The Definitive Guide to Comedy
It only seems like Broadway has been taken over this spring by comedians. Chris Rock. Robin Williams. Jim Gaffigan. A musical from the South Park guys. Colin Quinn and Pee-wee Herman just wrapped up their shows. Kathy Griffin made a brash short-term bid for a Tony, too. But none of …
As podcasting becomes more mainstream and popular, we're starting to see comedy clubs and theaters embracing them and hosting live broadcasts of the podcasts. Marc Maron has been doing this for his WTF show for a while now, and comedy festivals have followed suit. Kevin Smith has taken it a …
The YouTube description by CBS of Tommy Johnagin's performance on Friday's Late Show with David Letterman reads, "Watch the comedian's entire stand-up act from Friday, April 15, 2011." Well, that's not entirely true. The clip cuts off Johnagin's opening remarks of self-deprecation, in which he points out that he was the …
Continuing today's theme of ladies who are comedians and underwear, here's a short video featuring Amy Schumer, Rachel Feinstein, Nikki Glaser and Marina Franklin in nighties. Why? I'm guessing it's because they filmed a stand-up comedy special together. But if you want to guess it's because this is what ladies …
Hey, look! It's Arden Myrin on your TV, with GwendolineÔªø Yeo promoting Hanes underwear. If you're in NYC, you can see Myrin in her overwear hosting The Party Machine on Saturday at Union Hall in Brooklyn. Roll it.
Remember where you were when you heard that Will Ferrell was making a movie in which he spoke only in Spanish? Here’s the new trailer for Casa de mi Padre, also featuring Gael Garica Bernal, Diego Luna, Nick Offerman. It’s written by Andrew Steele and directed by Matt Piedmont. Thanks, …
Maz Jobrani is an Iranian-American with an American passport. That's not always as helpful as he'd like it to be, however, as he explains in this performance last night on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Roll it!
Matt and Oz shot this spec ad for Zwack liquor, "the national shot of Hungary," with Brett Gelman. I don't know if I'm buying it, but I'm most definitely buying it. Hungarians be crazy! Watch and learn.
Fun facts. That's what Ryan Stout likes to employ in his humor, and also what he did in his late-night TV debut the other night on Conan. Roll it!
So that Charlie Sheen clip on GSN's Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza aired last night. I wish this had aired months ago. Because then, anyone who wondered about Charlie Sheen's live comedy skills could have seen that he had none. And anyone who wanted to help Charlie Sheen mount a live comedy …