The Definitive Guide to Comedy
When Neal Brennan‘s episode of The Half Hour debuts on Comedy Central this Friday night, it may very well be the first time you’ve ever seen that much of Brennan’s stand-up comedy. At least, as delivered by Brennan himself. But you’re certainly familiar with his comedy. Brennan co-wrote Half Baked …
After a five-month battle with urethral cancer that he shared with fans and friends through daily Facebook posts and regular YouTube videos, comedian Ron Shock died today. He was 69. Ron Shock began his comedy career relatively late at the age of 40 but did so in Houston where he was …
If you don’t know Brody Stevens, either personally or even by following his Twitter feed @BrodyismeFriend, then I’m not sure quite how to explain him to you. Oh, wait. What’s that? That’s my job, to explain him to you? Alrighty then. Steven Brody Stevens has pitched for Arizona State, appeared …
There’s the phrase “came out of nowhere,” and then there’s the reality of it. Over at NBC’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, the show recently turned to Jeff Singer — one of the programming consultants for Montreal’s Just For Laughs (hold on, scratch that, revise it to show his LinkedIn …
Hannibal Buress has a new CD and DVD coming out next week, hot off the heels of his Comedy Central special, “Animal Furnace.” To help promote it, Buress went on Conan last night. Want a taste? Roll the clip!
For the third consecutive year, The Kennedy Center is going relatively young with its pick for the annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, selecting Ellen DeGeneres for the honor in 2012. That’s no knock against DeGeneres. At 54, Ellen dances smoothly past all of her daytime talk-show competitors. Her …
When you have a couple of hours to spare, please spare yourself the time to learn (or re-learn) your history of television. Who knows? It might come in handy the next time our world sees a sea-change in technology. Like. Oh. Say when the Internet becomes the medium and the …
A great new documentary, Johnny Carson: King of Late Night, debuts tonight on PBS. Check your local listings for times and repeat airings. Before you watch it, though, treat yourself to some outtakes. Drew Carey and Ray Romano remember their debuts on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. In this …
What do they say about New York City: There are eight million stories, and sometimes it seems as though eight million of the people telling them think they’re comedians? No, that’s not it. It is a fact, though, that America’s biggest city is also its biggest comedy mecca. Hollywood may …
Jimmy Kimmel, a Brooklyn native, will bring his ABC late-night series, Jimmy Kimmel Live, home this November. Kimmel announced the decision — which will involve tapings the week of Oct. 29 through Nov. 2, 2012 — this morning when he guest-hosted LIVE! with Kelly. The weeklong jaunt will tape from …
