The Definitive Guide to Comedy
When the Boston Bruins won NHL’s Stanley Cup this week, I, for one, looked lovingly upon my Hartford Whalers gear and thought about what could have been in an alternate Fringe universe. The people of Vancouver, British Columbia, however, took to the streets and some rioted. With two notable exceptions. …
Comedy Central has gone through so many phases for how it goes about showcasing young comedic talent, that every so often, an idea becomes reality and years later, you wonder how, exactly. Such was Comic Cabana, the 1997 summer series on Comedy Central that may have been the first real …
A year ago this week, I was trying to convince Kyle Kinane to submit to some spontaneous video interviewing during the TBS Just For Laughs Chicago comedy festival. Perhaps I should have asked him to go to Wendy's with me instead? Because last night, Kinane was on Conan talking about …
Jimmy Pardo is bringing his Pardcast crew, aka Never Not Funny, to New York City for a live taping Saturday at the Gramercy Theatre with special guests. But before that, Pardo took some time to talk to The Comic's Comic about his ninth season of Never Not Funny (which just debuted …
Ever been shopping for clothes, or a soft drink, and thought, if only someone were nearby to tell me jokes? SeeSaw Networks was thinking just that, and earlier this week announced a deal with Gotham Comedy Club to put the New York City comedy club's content in SeeSaw's "place-based media …
In her new webseries The W5, comedian Bonnie McFarlane promises to tell you the who, what, where, when and whys of comedy. And in this, her third episode with Cringe Humor, McFarlane goes where? Jim Breuer's mother's basement in New Jersey. Why? Because that's where Breuer has set up a …
Yoplait has pulled one of its TV spots after hearing complaints from the National Eating Disorders Association. Here's the press release from the NEDA applauding Yoplait's decision. I don't get it, exactly. Isn't the whole point of yogurt that people eat that instead of eating real food? Yoplait has successfully …
Great week for Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the South Park creators who almost ran the tables at the 2011 Tony Awards for their hit musical, The Book of Mormon. On Wednesday night, the duo appeared triumphantly on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to rejoice in stories about the …
Remember this spring when I asked two stars of FX's The League how the series — which revolves around a group of friends who compete in fantasy football — would handle the NFL lockout this fall? Well, spring is turning into summer, and that means it's time for The League's …
Kudos to the brothers Walsh, David and Chris, for getting more mileage than I would have suspected for jumping in — er, rather, lying down upon — the "planking" fad. You see, today's dumb kids are currently enjoying lying down in public places and calling it planking, because they're supposed …