The Definitive Guide to Comedy
File this under Funny Because It's True. Donald Trump hosted a press conference to boast that he had forced President Barack Obama to prove his American citizenship. Then the Golden Combover boasted that most of the White House Correspondents' Dinner jokes were about him, when really, it was just a …
When Charlie Sheen's live theater tour turned out to be not quite so well-thought-out, they called in comedian Jeffrey Ross, aka The Roastmaster, to roast Sheen onstage. After the first night, Ross sent me this message about it via Twitter: "Im gonna follow CS around the country & roast him …
Lots of big news happened over the weekend, so you may have missed this on Friday night, when longtime Team Coco writer Brian Kiley performed on Late Show with David Letterman. Just some good clean funny jokes about the wife, the kids and the parents. Looks like CBS cut this …
Seth Meyers, head writer of Saturday Night Live, delivered the main address last night at the 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner, which the media self-describes as "nerdprom." In essence, it's a chance for the D.C. media elite to mingle with celebs and make fun of themselves. A lot of people …
Splashlife and Funny or Die teamed up to come up with this list of young comedians to watch, and I was surprised to see one name on this list. Can you guess which one? I bet you can. Especially when I tell you that I started my professional comedy career …
On this day when so many people were watching a British woman become royalty, three American ladies have turned entrepreneurial, opening up Internet shop on their own entertainment destination, HelloGiggles.com. They had me at Hello Giggles. As founders Zooey Deschanel, Sophia Rossi and Molly McAleer announce on their "about" page: …
When Comix comedy club in Manhattan abruptly closed its doors and auctioned off its inventory in February, it caught many people by surprise and left more than a few headlining comedians and former employees in the financial lurch. In this updated report from FOX 5 New York, it turns out …
Several comedians have done Broadway and off-Broadway this season, and the Drama Desk Awards took notice, with three earning nominations today for "Outstanding Solo Performance" for their one-man shows. Mike Birbiglia, for Mike Birbiglia's My Girlfriend's Boyfriend; John Leguizamo, for Ghetto Klown; and Colin Quinn, for Colin Quinn Long Story Short, all are up for the …
In case you missed it amid the hoopla surrounding Steve Carell's goodbye on The Office or the royal wedding in Britain, there was something oddly familiar last night about the portrayal of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il on NBC's 30 Rock, and that something oddly familiar was the fact that …
Aflac, the insurance company with a lot of business in Japan, fired comedian Gilbert Gottfried as the voice of the Aflac duck because he joked about the tsunami in Japan last month. This is the guy they picked to replace Gottfried as the voice of the duck. Roll the clip! …