The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Comedians were in the news this week in several different TV announcements. To wit: Andrew "Dice" Clay has a recurring role in the final season of HBO's Entourage. After last night's premiere of Mobbed, FOX ordered eight additional episodes of Howie Mandel's latest TV surprise show. Speaking of surprises, Betty …
Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon got together four weeks ago and sang about their shared elitist status as people with their own Ben & Jerry's ice cream flavors. Their duet ended with an arrangement to become Best Friends For Six Months. Since then, Colbert raised money by auctioning off one …
Sure, his jokes about the New York Mets and Justin Bieber are great and all, but it's the second half, in which he talks about his Broadway debut, that's really comedy gold. Chris Rock on Letterman. Always must-see TV.
We knew back in January that Charlie Sheen had joined in the fun during a taping of Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza for GSN in Las Vegas. Right after it happened, Carey himself mentioned it on Twitter, letting everybody know about it: "Charlie Sheen just got on stage with us during our …
If you were to tell me that Brent Weinbach was performing last night on Lopez Tonight, I might have worried about the young man. After all, Weinbach, a past winner of the Andy Kaufman Award, is quite an eclectic performer. The whooping loud crowd in George Lopez's audience might not …
In his first appearance on Conan, comedian Mo Mandel lets us know he's a Jewish American with an Indian name, and that his way of going Hollywood is different from most, as is his way of touring through Europe. Spoiler alert: At the end Conan leans into Mo's ear and …
Women in comedy. Let's talk about it. Better yet, let's celebrate it. That's what Glennis McMurray has been doing for the past few months since founding a website called G.L.O.C., as in Gorgeous Ladies Of Comedy, which just moved to a new online address today at TheGLOC.net and celebrates its …
Norm Macdonald got into a weird, public discussion with Steve Martin today on Twitter, and Macdonald even told Martin via Twitter that he mentioned it to David Letterman. Norm wasn't kidding. So to speak. He kids a lot. You know that. Here's the evidence, from tonight's Late Show with David …
The Internet reminded me that today is Pete Holmes' birthday. Happy birthday, Pete! You know what else the Internet, and specifically Google and iPhones, can tell us? Everything. There is a beauty in having any information at your fingertips at any time, but there also was a beautiful thing about …