The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Credit Bill Hader for giving John Mulaney credit throughout this panel chat on tonight's Late Show with David Letterman, as Hader cracks up explaining how he cracks up whenever he performs the "Stefon" character on Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update. "I've laughed every — dress and air — I've laughed …
If you know anything about comedian Jim Jefferies, it may be that he's Australian, that he has lived in the U.K., that he really likes to drink, and that he doesn't care if you're offended by anything that he says. On last night's Lopez Tonight, however, Jefferies informed the audience …
Last week's benefit concert for Greg Giraldo's family, "The Big Time Comedy Show," was a big-time success at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. Jerry Seinfeld, Lewis Black, Dave Attell, Colin Quinn, Nick DiPaolo, Jim Norton, Eddie Brill, Ted Alexandro and Jesse Joyce all brought just the right amount …
Two things everyone should know about Jamie Masada before reading any news item regarding his Laugh Factory comedy clubs in Hollywood and Long Beach, Calif.: 1) Masada's heart is usually in the right place, and 2) the guy knows how to get mainstream press. His latest idea is the hiring …
At the end of any sitcom episode from the mind of Chuck Lorre, there's a blink-and-you-miss-it moment in which Lorre posts a note to the audience. It's his sit, Ubu, sit. But with more words. And during this eighth season of Two and a Half Men — otherwise known as the …
The Lifetime network liked what it saw of Roseanne Barr's new life and book, and ordered 16 half-hour episodes of an untitled "docu-series" about this new chapter in her life running a 40-acre macadamia and livestock farm on Hawaii's big island. Her series is currently untitled, but will air later …
Tickets have gone on sale for Mike Birbiglia's next off-Broadway production, My Girlfriend's Boyfriend. Here's the official blurb: In Mike Birbiglia‚Äôs My Girlfriend's Boyfriend, Mike shares a lifetime of romantic blunders and miscues that most adults would spend a lifetime trying to forget. On this painfully honest journey, Birbiglia struggles …
Calling all romantics. It's Valentine's Day today, and some comedians are ready to help and serve you with advice both real and really funny. Marc Maron wrote an essay for the New York Post about how all men can learn from his past mistakes. Stick with chocolate and flowers, please. "Another …
Did you win a Grammy Award last night? Probably not. But you know who did win at the 53rd annual Grammys… Lewis Black's Stark Raving Black won Best Comedy Album. His fellow nominees were Margaret Cho, Kathy Griffin, Flight of the Conchords and Robin Williams. It's Black's second Grammy. He …
Just in time for Valentine's Day, here comes Ted Alexandro's latest set on Late Show with David Letterman, in which the 42-year-old comedian espouses the joys of being single. Alexandro also has the audacity and temerity to bring up gay marriage. He's comedy's very own George Clooney! Sort of. You …