The Definitive Guide to Comedy
For his new stand-up comedy special, Gabriel Iglesias is so big he needs three Sundays to air all of “Aloha Fluffy” on Comedy Central — April 7 and April 14 — with the entire stand-up performance airing at once on April 27, 2013. Iglesias also has served as host of …
Living only about a mile away from a comedy club in Bloomington, University of Indiana professor Susan Seizer loved seeing live stand-up comedy shows but wondered why the performers she enjoyed so much weren’t enjoying so much attention on the national stage. So she made a movie about them. Directed …
Social media allows comedians to share idle thoughts, observations and wisecracks with the world immediately, instead of writing them down in a notebook to dig up later onstage. Flight delays and other airport mishaps. Down time between takes on set. The oddities of hotel room service. Food courts. Jury duty. …
After a five-year absence, BET’s stand-up showcase is coming back at the end of 2013 and into 2014 with the revival of Comic View. The announcement came during BET’s annual upfront presentation on Tuesday to advertisers. ComicView originally ran from 1992 to 2006 on BET, with a slightly modified version …
Are you or have you ever been a stand-up comedian who has put in your time, paid your dues and continues to work in clubs, colleges and anywhere else you can get gigs? Would you consider yourself a “veteran comic”? Here’s one new way to find out. Read the Veteran …
And now, for some words of wisdom about comedy from comedians. In their own words. In contemplating a possible return of The Tonight Show to New York City and 30 Rockefeller from Los Angeles and Burbank, Dick Cavett reflects on Johnny Carson’s tenure, as well as how Cavett first got …
Conan O’Brien and Team Coco kicked off a week of shows in Atlanta on Monday night, and they’re ready for some Final Four action. But first, Conan welcomed Earthquake to the stage to perform stand-up. In this set, Earthquake explains how Barack Obama is much better-suited to the job of …
The calendar may have read April 1 when Jay Leno opened his Tonight Show monologue with an April Fool’s crack about his relationship with his employers at NBC, but after midnight, ’twas April 2 when Leno gave Jimmy Fallon the most seamless transition possible in video and in song, dueting …
It’s Opening Day for Major League Baseball, and also the 75th anniversary of Abbott and Costello’s classic baseball comedy sketch, “Who’s On First?” ESPN’s Chris Connelly looked back at “Who’s On First” with help from Jimmy Fallon and Steve Higgins — who crafted an update to the sketch over the …
“Come and knock on my door” wasn’t the original opening for Three’s Company, the 1970s hit sitcom adaptation for ABC. Nope. Try “doo-dee-doo-dee-doo-dooo” instead. The first taped pilot for Three’s Company didn’t have the lyrics you came to know and love yet from Don Nicholl and Joe Raposo. John Ritter …
