The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Jerry Seinfeld is such a big guest now that he's not only the first guest on late-night TV, but also does his stand-up before panel as the first guest. Such was the case the other night this week on Late Show with David Letterman. Seinfeld's set was a variation on …
Looking for a different kind of family recipe to survive your Thanksgiving? Just ask "Carol Ann," who shows you how to make her own kind of pumpkin pie, the kind only a drugged-out drug addict could love. Show us how it's done, Sue Galloway. Roll the clip!
The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in NYC recently held auditions for its "Maude" sketch teams, and via mass email, let everyone know they'd decided to expand Maude nights on Mondays to include eight teams come January 2011. Before you think this post is too NYC-centric, just remember this: the UCB's …
Dave Itzkoff of the New York Times caught this screen cap at the very very end of last night's Tonight Show with Jay Leno — hey, look, it's musical guest Kevin Eubanks! But there it is, if you didn't blink and miss it, the small print reads: "Last night's Taylor …
The ECNY Awards are back for a seventh year, and this time around, the New York comedy community can have even more of a say in who gets honored for his/her/their work in 2010. That's because the ECNYs have added four new categories: Best Podcast, Best Comedy Event (one-off special …
Congrats to Paul Scheer, who just received a 12-episode order from Adult Swim based just on his commercial that aired during another Cartoon Network/Adult Swim program, Childrens' Hospital. Deadline reports that Scheer is writing and executive producing the series, with Childrens' Hospital's Jon Stern also onboard as e.p. On Twitter, …
If you know or see someone in Los Angeles who needs some help this Thanksgiving, make sure you tell them that the Laugh Factory once again will open its doors to them with free food and comedy. It's the 31st year Jamie Masada has hosted a free Thanksgiving event for …
Look, just because Facebook helped convince Lorne Michaels that Betty White could host Saturday Night Live in her 80s (with a little help from several former SNL ladies), that doesn't mean everybody else should be mounting a campaign to host the show. Which is where Cookie Monster comes in. Cookie …
There's parallel thinking, and then there's the time a TV show asks you for permission to use your work, and then does so without credit. That's apparently what happened last night to VH1 bloggers Rich Juzwiak and Kate Spencer, no thanks to The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. In a …
The 2010 edition of the Seattle International Comedy Competition enters its fourth and final week with five finalists, two based in Seattle, two in Portland, and the fifth in Los Angeles. And they are, in alphabetical order (and also pictured with contest guru Ron Reid in a different order)… Drew …