The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Moshe Kasher’s new special, Live in Oakland, (which debuted exclusively this past weekend on Netflix) starts off with what should be an unnecessary warning about the content of his show. Kasher clearly illustrates his apathetic view toward those who might be offended, explaining that, though they have the right to …
What’s happening in the comedy world now…TRICK OR TREAT! I posted yesterday about the impending holes in NBC’s Thursday-night lineup for 2013, and yesterday, the network announced how it would fill them thar holes. Community’s fourth season will begin — yes, will begin — at 8 p.m. Thursdays on Feb. …
Lewis Black hates himself. He also doesn’t think what he says is very funny. Black starts off his show letting everyone know that if they have the sudden urge to leave because the show isn’t funny enough, they better stay in their seats. Not because he’s funnier than they think, …
Scott Moran’s documentary series about the lives and work of stand-up comedians, “Modern Comedian,” will live on with a new distribution deal with PBS Digital Studios. Moran told The Comic’s Comic: “Yeah! It’s true. They approached me and made a great offer that works well for both of us so …
Inside and outside 30 Rockefeller Center, Jimmy Fallon and his Late Night staff produced their Monday episode a little bit earlier than usual. They could do so because they didn’t have a live studio audience. They had to do so because hurricane-force winds and storm surges from post-tropical storm Sandy …
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 …
