The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Thanks to Funny or Die for realizing that the Internet may suffer from a generation gap in servicing comedy fans of all ages. That’s why they convinced Cloris Leachman, Ed Anser and Rip Taylor to introduce Ehhhhhhhh.com. “Now, if it were up to us, we’d just put up a bunch …
In Los Angeles and New York City, you’re much more likely to walk into a restaurant or other business and find a wall of headshots of the famous people who have eaten there or purchased goods and services therein. How do you add your headshot to that wall? Tig Notaro …
On her Comedy Central series, Inside Amy Schumer, the comedian breaks up her sketch format with pre-recorded stand-up routines. You may be familiar with how Louis C.K. does that on his FX series, or vaguely yet more familiar with how Jerry Seinfeld used to do that on the NBC television …
As the thirty-eighth season of Saturday Night Live comes to a close, it’s time to say goodbye to longtime cast members Fred Armisen and Bill Hader, quite possibly a fond farewell to one or two others, and to reflect upon the season just passed. What sticks with me, what sticks …
Fred Armisen didn’t have the last laugh on the season finale of Saturday Night Live so much as he had the last rock ‘n’ roll jam, playing himself out as a cast member by playing British rocker Ian Rubbish. His band consisted not only of fellow cast members Bill Hader …
Sometimes you get the Stefon send-off you hope for, and sometimes you get the Stefon send-off you deserve. You’re cordially invited to the nuptials of Seth and Stefon Meyers, from a very special Weekend Update on the season finale of Saturday Night Live, and the final episode for cast member …
Jen Kirkman returned to Conan last night for another stand-up performance. The last time she performed on Conan, she was married. Not so, now. So Kirkman brings us all up to speed on what dating is like for her these days, as well as a valuable lesson in hairstyling for …
NBC’s The Office wrapped up nine seasons of documenting the life and times of the employees at Scranton’s Dunder-Mifflin paper company. No spoilers about Thursday night’s finale here. Unless you count this little ditty: “All The Faces,” an original song by Creed Bratton. Which his TV alter-ego, Creed, sang in …
HBO’s current original comedy stable revolves around Girls and Veep. They’ll be rejoined by a double dose of guys by 2014. The pay-cable network has announced pickups of two new comedy series, both set in and around the Bay Area of Northern California. Today came word of an HBO series …
The USA Network’s tagline — “Characters Welcome” — now officially is welcoming sitcoms back into the cable channel’s programming fold. Repeats of ABC’s hit Modern Family will begin airing on USA in September 2013. Come 2014, those repeats will be joined by new episodes or original USA sitcoms Sirens (from …
