The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Thrash Lab has released a new 11-minute documentary on improvisation in comedy — specifically set in the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Hollywood, and speaking with Matt Walsh, Jason Mantzoukas, Paul Scheer, Ellie Kemper, Kay Cannon and others about “The Harold” form of improv. It’s a good, quick overview of …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… Chevy Chase left the NBC sitcom Community on Wednesday during production of its fourth season — which the network already had postponed until 2013. The Mindy Project is reshuffling its deck as far as cast members, too, midway through its rookie season on …
On his new CD, “Hear This!” you have to wait until the encore to hear about potential new greeting cards that keep it real in the world of Dan Cummins. Online, you don’t have to wait that long. Just click this clip of Cummins from Wednesday night’s Tonight Show with …
Larry David’s cartoon tales of Thanksgivings gone by in Brooklyn surfaced on Funny or Die a year ago, but even old videos become new once more if they’re tied to an annual event. So curb your enthusiasm at the door. Don’t try to wonder why Larry David remains so old …
For Conan O’Brien’s second installment of his Web-only uninterrupted talk show, “Serious Jibber-Jabber,” the front man for Team Coco on TBS welcomes writer/director/producer Judd Apatow to the table. Over the course of 69 minutes and change, we learn from Apatow that: Upon learning that one of Apatow’s first spec scripts …
On Oct. 1, 2012 — the 50th anniversary of Johnny Carson‘s debut on The Tonight Show on NBC — a military base in California turned up footage long thought lost of the legendary late late-night TV host. The find is just one of the more remarkable events happening this fall …
It has been 40 years since Marlo Thomas and her friends made puberty and sex a little easier to swallow for young children with the seminal release of Free To Be…You And Me. Oh no. I didn’t. But Rob Kutner, Stephen Levinson, Joel Moss Levinson and their comedy friends did. …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… The inaugural NYC PodFest, Jan. 12-13, 2013, has announced its full lineup for live broadcasts at The PIT, which shall include “How Was Your Week” (Julie Klausner), “RISK!” (Kevin Allison), “The Dork Forest” (Jackie Kashian), “Dave Hill’s Podcasting Incident” (Dave Hill), “The Jeff Rubin …
Stephen Lynch is a gifted musician. On top of having a great singing voice and being an excellent guitarist, Lynch has also consistently shown that he can adapt to a variety of music genres and styles. In the past, Lynch has used such musical talent to create songs about molestation, …
I went to a comedy show and a freestyle rap battle broke out. But not before the audience also bore witness to a live DJ breaking down beats, singing and/or rapping from a classic name in old-school hip-hop, a funny Internet video you’d like to email your friends and coworkers …
