The Definitive Guide to Comedy
John Mulaney used to tell the greatest bit that defined all Law & Order stand-up bits. NBC no longer makes new episodes of Law & Order, but the network still has Law & Order: SVU on the schedule, and still has Ice-T on the case as a detective, which amuses Mulaney …
Austin hosts plenty of festivals that keep the city weird with live music, films and comedy. SXSW is the biggest and most well-known. There’s also the Fun Fun Fun Fest. But comedy always is the sideshow to the music. Comedy earns its own place in the sun this April as …
We’re barely a month into the year, and already, 2012 is shaping up to be the year that comedian-on-comedian catfighting becomes a serious issue. In this latest “bout,” we find Chelsea Handler and Joan Rivers trading insults about each other on Howard Stern’s SiriusXM program. Handler fired the first shot …
If you’re on the satellite radio tip, then please remember these Tuesdays to set aside some time at 5 p.m. Eastern to hear Tom Shillue’s new weekly show on Sirius XM’s Laugh USA channel, “Funny Story.” It launched Jan. 10 with guest Jim Gaffigan. The Daily Show‘s Aasif Mandvi sat …
Happy news for comedy fans this morning as the Academy Awards, 84th annual edition, bestowed nominations to some of your favorite comedians and funny films of 2011. And that’s not counting some of the more lighthearted fare receiving serious recognition, too (looking at you, The Artist, Jonah Hill in Moneyball, …
Jon Fisch made his network television debut (proper) on Friday’s Late Show with David Letterman. Fisch is one of them thar Massachusetts comedians based in New York City, and he’s single, ladies! But wait. Fisch has some rules about online dating. So pay attention. Roll the clip.
Owen Smith is an actor and writer on the TBS reboot of Are We There Yet?, but he showed off his stand-up comedy chops the other night on Conan. Occupy Wall Street’s racial turnabout is fair play, as is gay marriage and marriage vows. Think about it. Or just listen …
On Jimmy Kimmel Live, Dana Gould wondered about the benefits of plastic surgery. I’ll bet you he hasn’t had any work done. Also, it’s about time somebody made a joke about Stephen Hawking that wasn’t cliche! Leave it to Mr. Dana Gould. Roll the clip!
Making news at last week’s TV Critics Association winter tour, IFC announced it had ordered two new series for the summer. The first is actually a promotion for Scott Aukerman — Aukerman already has been appearing for the past year in interstitial interview segments on the cable channel under his …
Are you ready for Harry Potter in his life after Harry Potter? Or said another way, who wants to see Daniel Radcliffe host Saturday Night Live? If only that were the talking point coming out of this weekend. Let’s get to the recap! https://www.hulu.com/watch/319305/saturday-night-live-cold-opening-mitt-romney Oh, look, it’s Mitt Romney (Jason …
