The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Comedy Central darling Daniel Tosh has earned a second series on the cable network, spearheading an animated comedy, Brickleberry, that’s written and created by comedians Waco O’Guin and Roger Black. The network announced an order for 10 episodes to premiere early in 2012. Brickleberry is based on a group of …
Vic Dunlop died from complications of diabetes over the weekend. The stand-up comedian was 62. Born in New York City, Dunlop grew up in Los Angeles and served in the Army in Vietnam, jokingly saying in the bio for his Rooftop Comedy page that the military sent him to a …
To promote the radio station’s upcoming comedy gig which features Dave Chappelle, the DJs from Wild 94.9 got Chappelle to come into the studio and talk about some recent problematic gigs. Roll the tape! And part two.
Have you seen the new TV ad McDonald’s is running to promote its line of “premium” chicken sandwiches? Pete Karinen and Brian Sacca sure have. And they see a little too much of themselves in the commercial. Specifically, they see that McDonald’s used the same essential idea that they drew out …
Guess who was spotted inside the new UCB East comedy venue last night? None other than Upright Citizens Brigade founders Matt Walsh, Ian Roberts and Matt Besser, giving a press interview in advance of tonight’s start of the 13th annual Del Close Marathon. At the DCM12 press conference, the UCB …
Lavell Crawford has caught a few breaks over the past two decades, most notably when he finished runner-up in the 2007 season of NBC’s Last Comic Standing, and most recently nabbing a recurring role in this season of AMC’s Breaking Bad. But Crawford, 42, continues to tour as a stand-up …
Thursday’s episode of Lopez Tonight was supposed to feature actress Raven and stand-up comedian Auggie Smith. But after TBS announced on Wednesday that it was pulling the plug on George Lopez’s late-night show rather than grant Lopez and his crew a full third-season order, Lopez ripped up the script and …
File this under the weirdest press releases ever. PBS put out a statement late Thursday in response to online calls by people such as this Change.org petition calling for Sesame Street‘s Bert and Ernie to get gay-married. The network said: “Bert and Ernie are best friends. They were created to …
Nate Bargatze had gotten bumped recently from Conan when the other segments ran long. This week, they brought him back and had him tape his stand-up comedy in advance, and made sure to fit it into the program last night. Among other things, you’ll learn how to deal with marriage, …
The fourth annual Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival now has dates and shows, so you can mark your calendars accordingly for next month’s festivities in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Behold! Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011 An Evening of Science featuring StarTalk Live with Neil deGrasse Tyson plus Kristen Schaal, Eugene Mirman and John …
