The Definitive Guide to Comedy
After a special sneak screening of the first two episodes of The Green Room with Paul Provenza, which returns to Showtime for its second season on July 14, 2011, Provenza convened a special live panel last night for The Creative Coalition with comedians Billy Connolly, Lisa Lampanelli, Rain Pryor and Jamie Kilstein …
Artie Lange fans will be heartened to know that Lange will talk on the radio tonight live, but it’s not on Stern. Nope. Lange and fellow comedian Nick DiPaolo will be filling in for Tony Bruno on the 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. shift (times Eastern) on Fox Sports Radio. …
Heineken is getting upscale and arty with its advertising, as this latest short film demonstrates. I'd tell you that even if Heineken wasn't paying me, because it's so hot and sweaty outside, that just thinking I can be cool like this is almost as good as having a cold beer. …
NBC announced today that James Spader will join the cast of The Office this fall as a full-time regular, but not for the job he auditioned for — instead of replacing Steve Carell as office manager at Dunder-Mifflin, Spader's "Robert California" will replace Kathy Bates as CEO of Sabre, the …
In case you missed it, sometime before the holiday weekend, NBC decided to recast three of its supporting roles on the 2012 midseason sitcom, Are You There Vodka? It's Me Chelsea, based on one of Chelsea Handler's best-selling books. One of the people losing out was stand-up comedian Jo Koy, …
You may know Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon from Reno 911! or their earlier collaboration with The State, but did you know that they also have co-written screenplays that have earned more than a billion dollars in global box-office receipts? They not only want you to know this, but …
With the Fourth of July kicking off the week, most late-night TV hosts in America decided to take the full week off. But not Jay Leno. Of course not. Self-described workaholic Leno is all-new this week with The Tonight Show, which meant he got to have yesterday's big Casey Anthony …
If you appear on America's Got Talent and make it to Vegas Week, but they never identify you by name, then does it still count as a credit? While I wait for Nick Cannon to get back to me on that one on behalf of the three "comedians" who didn't …
In case anyone actually was born yesterday and also fell off a turnip truck, Comedy Central will be getting the ol' gang of comedians and celebrities together in September for the Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen. It'll tape in Los Angeles on Sept. 10, 2011, then air on the …
Adrian Garratt, who performs violin comedically under the name Sid Bowfin, has responded to Jim Tavare's copycat claims with a lengthy and spirited defense, published in full on Chortle.