The Definitive Guide to Comedy
What do they say about New York City: There are eight million stories, and sometimes it seems as though eight million of the people telling them think they're comedians? No, that's not it. It is a fact, though, that America's biggest city is also its biggest comedy mecca. Hollywood may …
If the situation wasn't worse for people portrayed as New Jersey "reality" "stars," then just wait until they hear what "Queen of Mean" Lisa Lampanelli has to say about them in her new stand-up special, "Tough Love." It debuts March 27 on Comedy Central, and then on an extended DVD …
During the taping of the Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump, Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino proved himself to be the worst at stand-up comedy (and possibly other things). If you follow me on Twitter @thecomicscomic, then perhaps you saw me mention that last week. Well, even when edited for TV, …
This is silly. Todd Barry had a nice part in Darren Aronofsky's film, The Wrestler. But what if it turned out that his deli manager was supposed to get a sequel, and that sequel turned out to be Black Swan? Well, that's what this Funny or Die video imagines.
The Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump will air this evening. At the taping last week in New York City, they had Trump and the other performers walk a gold carpet to meet the assembled press. Was it gold instead of red to match Trump's hair, his skin color or …
In case you missed it late Friday night, comedian Phil Hanley performed on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Most comedians get a plug for an upcoming gig or CD/DVD when they appear on late-night TV, but Hanley got an extended plug (or should I say his upcoming gig's venue …
The 7th annual ECNY Awards were handed out last night in a standing-room-only reception at the 92Y Tribeca in New York City. "We couldn't be more proud of the winners,‚Äù said ECNY producer Carol Hartsell, who also works as editor of the Huffington Post Comedy vertical. ‚ÄúWith a record number …
Guess what, gang? I just found out via Twitter that I won the ECNY Award for best comedy site! Huzzah! Sorry I couldn't be there in person to accept my big cash prize. I'm "stuck" in Austin participating in SXSW. Guess this means I better get back to work now. …
Just a quick reminder to all of my readers who may be in Austin today for the SXSW festival, then you'll definitely want to check out my panel at 3:30 p.m. CDT (yes, it's daylight time again!) at the Hyatt's TX Ballroom 1. It's called "Social Media and Comedy: F**k …
Look. I know it seems like there's a ton of comedy festivals happening in March 2011, and that's because there are, and you'll be reading quite a bit about SXSW on this site over the next week, and maybe you're thinking to yourself: If only we had known about submitting …