The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Dave Shumka is a stand-up comedian in Vancouver, British Columbia, who hosts the podcast, Stop Podcasting Yourself. On the Fourth of July, a random assailant almost stopped Shumka dead in his tracks altogether, shooting at him from point-blank range. As Shumka described the impromptu fireworks at his head in a …
JC Shakespeare is one of a few young comedians who appeared in an infomercial about college loans in 1990, and 23 years later, he uploaded the video to YouTube today. Shakespeare writes in the description: “This was my first paid gig as an actor, and perhaps it was for Patton …
If everything you think you know about Bill Cosby’s stand-up comedy comes from his landmark 1983 special, “Himself,” then prepare for a big-time update. Comedy Central announced today that it’ll air a brand-new concert from Cosby — his first since Himself — on Nov. 24, 2013. It’s called “Far From …
After four years away from the spotlight, Jack Handey is back, and for the first time ever, he has formed his “Deep Thoughts” into enough sentences and paragraphs of a running fictional narrative to complete a novel. Jack Handey’s “The Stench of Honolulu” comes out in book form on July …
Jim Gaffigan has recorded jokes about Dunkin Donuts on both his “Beyond the Pale” and “King Baby” specials. One such joke, made in the opening minutes of “Beyond the Pale,” has become a reality. Gaffigan dreamed up a future in which a ham sandwich becomes a breakfast sandwich by replacing …
The editing on NBC’s America’s Got Talent is slicker than usual this season. And it’s perhaps even more pronounced for comedians. Take Kevin Downey Jr., for example. Downey advanced to the Las Vegas rounds out of his audition, but we only see him for a minute, only hear him tell …
Holy Throwback Thursdays! Nirvana just re-released a 1993 TV commercial for the band’s “In Utero” album — which featured comedian Bobcat Goldthwait in drag, teaching Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and the late Kurt Cobain about childbirth. As Goldthwait noted on his Instagram account today for #tbt, “In honor of the …
Which came first for Dr. Bob Baker, putting his hands inside people’s rectums or inside puppets to make them talk? That’s not a rhetorical question. Baker, who bills himself as “America’s funniest gastroenterologist,” decided at the age of 9 that he also wanted to be a ventriloquist. So he does …
Cathy Ladman performed stand-up again on last night’s Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. For this time around, Ladman let us all in on why and how she went about becoming a mother well into her 40s, the sales tactics her daughter tries out on her, and the discount coupons …
Scott Aukerman doesn’t host Comedy Bang! Bang! on IFC, so much as he presides over a circus of characters and interviews that aren’t interviews, to the point where any viewers who thought they’d tuned into a proverbial late-night talk show come to realize that they’ll enjoy it once they embrace …
