The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Stephen Colbert’s Super Political Action Committee produced a new TV ad this month supporting the NBA owners during the pro hoops lockout, which already has prompted the cancellation of the first two weeks of the 2011-2012 season. On last night’s Colbert Report, Colbert said they bought ad time on the …
The 2011 Canadian Comedy Awards were handed out last night in Toronto, with The Daily Show with Jon Stewart correspondent Samantha Bee named Canadian Comedy Person of the Year. Bee beat out fellow nominees Howie Mandel, Russell Peters, Roger Abbott and Ron James for the top prize. Other big winners …
The SPEED channel announced today that it’d launch its new game show, Pumped!, on Nov. 17, hosted by stand-up comedian and radio/podcaster Greg Fitzsimmons. The network has ordered 20 half-hour episodes of the show, in which Fitzsimmons surprises patrons at undisclosed Sunoco gas stations, then quizzes them with automotive trivia …
What’s the weirdest thing about this clip: That Family Feud asked this question? That the show aired this response on TV? That it then put this on YouTube? That Steve Harvey is still hosting? That Steve Harvey gave this woman a full minute to reconsider her answer before saying it …
Four new Saturday Night Lives in four weeks! Will this be an early burnout for the cast and crew? Will they find their momentum? Will this be love? All of these answers and more, revealed in this recap! https://www.hulu.com/watch/289400/saturday-night-live-cold-opening-bloomberg—occupy-wall-street We open cold with Fred Armisen portraying New York City Mayor …
Eddie Brill isn’t just the comedy booker for Late Show with David Letterman, he’s also a stand-up comedian himself who warms up the show’s audiences in the Ed Sullivan Theatre. On Friday night, Brill booked himself a few minutes on the show, in which he explored the oddities of honesty …
In case you missed it, Barry Rothbart made his late-night TV debut the other night on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. And Rothbart made some very valid points about drugs, conversations that could be movie plots as well as actual movies that don’t seem to make sense. Roll the …
I cannot bring myself to watch any episode of any edition of Bravo’s Real Housewives series, because none of it is real, none of them are housewives, and it’s all complete garbage. But send it up, parody-style, with a bunch of Boston comedians portraying ladies from Southie? Wicked f’in yes, …
At New York Comic-Con today, Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein and Jonathan Krisel introduced a fresh, new clip from season two of their IFC sketch comedy show, Portlandia. The “Sanitation Twins,” Marcus and Madeline Harris, bring an expanded recycling system to Portland. Which bin should you put your fingernail clippings in? The …
Artie Lange’s return to the spotlight is fairly complete now, following Friday night’s appearance on Late Show with David Letterman. Dave wanted to know what Artie has been up to in the past couple of years, and Artie happily obliged with stories about living in a psych ward and how …
