The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Joe Rogan is probably best known for making people who are desperate for money eat animal parts and jump off buildings. You may also recognize Rogan from his younger days on NewsRadio or more recent days providing commentary at UFC fights. For his stand-up and podcast, however, he is known for …
After a brief interruption, NBC’s Community returned for its belated fourth season earlier this month. Cast members of the sitcom and their fans have used the Twitter hashtag #sixseasonsandamovie in a bit of wish fulfillment over the past couple of years. Could that still happen? Perhaps. Of course. Anything. Is. …
In the 1950s and 1960s, the Catskills attracted the crowds and the comedians alike. Several decades later, it’s a much different story. CBS Sunday Morning profiled the upstate New York conclave, and how “Borscht Belt” comedy has survived the changes by moving to where the audiences are. “Every comic did …
The Streamy Awards went live, online and upscale on Sunday for its third annual celebration of web series. Chris Hardwick hosted the live broadcast from Los Angeles, just under a couple of hours from hosting another live broadcast (Talking Dead for millions of AMC viewers on the TV). Burning Love …
Congratulations to all of the writers who took home prizes from the 2013 WGA Awards, as well as all of the writers nominated by their Writers Guild of America. Here are the comedy-related winners in bold, with their fellow nominees in those categories: TELEVISION COMEDY SERIES Louie, Written by Pamela …
Jeff Caldwell returned for another stand-up performance on last Friday’s episode of Late Show with David Letterman. This time around, Caldwell describes what it’s like as a comedian married to an artist when the comedian is considered the main breadwinner, living in New Jersey, the use of reservoir water and …
Stephen Tobolowsky visited New York City this weekend to tell amazing stories from his life, sign copies of his book, The Dangerous Animals Club, and introduce a screening at the 92YTribeca of the 1993 film favorite, Groundhog Day. Tobolowsky spoke with The Comic’s Comic about all that and much more …
If you liked Inglourious Bastards and Django Unchained, here’s Djesus Uncrossed back from the dead, also starring Christoph Waltz. Actually, this time starring Christoph Waltz. “Jesus H. Christ!” “The H is silent.” Featuring Taran Killam’s Brad Pitt impersonation, substituting Romans for Nazis. Kenan Thompson as Ving Rhames as Pontius Pilate. And Jay Pharoah as Samuel …
Christoph Waltz is a 56-year-old Oscar-winning actor from Austria who likely could win his second Academy Award in a week. So why not have him host Saturday Night Live? Before you try to tell us no, we made it happen. Last night. Last Saturday night. They did best with an …
Comedy Central launches two new series on Feb. 28, 2013, fronted by people you may not already be familiar with — Ben Hoffman’s The Ben Show, and Nathan Fielder’s Nathan For You. So Comedy Central has made their debut episodes free to sample online now. Check them out and see …
