The Definitive Guide to Comedy
When the surviving members of Monty Python reunited to celebrate their 40th anniversary with a documentary that aired on IFC in 2009, that was a Monty Python reunion. When they lent their voices to a documentary about the late Graham Chapman last year, that was a Python reunion of sorts, though …
Can you tell a pedophilia joke on network television? Kurt Metzger did. On his second appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Metzger not only stunned the studio audience on Wednesday night’s program with a bit about how one Toddlers and Tiara mom unwittingly turned off would-be pedophiles, but also …
February must not only be Sweeps Month but also Cop Show Month at the show business factories where they manufacture new comedy videos, because I’ve already received two such entries already in the past week. First up, “Perp Justice.” AKA Cop Show Drug Test, on Funny or Die. In this …
Yesterday, one of the Academy Awards visited Katz’s Delicatessen in New York City and asked patrons to fake an orgasm like Meg Ryan did in that scene from When Harry Met Sally. This afternoon, Oscar is jogging up the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps a la Rocky. Tomorrow, who knows? …
Did you know that Casey Wilson from ABC’s Happy Endings was a Girl Scout during high school? Fun facts! Wilson didn’t model Girl Scout behavior, however, when she posed as a reporter to dupe an actor from the touring company of the hit musical Rent into dinner and an interview …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… Adult Swim announced a special one-off series finale on March 7 for Delocated, starring Jon Glaser. Sarah Silverman will kick off the second annual Wayne Federman International Film Festival when it returns to CineFamily in Los Angeles from Feb. 28 through March 2. Wayne Federman’s …
FX will go live this week for the return of Russell Brand’s late-night talk show, BrandX with Russell Brand. It’s the fourth format for BrandX in its fourth different “season” since June. Almost as if FX executives keep saying to Russell Brand, “We like you. We just don’t like your …
In this brave not-so-brave old new world, stand-up comedians can record, produce and distribute their material however they so desire. And in 2013, Harland Williams chose to record “Force of Nature” in the desert. The Mojave Desert. On Monday night’s episode of Conan, Williams explained why the comedy clubs could …
Stand-up comedian Andy Andrist recently tracked down the man who sexually abused Andrist when he was a boy, traveled to Florida and confronted him in person. With Doug Stanhope (and a police officer?) standing by, Andrist sat down with this man who had molested him and wanted answers. Or at least …
Football season is over. Long live football. Which means Americans can turn their attention later this February to the phrase “pitchers and catchers report” for another Spring Training for Major League Baseball. For the second straight season, MLB will let fans rule the roost at the MLB Fan Cave in …
