The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Louie Anderson returned to the Late Late Show stage on Monday night, and even before you make your New Year’s resolutions, Anderson’s personal trainer has a suggestion for him. Take a hike! No. That’s the suggestion. You’ll see. Roll the clip (Craig Ferguson introduces Louie at about 32:50 in the …
The Pete Holmes Show has gone out of its way to include many stand-up comedians as Pete’s special guests for interviews and taped segments, but Monday night’s show was the first time for a stand-up comedy showcase. First up: Gabe Liedman, one-half of the comedy team Gabe and Jenny (with …
When you or I make a parody video, it may make millions laugh or just sit there online, waiting to find an audience of fans with similar sensibilities. When Shezanne Cassim made and posted a video making fun of youth in Dubai, the authorities there not only weren’t laughing, their …
Nick Kroll’s sketch comedy character study and TV parody, Kroll Show, returns for a second season on Comedy Central on Jan. 14, 2014. But you can catch up on the best of season one as well as sneak peeks from season two tonight. And Kroll gave The Comic’s Comic a …
You know how your mother told you to make sure you wore clean underwear before leaving the house? Tiffany Haddish had her SHE READY panties on for Arsenio on Monday night, and she also had a direct message for Lorne Michaels and Saturday Night Live, just in case they’re ever …
Kyle Dunnigan has been “Craig” almost as long as he has been Kyle. Dunnigan — a stand-up comedian, writer for Inside Amy Schumer, podcaster with Tig Notaro (“Professor Blastoff“) and actor — first appeared as Craig Pullin, Deputy Wiegel’s demented boyfriend on Reno 911! a decade ago. Now Craig has …
The dating site eHarmony recently published/republished an advice listicle for the ladies titled “15 Reasons to Date a Comedian.” What could possibly go awry with that premise? Am I right, ladies? What about the lady comedians, or as we call them, comedians? Knowing that the end of 2013 is turning …
If you feel like you need your Kyle Mooney and Good Neighbor holiday fix, haven’t not seen enough this past weekend on Saturday Night Live, then just think back a year to Christmas 2012. That’s when Mooney unleashed a 28-minute Christmas special full of joy unto the world. With metal …
Team Coco has a new installment in its fan art gallery, Coco MoCa: An infographic illustrating how to duplicate Conan O’Brien’s classic “string dance” in seven steps. You see it above. You try it out. You need help, you consult the video archives to watch Conan in action from the …
Some of our generation’s greatest stand-up comedians once again will pay tribute to one of their own — the late, great Patrice O’Neal — this coming Feb. 18, 2014, at New York City Center. Tickets for the 2nd Annual Patrice O’Neal Comedy Benefit Concert are $75 and will include performances by …
