The Definitive Guide to Comedy
What’s happening in the comedy world now… The post-tropical storm named Sandy but also referred to as either a hurricane or a “Frankenstorm” prompted the cancellations Monday of live comedy shows in clubs across the Tri-State area, plus Broadway productions and show tapings of The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, …
As the advancing winds and rain of Hurricane Sandy began hitting New York City and the Tri-State area on Monday, the storm forced the cancellation of many live comedy shows, Broadway productions, and TV tapings — among them, the first-ever Brooklyn taping for Jimmy Kimmel Live, as well as regularly …
Alan Kirschenbaum, co-creator of the sitcom Yes, Dear for CBS, who also had a midseason sitcom readying to debut on CBS in early 2013 called Friend Me, died on Friday. He was only 51. Kirschenbaum’s father is Freddie Roman, dean of the Friars Club. Kirschenbaum also was a consulting producer …
You’ve heard Jimmy Pardo be Never Not Funny for years now; for the past couple of years, as the warm-up comedian for Conan O’Brien’s television programs. You’ve been impressed with how much Pardo ad-libs on the fly. But what if he does so with the help of a team of …
Community fans, take note. Your comedy-nerd leader, Dan Harmon, will be back creating TV just for you soon enough. Adult Swim has ordered 10 episodes of Harmon’s new animated creation, Rick and Morty. It’ll debut late nights in late 2013 or early 2014. Rick and Morty follows a brilliant inventor (Morty), his …
One of FOX’s ADHD pick-ups for summer 2013 is “Ask Axe Cop,” based on a comic strip written by a kid — Malachai Nicolle started the advice column comic when he was only 5 — and illustrated by his brother, Ethan, starting when he was 29. They’re older now. Obviously. …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… G4 announced late Friday that it would cancel its most popular live programming, Attack of the Show, at the end of 2012. The Monday-Friday live weeknight show launched in 2005. AOTS covered pop culture, made Olivia Munn a household name, gave Chris Hardwick …
The last time I hung out with Jim Jefferies, we were not only in another country, but also in Doug Stanhope’s hotel room, before eventually taking the party to the hotel’s outdoor terrace as the sun rose over the French-Canadian skyline of Montreal. Jefferies was in full-blown “Alcoholocaust” mode then. …
Multifaceted, multilingual, matador. These three words tell you what you need to know about Reggie Watts for his latest performance on Conan, which happened Thursday night. Need three more words? How about “Camarones! Mantequilla! Madrid!” Check it!
Craig Fergus0n enjoys surprising viewers in the cold open of his Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and Thursday night’s episode on CBS was no exception, as Ferguson ceded the stage to Eddie Izzard — playing the role of Ferguson! Izzard tried to Glasgow up his accent and launch into …
