The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Two new Foursquare comedy videos are online this week. One of them is completely real, though. Let's see what we've got. First up, it's My4SquareAlibi: Now how about Foursquare for Sex (NSFW): Time's up. The real one is My4SquareAlibi.com. Those may be comedians in the "testimonials," but the …
If all you know about Mike DeStefano is what you saw of the comedian last summer on NBC's Last Comic Standing, then welcome to this site, because you must not have been here before. So here: Read my interview with DeStefano from last year, in which he talks about his …
In a new op-ed for The Herald in Glasgow, Scotland, Doug Stanhope stands up for comedians everywhere by writing about the nature of offensive comedy, focused on a recent uproar across the pond about a joke Frankie Boyle had told that had offended a woman in the audience. Stanhope defends …
In this new video interview, comedian Tommy Davidson reflects on a 2008 encounter with gossip mob TMZ.com that showed him in an older sports car, unable to start the engine. Davidson talks about how it made him re-evaluate his priorities and materialism. All I could think about was how this …
Larry Getlen has written an insightful article on the brilliant comedy, and the tragic addictions, of the late Greg Giraldo. Getlen interviewed comedian Jesse Joyce — who toured with Giraldo and wrote for his many popular Roasts — as well as Jim Norton for the piece. But you won't find …
The new season of Britain's Got Talent has begun the initial audition phase across the pond, and the early hullaballoo is over the harsh criticisms coming from one of its new judges, stand-up comedian Michael McIntyre. For those of us in North America who don't know the name Michael McIntyre, …
It's Feb. 2, which means it's Groundhog Day. Which means it's time to remember the instant classic comedy 1993 film, Groundhog Day, starring Bill Murray. This scene, in particular, now in 2011 becomes a perfect TV ad for Microsoft's search engine: Bing! Why hadn't they thought of this before? Roll …
In 2010, we saw a wave of new beverages that combined high-octane alcohol with caffeine and other energy ingredients and put them together in colorful cans. Four Loko dominated the trend, both with the kids (who shouldn't be drinking alcohol) and with the media (who love a scandal that scares …
Nick Offerman, who should have won at least one Emmy already by now for his scene-stealing role as Ron Swanson in NBC's Parks and Recreation, showed up last night on Conan without his TV mustache! Or as Offerman said, in "the ultimate disguise." Roll the clip. Some other things …
Chris Elliott, a David Letterman fixture from the early days in the 1980s on NBC, returned to Late Show with David Letterman on CBS last night to show how he spent a day with the NYPD to prepare for his new series on Adult Swim, Eagleheart. Hijinx ensue. Special bonus …