The Definitive Guide to Comedy
First Dane Cook, now Doug Stanhope?!?! Louis CK is bringing in some big comedy guns for season two of his groundbreaking cinema verite TV series, Louie. From the title of this clip, it’d appear that Stanhope, unlike Cook, is not playing himself, but rather CK’s “old friend,” “Eddie.” Although he …
Wondering what Stephen Colbert’s “Colbert Super PAC” would do with its newfound political freedom of the press? Wonder no more. Colbert’s first Super PAC Ad hit the Iowa TV airwaves and YouTube today, timed for the Ames Straw Poll of presidential candidates for 2012. The ad, “Episode IV: A New Hope,” …
TBS announced today that it was canceling Lopez Tonight, the late-night vehicle for George Lopez that debuted in November 2009. For its 21-month-run, Lopez Tonight served as the only true successor to Arsenio Hall’s old late-night show on FOX, both in terms of energy and diversity. Here is the brief …
Marc Maron, This Has To Be Funny (Comedy Central Records) The liner notes by public radio darling Ira Glass could just as well serve as an apt review of Maron’s latest stand-up CD, “This Has To Be Funny,” but since most people don’t buy physical CDs anymore (or do they …
A lot of big names in comedy familiar to past editions of the New York Comedy Festival will be returning to headline the 2011 edition this coming November. Louis C.K., Tracy Morgan, Sarah Silverman, Ricky Gervais, Bill Maher, Wanda Sykes, Russell Peters, Kathy Griffin and Norm Macdonald are among the …
If you’re in the UK, August means time for Edinburgh Festival Fringe, four weeks in which comedians from around the world descend upon this Scottish city and compete for your attention, money and laughter. The 2011 Fringe would tell you, through its searchable database, that there are 26 comedy shows …
The Onion‘s website, https://www.theonion.com, has begun testing a new system that charges for accessing more than five pages per month online. But wait! It doesn’t apply to you if you’re in America. Or if you visit The A.V. Club, The Onion‘s non-parody arts-and-entertainment section. Sean O’Neal tried to ease readers …
How to gear up for this weekend’s Del Close Marathon? How about warming up your comedic palette with this new web series from the Upright Citizens Brigade’s Matt Besser, “Inside the Master Class,” in which Besser and his Los Angeles students of a super improv master class learn some life …
Comedy Central is producing a “Comics to Watch” showcase for the second consecutive year this November as part of the New York Comedy Festival. Comedy Central probably already does have a short list, but it’s not short enough just yet, so they’re holding two auditions this Wednesday and next (Aug. …
Aug. 14 is an odd date to launch a sketch TV show, let alone one revolving around only one sketch player, but that’s what FOX has decided to do with In The Flow with Affion Crockett, starring one Affion Crockettt as a variety of characters both known and unknown. It …
