The Definitive Guide to Comedy
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 …
New York City comedy fans — particularly those who make their second homes at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatres — might have gone bonkers last night seeing that Arthur Meyer was a guest on Late Show with David Letterman. Arthur Meyer was part of the recently late but always great …
For his next TV comedy trick, Ricky Gervais will try to make Americans laugh not via cable TV nor TV at all, but rather, Netflix. The online streaming service announced late Wednesday that it had acquired the U.S. rights to broadcast the upcoming Gervais series, Derek, in 2013. Gervais plays …
Brian Posehn long has noted his love of heavy metal music within his stand-up comedy act and in his life. Two years ago, he enlisted musicians including Anthrax’s Scott Ian to help out with a track called “More Metal Than You” on his album, Farts and Weiner Jokes. (See the …
Lisa Lampanelli certainly looks different these days! Lampanelli underwent gastric sleeve surgery in April, having much of her stomach removed, and has lost 80 pounds since then. Her husband also had surgery and lost 63 pounds. Lampanelli related all of the gory details in NSFW language on Tuesday morning with …
