The Definitive Guide to Comedy
After the previous week’s Lindsay Lohan Zombie Apocalypse Experience, some armchair critics speculated that the SNL writing staff held back on their good ideas for this weekend’s episode with Jonah Hill. Well. Let’s see how that theory played out… https://www.hulu.com/watch/338493/saturday-night-live-cold-opening-rush-limbaugh We open cold not with Mitt Romney (hooray!!!) but with …
Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock kicks off the second season of his Hulu series, A Day in the Life, with a look at comedian and WTF podcast host Marc Maron. You’ll see Maron’s cats, his coffee-making prowess, his “cat garage” where he produces most episodes of WTF, including the first part …
Eddie Pepitone is a Los Angeles comedian from New York whom you may know from his small role in the movie, Old School, or…why don’t I just let you watch these comedians tell you who Pepitone is, in this teaser trailer for the upcoming documentary on him called The Bitter …
In case you missed it, IFC aired a special 10-minute sneak peek at its upcoming Comedy Bang! Bang! “talk show” last night following the second-season finale of Portlandia. But since the Internet is all-knowing and all-giving, you didn’t miss it. It’s right here. Online. Waiting for you. Fans of the …
While it was surprising to hear the Radio and Television Correspondents Association had selected Louis CK to host their annual dinner this upcoming June in Washington, D.C., it’s no surprise at all that the comedian — who maintains he’s not very political at all — abruptly withdrew his name from …
Gallery1988 in Hollywood and Funny or Die received so much successful attention and plaudits for last year’s comedy art exhibition, “Is This Thing On?,” that they’re debuting the sequel tonight. “Is This Thing On? 2: The Weird Year” runs from March 9-31, 2012, and there’s nothing weird about the fact …
Kathy Griffin’s domination of the Bravo channel’s cable TV audience continues unabated, as Bravo has slated an April 19, 2012, premiere for her weekly primetime talk show, Kathy. Griffin last year had a deal with Bravo to produce four televised stand-up specials, one for each quarter — and 13 in …
Adult Swim has posted the full pilot for Bob Odenkirk’s latest creation, Let’s Do This!, which stars Odenkirk as owner of a small-time movie studio that operates out of a strip mall in North Hollywood (which is a world away from the northern part of Hollywood). In “Harry Podder and …
Mike Lawrence made his late-night TV debut last night on Conan, and if you haven’t seen him live before, then you’re really in for a treat. Sure, this Floridian who now lives in New York City has plenty of jokes about the big city. But he also has a way …
While other pilots remain in different stages of Comedy Central’s production and development pipeline, three comedians found out Thursday that their wishes had been granted to star in their very own series. Comedy Central has ordered three new series to pilot. Two will wait until 2013 to see airtime, but …
