The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Hot off the heels of seeing NBC order six new sitcoms that employ a dozen comedians from the worlds of stand-up comedy and the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatres, ABC is also looking to stand-up and the UCB for its own sitcom resurgance. To wit: Happy Endings, just introduced this spring …
OK, readers. Before we get to the Friday the 13th promise that I made to myself and to the Internet, let's take a look around and see what else is going on in comedy this week that's not just about who's on TV and who's going to be on TV. …
Tim Minchin's current two-hour show is great. Fantastic. Wonderful. Magical. As I've said and written before, he's much more than a musical comedian. I saw him last week in New York City, and there's something really deep to what he manages to weave into his comedy and music. If you're in …
Conan O'Brien misspoke last night. Jen Kirkman's new stand-up comedy CD isn't out until next week, but she is funny, as you can see in this performance of hers on Conan, in which she talks about marriage, murder and the problem with kids who don't want to know about what …
The broadcast networks (and some cable networks) make their upfront presentations to the media and advertisers next week in New York City, and with NBC up first on Monday, the Peacock network now owned by Comcast has gone ahead and gone deep into new sitcoms, ordering six pilots to series. …
I certainly wouldn't consider myself a successful alcoholic. But who could, really? And yet, that's the title of the 25-minute short film written by TJ Miller and directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival back in 2010. It's finally online in its entirety for you to …
Nobody wants to see more of Donald Trump on television, and yet, there he is, the Golden Combover himself, day after day, shouting about something or other but mostly about himself. So it was with great reluctance last weekend that I found myself watching the first hour of The Celebrity …
You've enjoyed seeing Casey Wilson back on the TV in ABC's upstart midseason sitcom Happy Endings, haven't you? Then you're sure to enjoy this, too. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich announced his campaign yesterday for the Republican presidential nomination. And here Wilson portrays his third wife, Callista, whom Newt started …
On The Daily Show, Jon Stewart has become fond of getting his guests to sit around for extended interviews after the cameras stop running. Only the cameras keep running for us here on the Internet. Last night, Stewart wanted to ask Albert Brooks about being part of the comedy heyday …
Reese Waters was supposed to be on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson earlier this month, but got bumped to last Friday. In his network TV debut, Waters jokes about trying to quit smoking and his relationship with his ex-girlfriend (fun fact: who also is a stand-up comedian). Another fun …