The Definitive Guide to Comedy
What’s happening in the comedy world now… Paramount has announced a release date for Anchorman 2, and it’s exactly a year away: Dec. 20, 2013. Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd and David Koechner are all back aboard for the sequel, Adam McKay once again directing. Judd Apatow’s …
Two new “Red Band” movie trailers to share with you, so-called because they remove restrictions on language and otherwise NSFW content for “MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY.” So. Check your IDs at the door. In The Heat, directed by Paul Feig, Sandra Bullock finds herself in a buddy cop caper with Melissa …
Why does Nick Turner look anguished during this stand-up performance? Because on this night in question — Nov. 5, 2012 — Turner had locked his keys in the car, with the engine still running, just before entering the Brooklyn club for his set at Wyatt Cenac’s “Night Train” showcase. Cenac …
Nick Kroll’s new sketch comedy series, Kroll Show, debuts Jan. 16, 2013, on Comedy Central. Warm up for that, and warm up for the holidays with a customized Christmas (or Hanukkah) drink! Comedy Central’s official holiday greeting for 2012 is an interactive party with Kroll’s character, Bobby Bottleservice, as he …
Just in time for its annual Christmas Day marathon TV airing, A Christmas Story has joined the illustrious list of movies added to the National Film Registry, a division of the Library of Congress. “These films are not selected as the best American films of all time, but rather as …
The cast and crew of Comedy Central’s hit Workaholics reported yesterday that Jet Set Hudson, who played a recurring character on the series, has died. The L.A. Department of Coroner confirmed to E! News that Hudson was found dead in his car in front of a gas station shortly after …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… Craiggers?! Is Craig Kilborn really coming back to TV after all of these years? Kilborn, the original host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show (before Jon Stewart) and CBS’ Late Late Show (before Craig Ferguson) has shot a talk-show pilot for CNN. Jay Mohr …
Performing stand-up comedy in front of an audience of two exclusively made up of your parents while cookies bake and pugs run loose sounds like the fever dream of a an eccentric homeless man coming down with influenza. I don’t think I’ve ever reviewed a homeless person’s thoughts, though, so such a …
A Charlie Brown Christmas first aired 47 Decembers ago in 1965, and continued its traditional primetime run in network telecasts Tuesday night on ABC. The kids at FOX ADHD, however, have served up an alternate universe for the Peanuts gang — one in which the kids not only have grown …
Nobody is booking comedy guests for late-night TV chat in America these days quite like my friends at Team Coco. Or, should I type, quite as daringly and creatively — for every traditional stand-up performance you may see on Conan in his TBS era, you’re just as likely to find …
