The Definitive Guide to Comedy
In an odd twist of fate and Brett Ratner being Brett Ratner, we went from Tower Heist propelling Eddie Murphy’s comedy comeback to hosting the Academy Awards, to, well, none of those things materializing. And it’s still only November. Don’t believe the hype. First Ratner quit as Oscars co-producer. Then …
In case you thought Dave Chappelle was the only big-time comedian finding a lifestyle in rural Ohio, then you haven’t been keeping up with what Drew Hastings has been up to in Hillsboro. Hastings not only moved to the rural town of 6,600 outside of Cincinnati several years ago, but …
Marc Maron’s podcast is very popular, but would you like to see extra scenes behind the scenes? Because that is now a thing. Because as of now, Marc Maron has joined the My Damn Channel network, which means you can look forward to more video and look-e-loos into his life. …
Maria Bamford, she of so many voices! On Conan the other night, Bamford offered a peek inside her own baby Jesus voices that she leaves as voice mails for her mother. How sweet! Not as sweet, however, as the fevery sugar dreams that celebrity chef Paula Deen must have on …
Congratulations go out to Nick Vatterott, who won the 2011 Andy Kaufman Award on Monday night in New York City. He joins a list of past winners that includes Kristen Schaal, Reggie Watts and Brent Weinbach. Vatterott has enjoyed playing with the structure of stand-up, and famously became a “New …
Eddie Murphy completed his promotional rounds Friday night with an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, which ended up being a mini-seminar on Murphy’s SNL tenure, thanks to Fallon’s SNL tenure. Hooray for tenures! Roll the clips. https://www.hulu.com/watch/297203/late-night-with-jimmy-fallon-eddie-murphy-part-1 In the second clip, he talks about returning to stand-up and …
Perhaps comedians of the 21st Century have it all wrong, playing by the old rules: Perform stand-up comedy, receive development deal, pitch sitcom based on life, repeat. Because Donald Glover has flipped the script completely. Before he has ever done a single stand-up set in late-night TV, he has written …
Bill Cosby is enough of a living legend to receive first-guest status from David Letterman and also perform his stand-up before hitting the panel. During his stand-up, watch as it’s interesting how Letterman’s audience is more onboard with the idea of fried turkeys than he is. During his panel, Cosby …
Boston used to have two daily newspapers that each had a weekly comedy column, covering the local scene, interviewing touring comedians and reviewing shows and performers. But that was, well, so five years ago. That’s where I first started blogging about comedy in addition to covering it in print alongside …
You’d think someone would have done this much sooner. Like, maybe the second day of YouTube. But nope. Not until now can you enjoy this “TV commercial” for Dick’s Nuts. Looks like Dee’s Nuts have some competition. Finally. Roll it! The site listed for this video redirects to an unfinished …
