The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Neal Brennan restored order to the universe on his second appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, by revealing the relative order of things. Black people are much more relaxed than white people, and women are much more determined to plan everything out, but for what purpose? And here’s another …
Each year’s return to award season reminds us how comedy and comedians all too often are overlooked, marginalized or otherwise different enough from other performing artists such that, heck, how can anyone win, really? For every victory or nomination at the Academy Awards for individual achievement — screenplays are often …
Tommy Johnagin had quite a 2012, as he and his girlfriend became parents, and he also signed a script deal with NBC to turn his real-life experiences into a sitcom. On Conan, Johnagin lets us know how impending fatherhood treated him and his girlfriend, and how it impacted their sex …
As more and more attention paid to SNL and every nook and cranny of it, we’ve learned more this year about contracted writers brought in for a couple of weeks at a time — guesting, or is it a tryout for a full-time gig? either way, it’s a gig. many …
Live comedy shows come and go, and this Tuesday night, Comedy Bang! Bang! came and went — as we know it, as a live show, at least — out with its annual Nativity Pageant spectacular. Scott Aukerman still has his Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast and who knows what for IFC. …
Nominations came out last night for the 55th annual Grammy Awards, to be handed out Feb. 10, 2013, on CBS. In the Best Comedy Album category, we have: UPDATED Feb. 10, 2013: WINNER! Blow Your Pants Off, Jimmy Fallon [Warner Bros. Records/LoudMouth Entertainment] Cho Dependent (Live In Concert), Margaret Cho [Clownery Productions, Rocket Science] …
While FOX News tries to use propaganda to make you feel bad for “demonizing the rich,” the writers on long-running FOX hit comedy, The Simpsons, have a long-running mega-millionaire who does the demonizing himself. Mr. Burns. Missssssterrrrrr Burrrrrrrrnnnnnnss. Usually, if you pay close enough attention during the opening credits, you’ll …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… ABC has slated midseason debuts for new sitcoms How to Live with Your Parents (for the Rest of Your Life) — April 3, 2013, starring Sarah Chalke and co-starring Jon Dore — and Family Tools, for May 1, 2013. ABC also placed script …
Stop. Look. Listen. Late Night with Jimmy Fallon sets itself apart from the other late-night TV talk shows by all of the ways that it’s NOT a talk show. Last night’s show gave anyone a reason to feel happy about the holidays, as Jimmy Fallon and The Roots offered up …
As the resident black comedian on Conan’s writing staff, Deon Cole took it upon himself to defend Katt Williams on last night’s show. Although by defend, Cole meant to prove that even he has a right to become more famous by taking his “crazy” public. Because that’s how you really …
