The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Dave Attell has made the late-night TV rounds before, both as a host and as a stand-up comedian. But I cannot recall him ever doing panel with Jay Leno before, and certainly not with his ever-growing hairdo flowing out from underneath his ball cap — and most especially not whilst …
In interviews over the years, members of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre often have referred to their organization as “the Fugazi of comedy.” It was no accident, then, that Fugazi frontman Ian MacKaye was chosen to deliver the monologues for a planned special reunion of the UCB’s founding four to …
Most man-on-the-street videos make me go, oh, no, not another man-on-the-street video. But this one made me laugh out loud in the first minute. Which is probably why Fuse had no qualms green-lighting this series from Funny or Die that sends Billy Eichner out on the streets for a game …
Who is Jenny Slate? Who better to answer that question than Jenny Slate. In her new video, “Self Esteem,” Slate, her comedy partner Gabe Liedman and her life partner Dean Fleischer-Camp follow her around and comment about her life, or what they think her life must be like. I’m jealous. …
The Kennedy Center honored Will Ferrell this year with the annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The ceremony, which taped last month in Washington, D.C., and aired on PBS on Oct. 31, featured Ed Asner, Jack Black, Matthew Broderick, Adam McKay, Conan O’Brien, John C. Reilly, Paul Rudd, Molly Shannon …
Conan O’Brien and his late-night crew triumphantly returned to New York City this week, and Reggie Watts — who toured with Conan during his TV break way back when it wasn’t so long ago — welcomed him back to the city by performing that by-gone ditty, “The Boys are Back …
In case you missed it Friday night, and of course you did, because why would you be at home on a Friday night watching MSNBC, then you missed Sarah Silverman telling Rachel Maddow all about her planned “Live from N*****head (Stripping the Paint off of Good Old-Fashioned Racism)” comedy show …
Burt Reynolds will play himself in an upcoming episode of Archer, which begins its third animated season on FX in January 2012. Reynolds will play himself in an episode titled “The Man From Jupiter,” a reference to Reynolds’ home of Jupiter, Fla. Reynolds will be dating Agent Sterling Archer’s mother …
Comedy Central has extended its Comics To Watch concept for a second year, picking eight up-and-coming comedians who will showcase their talents live during the New York Comedy Festival on Nov. 9, 2011, at Carolines on Broadway — with an online premiere at cc.com/standup on Nov. 11. Presented with Pandora® internet radio, …
If you read this site, then you’re probably more than well aware of Myq Kaplan and his love of turning words and phrases into funny fun times. But until Friday night, you hadn’t been able to see him perform on Late Show with David Letterman. Situation remedied. Kaplan slowed his …
