The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Laurie Kilmartin performed on last year’s edition of NBC’s Last Comic Standing, and though she didn’t win the big prize there, she did receive a nice parting gift not too long afterward: A job as a writer for Conan on TBS. On Thursday night’s show, Kilmartin performed stand-up on Conan, …
Michael Kosta changed the way I look at women after the very first stand-up set of his that I saw several years ago. The other night on Conan, Kosta let everybody in on the fact that “hot chicks” lead very different lives and experiences than the rest of us, whether …
Seth MacFarlane is up for two Grammy Awards, but only one of them is for something funny. Steve Martin’s banjo found honors. And the South Park fellas are getting closer to EGOT status. What else is new? How about these comedians among the nominees for the 54th Grammy Awards, to …
Patrice O’Neal embodied and espoused brutal honesty. And in his first, and regrettably only full special released during his lifetime, Oneal addressed the “Elephant in the Room” as one of the best comedy CD/DVDs of 2011. Oneal had been tagged with too many unfair labels by critics and detractors over recent …
Patrice Oneal, who suffered a stroke in October, has died. He was 41. Oneal was one of the funniest comedians anyone has known in recent years, although his propensity for telling the truth often burned bridges within the community. He recently appeared on Comedy Central’s Roast of Charlie Sheen. Hopefully …
Thanksgiving weekend traditionally brings the monthlong Seattle International Comedy Competition to a close, and this year’s contest brought victory to Kansas City stand-up Mike Baldwin. Baldwin previously had made it to the finals of the 2007 San Francisco competition. Baldwin wins $5,000 plus a $1,000 advance toward a recording contract …
How was your Thanksgiving weekend? Good? Good. Mike Birbiglia entered his holiday season knowing that he’ll spend at least the first half of 2012 on the road touring his latest one-man show, “My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend.” Birbiglia workshopped the show — which covers his relationships with women, his attitude toward marriage …
Robert Weide achieved unprecedented access to Woody Allen over the past couple of years, and with it, produced this fantastic documentary about the 75-year-old (he turns 76 on Dec. 1) comedian-filmmaker’s life. So much footage from rare interviews with him from decades ago that you probably never saw nor remembered, …
Artie Lange’s comeback continued alongside new sports radio partner Nick DiPaolo last night as they appeared together on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Lange talks about his rehab in the second clip. Roll the clips!
Mick Foley’s wrestling comeback hasn’t fared quite as well as he might have hoped in the past week, getting slammed to the mat — “Rock Bottomed” — by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson last Monday during WWE’s live “RAW” telecast. But just hours after Sunday night’s “Survivor Series” pay-per-view event at …
