The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Who would you include in an exhaustive list of the most iconic stand-up comics and performances? Surely greats like Richard Pryor, George Carlin, and Bill Hicks would be included. And such a list could not be told without performances like Lenny Bruce’s Carnegie Hall concert. If you are going to …
Nick Griffin returned to Late Show with David Letterman on Friday night’s show, with an introduction fit for one of Dave’s favored stand-up comedians. What wisdom does Griffin have to share with us this time? That depends upon how old you are, and how you feel about work, sleep, and …
Unless you lived in the area of Texas near Sherman, Denison and Ardmore, then your Super Bowl XLVII ad time on Sunday night didn’t include this minute-long ode to Old Milwaukee, in which Will Ferrell made one bus passenger’s lucky day. Except we live on the Internet now. So Old …
If you didn’t watch all of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s testimony before the U.S. Senate committee that asked hours upon hours of questions about Benghazi recently, then you may have glossed over a moment in which U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) interrogated Clinton about a State Department trip that spent $100,000 …
Reggie Watts became the first musical performer this week on FX’s Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell. Watts dropped some beats, some rhymes and a whole lot of rhythm and blues and funk and soul and sister, just listen to the track he laid down. Roll the clip!
Happy Groundhog Day Eve, everybody! What better way to ring in February as a comedy fan than by recognizing the 20th anniversary of the movie, Groundhog Day, as well as one of our finest character actors, Stephen Tobolowsky? You can do both by getting tickets to see Tobolowsky when he …
When Ben & Jerry’s announced earlier this week that it’d unveil a new ice cream flavor for NBC’s 30 Rock, in fans came up with all sorts of guesses based on foods shown and mentioned during the sitcom’s seven-season run, from cute to clever to too cute by half. The …
Bonnie McFarlane and Rich Vos are wife and husband, both of them stand-up comedians. In their new documentary directed by McFarlane and shot by Vos, Women Aren’t Funny, they interview comedians, club owners, talent bookers and writers about the topic that never seems to let up against women in comedy. Here’s …
Hip-hop improv comedy group Freestyle Love Supreme flew down from New York City to New Orleans this week to celebrate Super Bowl Week with ESPN’s SportsNation. Each weekday, the fellas have been dropping new improvised rhymes for the athletes on the show. On live TV. As Chris Sullivan, aka Shockwave, …
Did you watch Tuesday’s episode of New Girl on FOX yet? Well, you should have. It’s Thursday. What is wrong with you? You’re on the Internet clicking on and reading something about New Girl. Hold your spoiler alerts and get with the program. Nick (Jake Johnson) and Jess (Zooey Deschanel) …
