The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Dan Harmon, the creator and former showrunner of NBC’s Community — as well as co-founder of Channel 101 — delivered the keynote address in September for XOXO, an arts and technology festival in Portland, Ore. The fest celebrates independent artists using the Internet to make a living doing what they …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… Howard Stern will return in 2013 for a second season as judge on NBC’s America’s Got Talent. Former longtime Conan/Late Night writer Brian McCann has a new gig — McCann is the head writer for the upcoming Nikki and Sara show on MTV …
What to say about Angus Jones, the proverbial other “half” of long-running CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men, who in his late teen-aged years, has renounced the show that has made him rich and famous. Rainn Wilson and Matthew Perry both decided to join in the “filthy” fun by …
The original animated pilot demo for Bob’s Burgers looks a lot like the real comedy you’ve been enjoying for the past couple of years on FOX. With one catch. Tina (voiced by Daniel Mintz) started out as Daniel (voiced by Mintz). Does this change everything for you? Roll the clip! …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… The Friars Club announced it will roast Jack Black in 2013. The 2013 Friars Club Roast will take place on April 5, 2013, in New York City. Over Thanksgiving weekend, “Never Not Funny” and Jimmy Pardo raised more than $108,000 during the fourth annual …
Allie Goertz was one of six winners announced last week in Arrested Development‘s contest giving fans a chance to appear on the upcoming Netflix season in walk-on roles for their fan art contributions. I’ll post her music video for “Maeby One Day” in a moment, but first, sit back and …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… FX has renewed Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell for a new, full 13-episode “second” season in 2013, as well as 13 episodes of an extended hour-long version of BrandX with Russell Brand. Both series are in their second of two short inaugural …
“Meet Skinja. She’s a stripper by night, ninja by later that night.” That’s a joke. Well, it started out as a joke in a longer bit of stand-up comedian Dan Goodman’s in which he imagines other movies. Only Skinja might actually become a real feature film. “After enough people came up …
Congratulations to Michael Malone, who edged out four other finalists and a couple of dozen other stand-up comedians to emerge victorious last night as winner of the 33rd annual Seattle International Comedy Competition. The final standings: Michael Malone (Los Angeles) Joe Klocek (San Francisco) Tyrone Hawkins (Tacoma) Landry (Atlanta/Toronto) Elliot …
Chevy Chase may think he’s too good for network TV sitcom work, but he won’t turn down a paycheck when it comes to reprising an old movie character in a Christmas TV ad campaign. He began reappearing as Clark Griswold on your television screens last night in the 2012 holiday …
