The Definitive Guide to Comedy
This year's May 5 may have been really fun for me personally, but it still has a way to go to match the Cinco de Mayo when I hosted the Seattle Underground open mic, with this lineup written and prepared by Carl Warmenhoven. The only names missing from that list …
After 23 years in stand-up comedy, Nick DiPaolo only just now has put out his first hourlong special, "Raw Nerve," which premiered last weekend on Showtime and is available now on CD. I talked to DiPaolo after it aired. But first, let's take a look at the special. Here's a …
You probably already follow comedian Jordan Rubin on Twitter @jordanrubin. Now you can see and hear Rubin talk with celebrities and comedians in his very own Comedy Central online tech talk show, "The Download." With sidekick Molly McAleer (@molls), Rubin hosts the first four weekly installments of "The Download," with …
Comedian Louis Katz made his late-night debut on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. and we learned about the nature of the term BBW, and also how high school marching bands aren't cool (and yet it's worked out for a member of The Roots!). Roll the clip!
BBC America announced today that it'll launch a two-hour comedy block on Saturday nights this summer full of UK comedies — it's not Must-See TV Thursdays (that's NBC), it's "Ministry of Laughs." The block from 10 p.m. to midnight Saturdays, starting June 18, will include Come Fly With Me, an …
What's this? Mike O'Gorman, who has provided voices for Comedy Central's Ugly Americans, and had on-camera roles in Delocated and The Onion News Network, has decided to showcase several of his celebrity impersonations. Let's roll the clip! Spoiler alert: His YouTube tags include Christian Bale, Javier Bardem, Ricky Gervais, …
The Awl, the blog founded by former editors of Gawker, put out press releases when they launched a spin-off called Splitsider, proudly proclaiming there weren't any comedy sites on the Internet. I know. Really?!?! You'd think since then, they'd at least become a little more curious as online reporters when …
Warned you with the headline! Larry the Cable Guy filmed a segment in Times Square today with "The Naked Cowboy" as part of an episode for Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy, which The History Channel announced this week that it had renewed for a second season. Photo …
After only one week at 10 p.m. Thursdays, FX has decided to burn off the remaining episodes of freshman FOX sitcom Running Wilde only once per week, late-night weekends. Episode 11, "Alienated," will air at 11 p.m. EDT/PDT on Friday, May 6. Epsiode 12, "The Pre-Nup," will air at 11 p.m. …
This is the holding home page for Jerry Seinfeld's personal site, set to debut on May 6, 2011. Why wait so long to have his own page online? Here's what Seinfeld, now 57, told The New York Times: ‚ÄúI really thought, ‚ÄòWhere‚Äôs my stuff going to be when I‚Äôm dead?‚Äô …