The Definitive Guide to Comedy
“The Nick and Artie Show,” Nick DiPaolo and Artie Lange’s new weeknight sports/entertainment radio talk show, has a name, a timeslot, a logo, a website, a Facebook page, a backing distributor and a launch date: Tonight. Now all we need to know is where we actually can listen to it! …
The Friars Club has announced the lineup for its third annual Friars Club Comedy Film Festival, which opens Oct. 12, 2011, with a screening of Natural Selection, starring Rachael Harris. Director Robbie Pickering will attend the screening of Natural Selection, which won the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award for …
Karen Rontowski likes to think outside of the box. And she tells you why in her network TV debut, which she made Friday night on Late Show with David Letterman. Congrats, Karen! Roll the clip.
Dane Cook is among several comedians who have scored pilots and/or development deals with broadcast networks in recent months. Cook, who broke ranks with manager Barry Katz and New Wave a year ago, hasn’t decided what his potential sitcom will be just yet, but he did have a few words …
Comedian, friend and fellow Astoria resident Ted Alexandro decided to take part in the Occupy Wall Street protests at the beginning of this week, and after spending close to 10 hours down there on Monday, headed uptown to perform at the Whiplash show Monday night at the UCB Theatre. He …
It’s the High Holy Days for Jews around the world this week, as we’ve entered Rosh Hashanah and approach Yom Kippur. As a Gentile with a birthday at the end of September, I grew up loving these Jewish holidays because it upped the odds of receiving a day off from …
What if Charles Schultz’s famous cartoon strip, Peanuts, actually aged out of childhood and into puberty? That’s what The Fine Brothers imagined in their most recent video, which makes me wonder, when was the last time you saw an animated child grow up? Hello, The Simpsons, Family Guy, South Park …
I had a tough time wanting to do much of anything on Thursday after the 2011 Boston Red Sox completed a massive September collapse by blowing a ninth-inning lead with two outs and two strikes on the Orioles, while at the same exact time, the Tampa Bay Rays came back …
If you’d like to have your stories animated by a professional, then the new UCBeast show Animated Stories is for you. It makes its UCBeast debut on Oct. 13, 2011, and Animated Stories will include this story from Chris Gethard about being an evil baby. Like, really evil. October’s winner …
Since you all remember Seinfeld, you recall that George Costanza, as played by actor Jason Alexander, went bald over the course of the sitcom’s reign on NBC. Just a few days ago, though, Alexander emerged at a red carpet event with a new head of hair. What gives? This is …
