The Definitive Guide to Comedy
At least two stand-up comedians will vie for your votes and a chance at a million-dollar prize in this summer’s seventh edition of America’s Got Talent. Tom Cotter and Jacob Williams moved through to the final 48 in the “Vegas Week” episode that aired last night on NBC. Cotter, 48, …
Rory Scovel returned to Conan on Monday night for some more stand-up. Though he didn’t have Jon Dore by his side to confuse and amuse the audience with their two-man overlapping routines, Scovel did have a beer bottle and a character that the viewers didn’t even know wasn’t him. Got …
After roasting celebrity tabloid fodder-seekers such as Charlie Sheen and Donald Trump, Comedy Central is going back to comedians for its 2012 Roast, announcing it’ll air a Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne Barr on Aug. 12, 2012. And it already has a Twitter hashtag: #RoseanneRoast. No announcement yet on who’ll …
Chad Daniels performed on Conan last night, and revealed some intimate details about his personal life — but made sure to measure his words “very carefully.” He’ll also take advantage of when his daughter isn’t so correct with her word choices. Let Daniels explain it to you. Roll the clip! …
When comedians win on The Celebrity Apprentice, they really do win. Following the lead of Joan Rivers, whose Trump-fest victory a couple of years ago coincided with her comeback as depicted in her riveting documentary, Arsenio Hall has followed up his win in the Trump TV boardroom by announcing a …
It has been a couple of summers since we last saw NBC’s Last Comic Standing, so perhaps this is as good a time as any to see how the past seven seasons of primetime stand-up comedians are faring in the public view. Who has an actual following after the cameras …
“Nothing intelligent has ever been said after the word dude.” Preach, Lenny Marcus! Preach! He’s also quite on the money about how hot some NYC apartments can be. Why are they so hot? What is making it so hot? I watched Prometheus, and I still don’t get it. Marcus performed …
I don’t know what’s happening over at MTV, but something is definitely happening over there. The cable channel has announced a new weekly late-night comedy series starring podcast partners Nikki Glaser and Sara Schaefer called The Nikki and Sara Show, slated to debut in early 2013. The initial order is …
What’s better than performing live stand-up on Conan O’Brien’s TV show? How about eating Italian beef sandwiches as fast as possible? For comedy! Also, why are you laughing like that? It’s T.J. Miller, ladies and germs. Roll the clip.
Rory Scovel got himself all dressed up for his appearance this week on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Straighten up and fly right? Scovel shared his thoughts about sparing spare change for a homeless person, why Batman is his favorite despite lacking some social skills, and planning a wedding. …
