The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Michael Palascak returned to Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on Monday night, and wondered about how people fall in and out of love, and what that means about marriage and ’til death do you part. How do you make that work? As Palascak learned, “you just know.” Really? You …
Just how would you survive the zombie apocalypse, anyhow? The comedians from MTV2’s Guy Code have the answers. Maybe not all of the answers. But they tell you what they’d do and how they’d do it — it’s all part of a special episode called “Guy Code Honors” airing this …
About three months ago, I was working in Stockholm, Sweden, when my pal — the comedian and actor Robert Klein — called to tell me that Jonathan Winters had passed away. I knew it was coming. Jon and I had been very close for more than 10 years. Less than …
Sarah Tiana performed on Friday night’s Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Some fun facts about Tiana: She’s from Georgia but based in Los Angeles. She’s 35 and single, or as she calls it, “sexually active.” She has a sister who is married, and that’s confusing to her. Especially since …
When Colin Quinn needed a venue to work out his latest one-man show, “Unconstitutional,” he crossed the East River and found a second home club in Long Island City at The Creek and The Cave. Quinn is currently performing “Unconstitutional” at the Cherry Lane Theatre Off-Broadway (see my review of Colin Quinn’s …
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 …
