The Definitive Guide to Comedy
One of the greatest comedy films of my life arrived in the summer of 1985. I'm speaking, of course, about Real Genius. What. You thought I was going to say 1985's box-office champ, Back to the Future? The Goonies? Fletch? Pee-wee's Big Adventure? Weird Science? Spies Like Us? Police Academy …
If you've seen the recent Sprint mobile phone ads voiced by the spirit wolf of Andy Samberg, then you're aware of this Double Dream Feet guy. What are the odds that somebody was a big enough fan of comedian Mike Birbiglia to remix him with Double Dream Feet and Crookers? …
In a live interactive press conference just now, Montreal's Just For Laughs comedy festival announced a string of headliners and other comedians who'll be performing this July. This year's fest is even longer than usual, with English language shows stretching all the way from July 11-31. The Galas, moving to …
Rooftop Comedy and the Lucy Ball-Desi Arnez Center have announced that in conjunction with what would have been Lucy's 100th birthday, they're launching the inaugural Lucille Ball Festival of Comedy from Aug. 3-7, 2011, in Jamestown, NY. Already scheduled are Joan Rivers on Aug. 4 and Whitney Cummings on Aug. …
Here's something you don't see all that often. It's comedian Albert Brooks on a talk show in 2011! Then again, Brooks recently did join Twitter, too, to promote his new book. So perhaps it's not as much of a surprise. Still enjoyable, though. Even if he sold most of his …
If you're in NYC tonight, then please consider spending your time and money at Carolines, where Dave Attell, Jim Breuer, Judah Friedlander, John Oliver and host Greg Fitzsimmons will perform for "Ian O‚ÄôMalley and Friends," a night of comedy to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The night includes a raffle …
Today's the deadline to submit for The Friars Club Improv + Sketch Competition. So if you want to win a cash prize and the chance to make a short film for the Friars Club Comedy Film Festival this fall, you best get your game faces on. Last year's winners were …
Saturday Night Live writer John Mulaney clued us in today that a sketch he'd written with Simon Rich and Marika Sawyer got "cut for time" last weekend with host Tina Fey. But I recall being in the audience for the dress rehearsal of last season's SNL that Tina Fey hosted …
Kid Rock has agreed to let Comedy Central assemble a roster of comedians and fame-seekers to make fun of him this summer as the next "victim" of a roast. Wait. Didn't the most recent roast of Donald Trump happen just a few months ago? Yes. Yes, it did. Nevertheless, we're …
A full recap on Saturday Night Live is to come, but for now, for Mother's Day, it's important to take a look at last night's most popular sketch — at least the sketch most applauded by the live studio audience — as Bill Hader's Stefon character re-emerged during Weekend Update …