The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Jim Carrey is 49. Emma Stone is 22. OK. Now that we have those facts, let’s watch this video that Jim Carrey shot of himself declaring his love for Emma Stone. Roll it. Acting! But no matter how creepy of a joke you may think this is, just take a …
You may have seen Godfrey pop up on your TV screen in recent years on NBC’s 30 Rock or FX’s Louie, but until this weekend, you haven’t seen the comedian born Godfrey C. Danchimah Jr. perform in his own hour-long stand-up comedy special. Godfrey’s Black By Accident debuts Saturday, Aug. 27, …
The shortlists are out for the Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2011 to wrap up the fringe festival this weekend, and two American acts have made the cut: stand-up comedian Hannibal Buress and duo The Chris and Paul Show are both up for best newcomer. For Best Comedy Show, the nominees …
Of the 24 acts still competing in the 2011 season of America’s Got Talent, there remains only one comedian, and she is Melissa Villasenor. Villasenor and 11 other acts performed Tuesday night in one semifinal, with five of them advancing this week to the final 10. For her brief time …
Sad news to report, as Jimmy Kimmel’s real-life “Uncle Frank” Potenza, a former NYPD officer and security guard who worked on camera on Kimmel’s ABC talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live, died today. He was 77. Information about a memorial service is forthcoming. Kimmel’s TV show already had just begun a …
The folks supporting the new movie, A Good Old Fashioned Orgy (opening Sept. 2, 2011, in a cinema near you!), are conducting a special promotional Web tour with their favorite sites, and it’s now The Comic’s Comic’s turn. Written by Alex Gregory and Peter Hucyk (writers for David Letterman, Larry Sanders …
In this month’s Details magazine, comedian/actor Nick Kroll outlined 20 basic tips to improve your social media etiquette. My favorites: 1. Have a real picture of yourself as a profile pic. I need to know what you look like. It’s only fair. If your Facebook photo includes a picture of …
Seems like only a decade ago that viewers first saw a flamboyant chubby kid stealing scenes from Jay Leno’s Tonight Show as “Ross the Intern.” Wait. That was a decade ago? Well, now Ross Mathews is all grown up, slimmed down, but still flamboyant in a suit as a frequent …
In his first show back on the air since a Muslim extremist sympathetic to Al-Qaeda called for jihad and threatened to cut off his tongue, David Letterman used his sharp tongue to make jokes both at his expense as well as the terrorists, unleashing a monologue and a Top 10 …
“Hey, we’re back!” That’s what Jonathan Katz has been saying for the past few years and past few dozen podcasts for WKATZ. But Katz’s final “audio-only podcast” for WKATZ appeared online back in January. Fast-forward to August, and now we can not only hear Katz, but see the comedian you …
