The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Jim Norton hopes you watch his new EPIX stand-up special, American Degenerate, but as the title of his 2012 special for the cable channel went, Please Be Offended. Please don’t waste your time writing on Facebook, Tumblr or whatever blogging/social media platform you use to let Norton and us know …
How do you like your pizza? With bagels and hot dogs on top? Perfect! Then you’ll love this New York City food tour that Michael Ian Black leads Scott Aukerman and Reggie Watts on for this sketch in tonight’s episode of Comedy Bang! Bang! on IFC. Those facial expressions would …
The second I saw this Sunday’s New York Times Magazine piece about former Saturday Night Live stars recalling their SNL auditions, I knew we’d be off and running with the rumors about who passed their auditions and final interview tests with Lorne Michaels. And before I could type, “Whoa, Nellie,” …
“I’m in a suit! This is big time for me!” That’s how Sean Donnelly opened his network TV debut last night on Late Show with David Letterman. Just a month ago, Donnelly was one of the New Faces at Montreal’s Just For Laughs comedy festival. Of course, two other New …
If you’ve seen Aziz Ansari perform live anytime in the past year, you’ve likely heard him ask audience members about their experiences in dating and technology. It’s made for some fun crowd work in what Ansari has turned a running dialogue with the audience about what’s appropriate and not in …
Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, N.J., and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, left the Garden State on Wednesday night to practice his stand-up stump speech in Philadelphia. Booker did the right things beforehand, telling his 1.4 million Twitter followers @CoryBooker, “Politicians trying 2B funny. Recipe 4 disaster?” And making a joke up …
Stand-up comedian Tom Cotter returned last night to America’s Got Talent for an encore performance. Cotter had finished runner-up in the summer 2012 season on NBC. “If you didn’t watch the show last year, let me give you a brief synopsis. I lost to a dog act in front of …
Insomniac fans better sneak their naps in this year while they can. Because Dave Attell is coming back to late-nights on Comedy Central in 2014. The cable channel announced the reunion today. Here’s the deal. Attell will host a new eight-episode late-night stand-up series, along with a new one-hour stand-up special, …
“The rest of it — the actual audition — is a blur. And that’s a good sign. Because the best things in your life, I think, you don’t have a memory of because it goes by so quickly.” — So says Fred Armisen, about his Saturday Night Live audition, 11 …
If you’re going to watch Steve Martin play the banjo, better to have him play “Dueling Banjos” with someone equally as compelling and fun. You know, like Kermit the Frog. In this new Funny or Die exclusive, we see Steve and Kermit get their jam on. Who ya got?! Steve …
