The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Kevin Hart is the biggest little man standing in stand-up comedy right now, so what happens when you have him host Saturday Night Live? Let’s find out together, in the recap! For bonus points, sync up this recap with Mike Birbiglia’s live-Tweet play-by-play of SNL via @birbigs. One of these …
Have you seen the trailers for the upcoming movie, 21 and Over? Would you like to see a little something that’s a little more, your style? Here is the official trailer to Average Party. Tagline: “Sometimes, one big party can change your life. But usually not.” Roll it! Dan Perrault, …
The greatest unanswered question in short-form improv will return to TV this summer as The CW has revived the game show that’s not a game show (unless you consider improvised comedy a game), Whose Line is it Anyway? Wayne Brady, Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie will return, too, as primetime …
Mr. George Wallace is an all-star comedian, and this weekend, he’ll be celebrated by his fellow comedians as a Comedy Icon during the Centric Comedy All-Stars special. Wallace told The Comic’s Comic it’s more of a lifetime achievement award. You can see what it actually is when host Bill Bellamy, …
Warning. The year is 2013. You’re about to be transported back 25 years to 1988, when Marc Maron appeared on the TV program, Rascals Comedy Hour. You can tell it’s 1988 because he noted at one point in his set that it was two weeks following the 19th anniversary of …
What do they say about New York City: There are eight million stories, and sometimes it seems as though eight million of the people telling them think they’re comedians? No, that’s not it. It is a fact, though, that America’s biggest city is also its biggest comedy mecca. Hollywood may …
Eugene Mirman was on Conan last night, and he not only presented some of his many jokes he has written over the past few years, but also provided advice in response to questions written that very night from that very audience. Is this something you would like to see? If …
Kevin McDonald is a solo act in 2013, but the Kids in the Hall comedian isn’t alone. McDonald is touring North America, teaching aspiring comedians how to write their own sketches, and also sometimes performing alongside them in improv theaters. McDonald spoke backstage with The Comic’s Comic at The PIT …
Eugene Cordero and Kulap Vilaysack wonder how they haven’t yet been cast on the CBS revival of drama series Hawaii Five-O. “Neither of us is Hawaiian,” Vilaysack said. “But we’ve seen your show, and…” “We can see that you pretty much don’t care,” Cordero added. So hey pitch themselves in …
Over the past week, Dave Chappelle has spent several late nights of his most recent trip to New York City dropping in at the Comedy Cellar to work the crowd and work out new comedic material. Over the past few months, Chris Rock has done likewise, albeit more methodically on …
