The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Adrienne Iapalucci made her late-night TV debut on Friday night’s episode of Late Show with David Letterman. Iapalucci’s darkly dry humor killed with the CBS studio audience, and afterward, Letterman gave Iapalucci and NYC comedy club The Stand a double dose of plugs by having her sit on the couch …
What do they say about New York City: There are eight million stories, and sometimes it seems as though eight million of the people telling them think they’re comedians? No, that’s not it. It is a fact, though, that America’s biggest city is also its biggest comedy mecca. Hollywood may …
Sarah Silverman does not Google herself for reviews or critiques that twist her words around in or out of context. “I guess that could get frustrating, but I can’t take any of it very seriously,” Silverman said Wednesday night during a 92nd Street Y talk with Andy Borowitz. “I tell …
Joe Zimmerman made his late-night network TV debut last night on CBS with Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Zimmerman was a New Face in Montreal this summer, and being busy might make him more tired than ever this year. But it’s great for jokes! I’d say Zimmerman’s career is …
Ty Barnett was back on The Tonight Show this week, and now, he’s reflecting on turning 40 and being a father of two. Forty is still the new 40. And also the old 40. Depending on the darnedest things his kids say. You’ll get it. We’ll all get it. Anybody …
A full 117 episodes into their weekly run on the Manhattan Neighborhood Network — beamed from New York City’s public-access cable TV to viewers everywhere online — The Chris Gethard Show jokingly allowed all of its regular panelists and irregular guest characters and audience members to make big announcements on …
If you saw Bill Cosby on last night’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, then you heard them reminisce about the very recent past — earlier this month, Cos performed on the Stand-Up For Heroes benefit Stewart hosted for Wounded Warriors during the New York Comedy Festival. Cosby being Cosby, …
Carrot Top was headlining shows on the Las Vegas Strip when I launched The Comic’s Comic in Vegas six years ago, and the prop comic born Scott Thompson still is entertaining Vegas crowds today — headlining at the Luxor six nights a week. Here’s the new Luxor promo clip for Carrot …
The 1980s were alive and lip-synched Monday night on Conan, as favored musical comedic guest Reggie Watts was on hand for something, well, completely different from his usual completely different performances. For one thing, he wasn’t alone onstage. Watts had The Dance Cartel with him to shake, shimmy and move …
Hey, Sarah Silverman fans! Not only does Silverman have a new HBO special that debuts on Saturday, We Are Miracles, but also she already has a new music video for you to enjoy right now. This is her song, “Diva,” which she performs near the end of the special. For …
