The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Some comedians lose their regional accents when they go Hollywood. Some play them up more. Jay Larson’s Massachusetts accent is subtle and not mentioned (except I just did so!). Mentioned: Buying a plunger, basic etiquette lessons, and the differences between being in “the” band and being in “a” band. And a …
Jimmy Fallon had Todd Glass on as a guest this week, and seemed really intrigued by Glass’s decision recently to come out of the closet on Marc Maron’s podcast. Glass also joked about life on the road as a stand-up comedian and having to stay in comedy condos. Roll the …
“Let me explain something to you about the Mac man. I love who I am. I love what I have become. And most of all, I have nothing but respect for those who have followed me. I don’t do things for dollars and cents. I owe my craft to my …
Turns out Comedy Central loved Mash Up, after all. Almost a year since broadcasting the initial stand-up/film/visual comedy special from T.J. Miller and director Jordan Vogt-Roberts, Comedy Central has ordered eight new half-hour episodes of Mash Up. The original special featured Hannibal Buress, Kumail Nanjiani, Matt Braunger and Kyle Kinane. …
Of all of the arguments about women in stand-up comedy, the one I never ever hear is the portrayal of female stand-up comedy in TV ad campaigns. Because it’s almost always for feminine hygiene products, showing us a woman onstage with a microphone making jokes about whatever problem the product …
Comedy Central Presents is dead. Long live the new half-hour comedy special for the cable network, named, well, The Half Hour! And Comedy Central is heading up to Boston at the end of this month to tape them. But who will be featured in the inaugural season for 2012? Meet …
Myq Kaplan loves words. Thankfully, many jokes have words in them. Even jokes about Jesus and WWJD and why that doesn’t apply to Kaplan, sex with girls, Chuck Norris, veganism, and losing a cell phone (with a new tag at the end). Roll the clip!
For its first-ever venture into the United States, Amnesty International’s Secret Policeman’s Ball certainly seems intent on making a big and funny splash across the pond when it takes place March 4, 2012, at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall. The benefit’s lineup includes comedy and music from the likes of …
The media loves a trend and we gots ourselves one now, as Jim Gaffigan announced overnight that he would sell his upcoming CD exclusively on his own website for $5, donating $1 from each sale to The Bob Woodruff Foundation for injured war veterans. Gaffigan acknowledged that the recent example …
Patrice O’Neal’s posthumous stand-up comedy CD, Mr. P, is a worthy successor to his brilliant 2011 CD/DVD, Elephant in the Room. Not that Patrice would care at all what I or anyone else had to say about it. Patrice was about the work, onstage, and being just real offstage as …
