The Definitive Guide to Comedy
When you start a comedy show with a silly premise, the only place to go from there may be delirium. In "Getting Quaid," a show currently running at the UCB Theatre in New York City, Geoff Garlock and Emily Strachan play best friends who remain best friends due to their common …
If you were to think of the best comedies on TV in 2010, where would Hot in Cleveland rank on your list? Top 10? Wait. You aren't aware that Hot in Cleveland is an actual TV show? It's broadcasting on TV Land, for crying out loud. A land devoted to …
If you didn't pay much attention to the headline, could you guess which comedian sold the most records in 2010? According to the Billboard charts, which credit the year from end of November to end of November, the three best-selling comedy records in the past year were from musical acts …
The point of some videos is clearer than others. Oh, look. It's puppies! In this video, Charlie Murphy wants everyone to know that for him, there is "Life after Grambling State University," which is good news for young people enrolling at Grambling? Oh. Ohhhh. This isn't about them at all. …
Larry King has enjoyed a career in radio and TV broadcasting for more than five decades, but after Friday night, the 77-year-old's reign on CNN with Larry King Live will come to a close. So what's next? Retirement? Not exactly. As you may have read and/or heard, the septuagenarian wants …
Several of New York City's biggest comedians are lending their support to the family of the late Greg Giraldo by putting on a "Big Time Comedy Show" in February to raise money for his three sons and ex-wife. Tom Papa will host the event Feb. 9, 2011, at the Beacon …
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association just announced its nominations for the 68th annual Golden Globes, and perhaps even more so than usual in 2010, these journalists from abroad managed to pervert their sense of good taste to get their favorite big-name celebrities into the ceremonies, to be broadcast Jan. 16, …
On last night's episode of Conan, comedian/actor T.J. Miller performed stand-up and also did panel chat with Conan O'Brien (you don't need to wait for Johnny Carson's wave in Y2K10, because that's something only old people even remember). For his stand-up, Miller readily acknowledged his love of drinking (and the …
More than a few stand-up comedians have been on the late-night TV in the past couple of weeks, and lest I fail to fulfill my duties to give you comprehensive coverage, I should get us all caught up with some of these new/additional TV credits. Last week on Lopez Tonight, …
Today's funny ha-ha in a ho-ho weird way video comes from Funny or Die, where Owen Burke convinced Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly to re-enact the famous Christmas duet by Bing Crosby and David Bowie, recorded just before Crosby's death in 1977. They're fairly faithful to the whole segment, …