A guide to comedy at the 2012 New York Comic-Con
by The Javits Center west of midtown Manhattan once again plays host this weekend to the annual New York edition of Comic-Con. While pop culture in …
ABC’s “What Would You Do?”: The stand-up crowd work edition
ABC News has its own version of Candid Camera called What Would You Do?, hosted by John Quiñones. The series asks: “How would you respond …
Comedy Headlines for 10/12/12
What’s happening in the comedy world now… Spike TV announced its all-star lineup to celebrate Eddie Murphy’s three decades as a comedy superstar. Chris Rock, …
Meet Me In New York: Jesse Joyce
What do they say about New York City: There are eight million stories, and sometimes it seems as though eight million of the people telling …
Frank Caliendo joins ESPN Sunday NFL Countdown
That was fast. Not much more than a month after FOX NFL Sunday replaced him with Rob Riggle, comedian Frank Caliendo has found a new …
Laura Kightlinger and Mary Lynn Rajskub in “Drunk & Disorderly”
Laura Kightlinger and David Punch have created and written a pilot episode about two cops — one (Kightlinger), an alcoholic; the other (Mary Lynn Rajskub), …
Music videos, political spoofs and a bar full of UCB/SNL sidekicks get the “Above Average” treatment
Lorne Michaels has several TV productions in addition to his mainstay, his bread and butter, his original creation, Saturday Night Live. 30 Rock. Late Night With …
Comedy Headlines for 10/11/12
What’s happening in the comedy world now… Jeff Dunham’s new ventriloquism special, Minding The Monsters, played to 5.02 million viewers when it premiered Sunday night on …
11 Things Even Jeff Dunham Fans Might Not Know About Jeff Dunham
Jeff Dunham’s latest special, Minding the Monsters, debuted on Comedy Central on Sunday night, and became available for purchase as a DVD on Tuesday. You …
Review: Tig Notaro, “Live”
by Being human is generally a miserable and painful experience. You always have to wait in lines for things, nobody answers their cell phones when you …