The Definitive Guide to Comedy
When people accused Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart with playing fast and loose with sexuality by hiring Olivia Munn as a correspondent, the show somehow failed to answer its critics with the same adequacy with which it calls out the rest of the media for its failings. …
Last week, Conan O'Brien introduced an animated clip from Taiwan that supposedly documented a fake fight Conan and Andy Richter were having in the office. Guess who watched it? The actual animators for Taiwan's NMA (Next Media Animation)! They quickly responded with a humorous counterattack on Conan that accused him …
In case you're not following season 22 of the FOX animated classic, The Simpsons, then you're not NYT reporter David Itzkoff (who's not only watching but taking screencaps!), so let's get you all caught up with the new kerfuffle. Last week, the team took a crack at sister network FOX …
On Thanksgiving, you can be forgiven for not staying up late to watch TV, since you may have had other plans, or not even been at home. But that's no excuse not to catch up now. Conan O'Brien welcomed comedian Brendon Walsh to his TBS program for a stand-up set …
Over the past year, Bob Saget has hit the road with motorcycle clubs and gone into the woods with Bigfoot hunters. Strange days, indeed. No, indeed, Strange Days with Bob Saget. That's the title of his new series that debuts Nov. 30 on A&E. Here's the quick clip trailer: …
Congratulations to Auggie Smith, who not only celebrated a birthday over the holidays, but also added the 2010 Seattle comedy competition crown to his 2010 win earlier this year in the larger San Francisco contest. Seattle's monthlong competition found itself forced to eliminate the first night of its final round …
Remember when Quincy Jones tried doing a 25th anniversary all-star remake of We Are The World but forgot to invite all the stars? Yeah, that sucked. At least when Comedy Death-Ray assembled the alt-comedy-music crowd of Hollywood this holiday season to record their own version, they told us upfront that …
Leslie Nielsen, a Canadian-born actor who became known for his deadpan delivery and physical comedy only late in his career, died today from complications of pneumonia in a hospital near his home in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was 84. Nielsen made his first TV appearance in 1948 alongside Charlton Heston, …
Hope everybody out there enjoyed their Thanksgiving! I know I did, and here's a bit of photographic evidence courtesy of Mindy Tucker, as we do our own take on a famous TV poster, er, I mean religious painting… Top row: Me, Jill Anders, Sharon M. Spell, Corey Pandolph, Sean Crespo, …
For the second time going, Jimmy Pardo and his crew at the Never Not Funny podcast will be broadcasting a live 12-hour marathon, dubbed Pardcast-a-thon, with special celebrity guests, starting at 6 p.m. Pacific (9 p.m. Eastern, whatever time where you live tonight). It raises money for Smile Train, a …