The Definitive Guide to Comedy
John Oliver did such a stellar job substituting this summer as host of The Daily Show, everyone just naturally assumed Oliver had become the de facto successor to Jon Stewart whenever he’d decide to step down from his role atop Comedy Central’s late-night talk show. Did they think nobody else …
Here’s a sketch that didn’t make the cut after dress rehearsal to air live on Saturday Night Live this past weekend. Lady Gaga takes the helm quite literally in “Female Sea Captains,” a sketch set “centuries ago” in Portsbridge, Conn., in a little-known era when all the male sailors fell …
The 39th season of Saturday Night Live reminds me a little bit of the New York Jets, which for those of you don’t follow football, does not mean to break out into an S-N-L, S-N-L, SNL SNL SNL chant; but rather, it’s one week’s great, the next week’s not-so great …
Fans of Breaking Bad loved to share a joke theory that the acclaimed AMC series would end with Walter White (Bryan Cranston) going into witness protection and/or waking up in a new world where he’s now Hal Wilkerson and leading into the storyline of FOX’s Malcolm in the Middle. Turns …
When Robin Williams visited Jimmy Kimmel Live on Tuesday night, Kimmel was impressed not only just to have Williams on as a guest — it made him feel like he’s actually hosting a TV talk show — but also because he’d heard that Williams performed improvisational comedy with “the kids” …
Sean Patton has a younger brother. A much younger brother — 14 years younger. On Tuesday night’s Conan, Patton told a story of taking his brother to see Men in Black when the brother was only 4, and how his homemade neuralyzer would have a long-lasting impact on their brotherhood. …
Must be nice to be the child of a celebrity. Matt Romano, 20-year-old son of Ray Romano, is working as a production assistant for Jimmy Kimmel Live. Ray told us all that when he visited Kimmel’s show on Wednesday, opening the door for the joke Kimmel and young Matt played …
Above (left to right): Andy Kaufman Award winners Harrison Greenbaum (2010), Harry Terjanian (2013), Michael Kaufman, Marcus Monroe (2012), Nick Vatterott (2011). You may have heard about the 2013 Andy Kaufman Awards. Mostly you heard, saw and read about a young woman walking onstage and introducing herself to Michael Kaufman, …
Somewhere between “Prominent Black Lady News” and an interview with Dr. Yaba Blay about her book, “One Drop,” W. Kamau Bell paused to tell the audience at Wednesday night’s taping of Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, “It’s just all sad news today.” Bell was still joking about his monologue, …
The artist formerly known as Donald Glover made an appearance Tuesday night on The Arsenio Hall Show in his sleepwear and slippers, performing one of his new songs (“Shadows”) and chatting with Arsenio beforehand. Arsenio introduced Glover as Childish Gambino and waited for the audience to figure it out. Just …
