The Definitive Guide to Comedy
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 call them, and practically nowhere has free parking. Oh, and cancer. Cancer plays a big part in making life unavoidably miserable and painful for way …
Jim Gaffigan opens his latest special, Mr. Universe, by immediately using his secondary, imaginary audience member voice to analyze his opening joke. He then follows that up by using a similar voice to criticize the first voice. In case you’re not too great with numbers, that’s two voices removed from …
What’s happening in the comedy world… Lewis Black’s limited run on Broadway, Running on Empty, opened last night. The eight performances go through Oct. 20, 2012, at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. FX announced it will postpone the broadcast of season four of Louie to spring 2014. It had been planned …
Demetri Martin recorded two versions of his new special, Standup Comedian — a DVD in February at NYU’s Skirball Center, and a CD in April at Acme Comedy Club in Minneapolis. Both were released via Comedy Central Records on Oct. 2. Before that, Martin hopped on the phone to talk with …
Telling a good joke is difficult. I don’t mean the kind of joke where you get to develop a story with characters and emotions and your opinions and reflection. I’m talking the kind of joke where you say a thing that is just an observation and follow it up with …
In what appeared to a hotly-contested five-way battle in the finals, Tony Baker emerged as the champion of the 37th annual San Francisco Comedy Competition. Tony Baker, born in Michigan and raised in Chicago, makes his comedy base in Los Angeles. The SFCC Facebook page said four finalists still had …
After Mitt Romney singled him out during the first presidential debate with Barack Obama, Big Bird has been making the rounds in a way this Sesame Street Muppet character has not seen in ages. First a slot on the Weekend Update desk of Saturday Night Live. And now this. President …
How would Bond, James Bond, hold up as a live sketch comedian against the onslaught of topical and absurdist humor put upon him by the writers of Saturday Night Live? We found out last night. https://www.hulu.com/watch/409936 The first 2012 Presidential Debate happened on Wednesday night, making it the obvious choice …
It’s not often that Dr. Drew gets any credit on this site, because he has to earn it. You don’t just get credit at the credit store. That’s not how credit works. Even extra credit. Want your cookie? Earn it. Last night, the TV doctor’s TV talk show invited stand-up …
As Arrested Development‘s reunion becomes realer than real with production on a new season for Netflix, the cult favorite sitcom has announced a contest offering six “walk-on” roles for their fans. Would you like to walk on camera during one of the new episodes? Says show creator Mitch Hurwitz: “The …
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