the People’s Choice Award on Wednesday night’s telecast as Favorite Late-Night Talk Show Host. Here he is, via remote, …
Dwayne Perkins isn’t old. But as he related to us on Thursday night’s Arsenio, Perkins is old enough now to know that he seems creepy even talking to an 18-year-old woman. There’s a Bell Curve to creepiness, Perkins explains. Where are you on the curve? Don’t break the curve. There’s …
What would Chad Daniels do without his wife? What would he do all on his lonesome, why don’t you ask him. On Thursday night’s Conan, Daniels knows enough about himself to know that he can raise another human being to be at least however old he is. And that leads …
Meeting today’s TV Critics Association in Pasadena, the cast of IFC’s new miniseries spoof, The Spoils of Babylon, seemed both apologetic and triumphant. Tragically triumphant? Tobey Maguire told the critics: “For those of you who will watch this, I’m sorry and you’re welcome.” Kristen Wiig added: “It’s always fun to …
The third season of AXS TV’s weekly stand-up comedy showcase series, Gotham Comedy Live, kicks off tonight with a new host who’s also on board as consulting producer. It’s Jim Breuer, as you remember seeing on Saturday Night Live or listening to on SiriusXM. Tonight he’ll host live at 10 …
Tonight is the 100th episode of NBC’s Parks and Recreation, which seems entirely plausible and yet also miraculous, considering the state of network television programming at NBC in the 2010s. Of course, throwing the word miracle around is a dubious prospect. As even Parks and Rec‘s co-creator, Michael Schur, noted …
The International Academy of Web Television held its annual awards ceremony in Las Vegas on Tuesday night as part of CES, with Carrie Preston — as seen on HBO’s True Blood, but also director of the webseries Darwin — presiding over the awards as host. In case you missed it, …
Sure, everyone who loves comedy is talking today about the bold new miniseries farce, The Spoils of Babylon, which debuts tonight on IFC. But if you think that’s bold, then you should have, would have and could have seen something even crazier from the cable network. Like the 1980s soap …
It’s not D’oh. It’s LEGO! The Simpsons are now — or as of February 2014 — available to you for playing in miniature. Don’t believe me or that giant picture above? Here are a couple of LEGO employees to explain it all, and show it off, to you, in detail. …
J Chris Newberg has a guitar, and he will use it. He’s not just messing with you. Oh, he’ll let you know when he’s messing with you — and give you helpful tips in case you encounter a bouncer or a police officer and want to, well, mess around. Here …
