The Definitive Guide to Comedy
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 …
Mo Mandel returned to Conan last night. This time around, Mandel is 30 now, so his birthday presents, life goals and even his drinking behavior have all changed. At least he understands his mom now. LOL. “Did Conan already do that bit?” That depends. Are kids these days having sex …
It began as an off-handed joke and became a 10-year-long running joke. “Apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time.” That’s how Jimmy Kimmel ended his late-night episodes of Jimmy Kimmel Live, sometimes varying the wording a bit each weeknight on ABC. Until last night. When, upon his 10 …
Fantasy football leagues have become so widespread and commonly accepted as a hobby that it’s the focus of a long-running sitcom on FX, The League. Why not spin the concept out, and have a fantasy comedy league? That’s what the comedians at SiriusXM decided. Last Friday on “Fridays with Breuer,” …
It is actually quite simple to be offensive. All you have to do is figure out a mainstream value and champion the opposite. People generally like X, therefore you say Y. It is not a complicated process. However, creating an hour’s worth of stand-up that seeks to have every single …
Gilda Radner fans, comedy fans and Gilda’s Club fans can breathe easier this week. The Madison chapter of Gilda’s Club in Wisconsin has reconsidered its decision back in November to change its name to the Cancer Support Community Southwest Wisconsin. The board had voiced concerns that people no longer knew …
