The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Anjelah Johnson’s Bon Qui Qui character has resurfaced! Alexander Wang’s “Spring 2013 T” promotional video features Johnson as her retail worker who puts her own spin on customer service, Bon Qui Qui, in her first and probably last day as an employee in Alexander Wang’s NYC flagship store. Alessandra Ambrosio, A$AP …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… Tonight is the series finale of 30 Rock on NBC. The show’s Tom Ceraulo writes about wrapping production with behind-the-scenes insight and photos. On Buzzfeed? On Buzzfeed! I know. At CBS, meanwhile, the network ordered a ninth and final episode of How I …
“New York City is the Mecca of standup comedy and we, as comedians, are proud to share that tradition with you, the clubs providing comedians with a venue to perform. However, while the clubs are thriving we feel that we are not being adequately compensated for our work. The weekend …
Adam Cayton-Holland made his late-night TV debut last night on Conan. A stand-up comedian out of Denver, Cayton-Holland wrote about his feelings before the gig. It’s sincere and enlightening, and we learn that Cayton-Holland was a fan of Conan O’Brien before he even knew who Conan O’Brien was. He wrote, …
When the Upright Citizens Brigade’s East Village theater celebrated its grand opening in November 2011, major print and broadcast media outlets showed up to interview the UCB’s Amy Poehler and Matt Walsh, and Fugazi’s Ian MacKaye showed up, too, to recognize the comedy collective’s tribute to his post-hardcore punk band’s …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… FOX shut down production on Ben & Kate over the weekend. The network earlier last week announced it had pulled the rookie sitcom from the primetime schedule. Thirteen episodes aired. HBO has renewed Lena Dunham’s Girls for a third season, as previously reported …
What’s this: A prank on unsuspecting New York City residents and tourists, not conducted by Improv Everywhere? It’s possible. In fact, it’s happened before and will happen again. Anyone who rides the MTA’s subway lines knows what it’s like to have your ride interrupted by a panhandler. Last summer, comedians …
My business associates, colleagues and friends at My Damn Channel have an announcement to make. They have launched the My Damn Channel Comedy Network. What does that mean? And what does that mean for you? For My Damn Channel, it means founder and CEO Rob Barnett has hired Eric Mortensen, …
Um, what now? We’re on a recent run with musical guests thinking they’re full-on hosts of Saturday Night Live. Wasn’t giving the singers one cameo in a sketch enough of a comedic boost? Now everybody’s got to be Justin Timberlake up in this here 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Well. Adam Levine. …
Andy Kaufman’s final passport sits in a glass case, a snapshot of his optimism that remained even a couple of months before he died in 1984 at the age of 35. If it were anyone else, it could be haunting. But this is and was Andy Kaufman, where the definitions …
