The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Look. People are submitting videos this month for the annual Andy Kaufman Award competition (the submission date deadline was this past Monday, I just found out), and I just feel as though in the past couple of years, the awards have become, well, less Andy Kaufmanesque? Less weird. Less special. …
Gabriel Iglesias is hosting a new stand-up comedy showcase series on Comedy Central this fall — Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution premiered last Thursday at 10 p.m. Eastern/Pacific — and he has the Grammy-winning band Ozomatli performing in it as his house band. Nice get, Fluffy! Oh, right. He’s fluffy. …
The East Village and Lower East Side have provided a home for the independent comedy scene in New York City since before I moved here. Luna Lounge. Rififi. Mo Pitkin’s. All since closed. The Slipper Room is under construction. There are venues such as Pianos or Lolita Bar that host …
A lot of aspiring comedians ask me for advice on getting into the business, and I remember from my own experiences in Seattle, those early days and nights when I would hope for a chance to corner each weekend’s headliners at the Comedy Underground and Giggles for some one-on-one conversation …
Tracy Morgan was on last night’s Late Show with David Letterman, and Letterman being Letterman, he wanted to ask Morgan about what happened this summer in Tennessee when Morgan flew back to apologize to an audience member because of a joke in which Morgan suggested he’d kill his own son …
MTV Networks has announced the launch of a new talk show that will gather comedians, athletes and “pop culture entertainers” to discuss how men behave in MTV2’s Guy Code — premiering at 11 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15. Regular segments will include celebrities talking about what makes for a “Good Ass …
The Black Keys wanted to enlist someone to help announce their upcoming album, “El Camino.” They couldn’t get lawyer Saul Goodman, because he’s a fictitious character from a a TV show. So they found the next best thing in actor Bob Odenkirk. Why he’s selling a minivan, though? Not sure …
Who decides who’s the best at using Twitter? Exactly. Nobody knows. Which means everybody can throw their proverbial hats into the three-ring social media circus and make their own proclamations. Which is what the latest edition of kids over at the National Lampoon chose to do with their first-ever Twitter …
As the Occupy Wall Street movement enters its fourth week and expands to activist protests in Los Angeles and elsewhere around America, it’s becoming more difficult to dismiss this as an unorganized, unmotivated lark. In 2008, the disenchanted masses turned their minds and hearts to Barack Obama, because he told …
Congratulations go out to Sean Kent, who has become the third stand-up comedian to win both the San Francisco and Seattle comedy competitions. Kent completed the double with his victory last night in Northern California. This year’s runners-up from the San Francisco contest, in alphabetical order: Sal Calanni, AJ Finney, …
