The Definitive Guide to Comedy
“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. …
The improv groundhog saw Del Close’s shadow, which means, somehow, someway, we’re experiencing the Del Close Marathon six weeks early this year! That’s one of the new new things to make DCM14 different from its 13 predecessors. For one thing, DCM14 is bigger than ever! The improv comedy marathon has …
They may have taken on the monikers of the lesser-heralded halves of two famous musical duos, but don’t let their band name fool you. Garfunkel and Oates isn’t playing second fiddle to anyone. In fact, that’s a ukulele that Kate Micucci plays. Not a fiddle. And Micucci and her singing …
Jonah Ray, he of the Nerdist podcasts and the weekly Nerdmelt shows in Los Angeles, made his debut on Conan last night. You’ll learn how to act at pool parties, the realities of penguins, drinking, friendship, T.J. Maxx and more. Roll the clip! Jonah has a comedy CD out, titled, …
When will people stop asking Bill Murray if he’ll agree to do a third Ghostbusters movie? If it seems as though the fan-driven — or has it been media-driven — obsession with including a Ghostbusters 3 question into most interviews and encounters with Murray has gone on for several years, …
The dance card is almost full for July’s 30th annual Just For Laughs Montreal comedy festival, as the fest rolled out lineups for its one-person shows at Zoofest, as well as adding multiple Galas and shows. You can see what shows already were announced at put up for sale for …
The nominations came out this afternoon for the 2012 Canadian Comedy Awards, and there’s room for young and old, famous and upcoming names in this year’s talent pool being honored. From Martin Short and a few Kids in the Hall members, to Russell Peters or Samantha Bee — at least …
