The Definitive Guide to Comedy
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 …
The Grammy Awards have a longstanding reputation for being terminally unhip, and then trying to right that by swinging to the other extreme and rewarding the trendiest recording artists of the moment. The 56th annual Grammy Awards nominees are no different in that respect. Even in, and perhaps even more …
With promotion overload this week featuring the cast of Anchorman 2, and Paul Rudd already hosting this weekend’s Saturday Night Live, and the fact that the movie stars and was written/directed by SNL alums, it was beyond inevitable that we’d see some crossover last Saturday night. We did. And then …
When Budd Friedman’s Improv comedy club turned 40, he celebrated with a primetime anniversary special on NBC (that aired against the final sing-off of the first season of American Idol). Now at 50, The Improv reminisces once more, this time with a one-hour documentary on cable/online via EPIX, The Improv: …
If you’re looking for an apology out of Erik Griffin, then keep looking. The buck may stop here, but your search for someone to say he’s sorry will not. As Griffin joked on Friday’s Arsenio, he is in the business of making jokes, not apologies. So you can take your …
Mike E. Winfield has a stepson old enough that he calls him a “step-man.” What’s that like for a stand-up comedian? And how old is he anyhow? What’s with all of these questions? Just watch his performance from Thursday night’s Arsenio. BTW: bigassteeth.com Roll the clip.
