The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The Onion's first TV series, Onion SportsDome, debuted last night on Comedy Central. As it aired in the Eastern/Central time zones, immediate reaction was divided between lovers and haters. My immediate reaction was a lot like Keith Olbermann's, except for the fact that the MSNBC prime-time commentator used to be …
You know what's great about Bill Cosby? Just about everything. Still. After all of these years. The Cos can go on David Letterman's show without having anything but another stand-up date to promote, and go out, as he did Monday night, sit in his chair, and regale us with comedy. …
Jay Leno said Monday night that Dan Ahdoot was making his first appearance on The Tonight Show, which is true, but also, more than a year ago, Ahdoot appeared on The Jay Leno Show. So it's not as if they were strangers. Plus, fun fact: Last time I was in Los …
The first new SNL of 2011 arrived just hours after a tragic shooting that dominated the national conversation. It also happened to be the week that the GOP regained control of the House of Representatives in Congress, which normally would be fodder for a sketch on SNL, potentially even the …
HBO and Funny or Die released two more sketches into the wild ahead of FoD's second-season premiere this Friday. In this sketch, "Sticky Minds," two young guys in a restaurant fall in love and then some with their waitress, played by SNL star Kristen Wiig. Not sure which episode it'll …
Catching up from the weekend before the next blizzard blizzards New York, here's a clip of Hannibal Buress on Late Show with David Letterman. Surprised, albeit pleasantly, to hear the pickle juice joke make a comeback! Roll the clip.
At least one review of Pee-wee Herman's Broadway run this winter complained that his show was, in essence, preaching to a choir of lifelong fans. If you loved Pee-wee then, you'd love him now. But any critic who didn't love "The Pee-wee Herman Show" on Broadway simply had no love …
If you watch any NASCAR, then you know that driver/owner/analyst Michael Waltrip is a goof. That's not the same thing as being a stand-up comedian, but Waltrip is giving it a shot, anyhow. Waltrip, who has a book out next month, will debut the Michael Waltrip's Comedy Garage on Jan. …
Congrats to comedian Marc Maron for getting profiled in this coming Sunday's New York Times for his wonderful podcast, WTF with Marc Maron. Yes. Today is Thursday. But that's not going to stop you from watching this short video the NYT shot with Maron during his recent visit to the …
Further proving that the Bravo channel has lost its marbles, comes this quote from Andy Cohen, who not only programs the network, but also puts himself on the network: "There is no better way to start off 2011 than giving Kathy Griffin an unprecedented four new stand-up comedy specials on …