The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Quick roundabout from the trades… It was much to be expected, but IFC officially has renewed The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret for a second season. Six new episodes starring David Cross will debut in October. TBS, on the other hand, has decided not to give Glory Daze a …
J.D. Durkin is not unlike many young people who love Stephen Colbert and what he's doing on Comedy Central with The Colbert Report. Well, except for the fact that Durkin has put his love into the form of a live job application called "Stephen Colbert: Hire Me," which he is …
announced today that it would return to the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre for its seventh annual celebration of sketch comedy, with performances, panels and more to come from June 9-11, 2011. "We're very happy to host SketchFest NYC again this year,‚Äù said UCB Artistic Director Anthony King. ‚ÄúLike the swallows of San …
Eleven months after his "first actual Tweet," comedian Norm MacDonald resurfaced overnight on Twitter with a flurry of messages, jokes and non-sequiturs. He apologized for his spelling. And then he vanished into the night, writing: Norm had 36,508 Twitter followers as of this writing. How long will it take to get …
By now, you don't need to live in New York City to know about the massive, over-budget, accident-prone, much-delayed, multi-million-dollar Spider-Man musical on Broadway called Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. With direction by Julie Taymor, music from U2, it has been stalled in previews for weeks, and an "official" "Opening …
Larry King has announced dates and times for a stand-up comedy tour. Who does he think he is, Glenn Beck or something? Wait. Hold on. My sources are telling me that Glenn Beck actually did mount his own stand-up comedy tour. Who does Glenn Beck think he is anyway, Keith …
Why is Aziz Ansari looking for work, and doing so on video for the Producers Guild Awards? Let's watch and find out: Oh, it's a joke. I get it. Ansari doesn't actually need work, because while it's true that he'll be on hiatus from his current role on a …
Andy Kindler is a correspondent for Late Show with David Letterman, but on Friday night, all of his correspondence came in the form of stand-up comedy. In this set, Kindler explores his own dilemma about the recent movie, The Dilemma, and alleges to be the first comedian to use what's …
It's OK if it takes you a minute to figure out The Pajama Men. Yes, they are two men onstage in pajamas, and you get the gist of that straight away. But what is it exactly that Shenoah Allen and Mark Chavez are doing? It's not quite sketch. It's not quite …
Love comedy? Want to know where to find comedy at SXSW? For the first time in its 25 years, Austin's SXSW festival has included comedy across all three facets of the South by SouthWest festival, from Interactive through Film and Music, so you're just going to have to spend a …