The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Hari Kondabolu makes you think without even realizing you were supposed to be thinking. Jokes! Such as: How can a Back to the Future bit make you think about racism and religion both? Ah. Time travel. Kondabolu also introduces his set with a reference to a European heckling that backfired, …
Jamie Lee made her late-night TV debut the other night on Conan. You may have seen her almost making the finals of the “final” Last Comic Standing. For her first full set on basic cable late-night regular TV programming, Lee managed to dance the line between safe for work and …
Did you know that Gerry Dee is big in Canada? Well, he’s Canadian, and if you lived there, then you should know that especially since you probably watched his new sitcom, Mr. D. No matter where you live, so as long you have YouTube, you can catch his performance from …
Hey, Louis CK! Why you got your face in your hand? Chin up! You’re a two-time Emmy winner now! Roll the clip: In other TV awarding TV news, no surprises with the continued love for all things Modern Family, big surprise for Jon Cryer winning in the “Lead Actor” category …
It’s the first SNL after a primetime Weekend Update Thursday. Will the short rest affect the performances? Should the NFL address the violent nature of its sport and take that into account? Let’s recap. https://www.hulu.com/watch/404162 Good for Jay Pharoah! All of the hubbuzz was about Jay earning the Obama impersonation, …
The New York Comedy Festival announced a 20th anniversary all-star reunion of the cast of The Ben Stiller Show, with Ben Stiller, Judd Apatow, Bob Odenkirk, Janeane Garofalo, Andy Dick, Jeff Kahn and Rob Cohen convening at The Paley Center for Media on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. Stiller’s short-lived sketch series …
Gilbert Gottfried has enjoyed a long career in comedy by telling dirty jokes and offending people. Last year, however, Gottfried apologized for a joke he wrote on Twitter that made light of the tsunami that devastated Japan. It was his first apology over a joke. He explained his thought process …
The kids over at Saturday Night Live have a running gag sketch about the FOX News morning program, Fox & Friends, and its propensity for making up the news, lying about it, then being forced to make corrections for its goofs later in the day. In SNL’s parallel parody universe, …
Pneumonia. C. diff. Death. Break-ups. Breast cancer. Let’s joke about it. How about not? Let’s type about it, and step aside so Tig Notaro herself can joke about the paths her life has taken over the past several months, as she sat down to recount her personal travails last night …
After running a trial episode in March of its American adaptation of “News Quiz,” BBC Radio 4 is moving forward with at least two more episodes in October to bring American comedic sensibilities to the upcoming U.S. elections across the pond for British audiences. Andy Borowitz will host the two …
