The Definitive Guide to Comedy
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 …
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 …