The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Remember that horror comedy Death Valley I was telling you about before that MTV had ordered last fall? MTV announced it’ll premiere the new series at 10:30 p.m. Mondays, starting Aug. 29, 2011. It’s a documentary-style look at the LAPD’s newly-formed “Undead Task Force,” tasked to go after the vampires, …
When NBC announced it was bringing stunt-game show Fear Factor back into production earlier this month after a five-year hiatus — putting out a renewed casting call for teams of two — host and comedian Joe Rogan wasn’t sure what to make of it at first. Rogan asked his fans …
The schedule is out for the 13th Del Close Marathon, the Upright Citizen Brigade’s annual celebration of their late improv comedy teacher, with shows scheduled around-the-clock from Aug. 12-14, 2011, in multiple venues in NYC’s Chelsea neighborhood near the UCB Theatre. As in recent years, the UCB has scheduled its …
Katt Williams said he retired from stand-up comedy. So what was he doing onstage last weekend in an arena in Albuquerque, New Mexico? With a poster advertising a night of comedy with him? Especially after Williams got arrested earlier this month for allegedly getting into it with a worker, preventing …
Hannibal Buress has a fairly reasonable dispute with a police officer about the nature of speeding through Indiana, which he outlined last night during his performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Buress also recounts a couple of times his debit card fell into the wrong hands of would-be criminals, as well …
Earlier this month, FOX News Sunday’s Chris Wallace confronted Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart about his comedy and supposed liberal bias, to which Stewart naturally responded with facts and the well-known truth that he is a comedian first and foremost, and not an ideologue. (Watch Stewart’s FOX News Sunday appearance if …
Louis CK and Jon Stewart go back a couple of decades in comedy together, so last night’s appearance on The Daily Show allowed the two comedians to reminisce a bit. They also — spoiler alert — discuss the fart joke that’s a central plot point in the premiere episode of …
Mere weeks after saying goodbye to both of its new sports-themed comedy series, Comedy Central has ordered series pickups for two sketch-comedy ideas: One starring Nick Kroll and all of his characters, The Nick Show Kroll; and the other, an untitled project reuniting MADtv alums Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key. …
On the other side of the globe, Australia’s Got Talent garnered quite a bit of attention earlier this season when Jordan Paris, “a singer and actor” as his website describes him, introduced himself to Australia’s TV viewing audience as a 22-year-old stand-up comedian. He made it through to the semifinals. …
Louis CK brought up several disturbing things on last night’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, among them tampon stealing and diarrhea. Oh, and comedians who work on cruise ships. About halfway through this clip, Louis CK explains how he got to introduce his daughters to the concept of cruise ships, …