The Definitive Guide to Comedy
I don't know if you can ever have too many stars on a benefit show, but Comedy Central certainly tries every two years on behalf of autism research with its Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert for Autism Education, which airs again tonight. Much of the event taped …
What? More Conan O'Brien news? You'd think the guy was relaunching his late-night TV brand or something. TBS and Conaco announced the first week's guest list for Conan. Please get ready to welcome to the little big show… Monday, Nov. 8 ‚Äì First Guest Poll winner, Seth Rogen and musical guest Jack …
Conan O'Brien and Team Coco briefly took over the front page of YouTube with a 24-hour event that has streamed live over the Internet. In the latest promotional stunt to remind and alert viewers of Conan's return to late-night TV with Conan on TBS on Nov. 8, the "Live Coco …
You've seen the picture, now see the video. Last night on Spike's Scream 2010 awards show, Bill Murray decided to show up in his Ghostbusters uniform to accept an award from a smiling Sarah Silverman. Murray won "best cameo" for his brief turn in Zombieland. The possibility of Murray and …
The Upright Citizens Brigade recently celebrated its fifth anniversary of going Hollywood with a big night of comedy at its Los Angeles theater in September. Three of the UCB founders have moved from NYC to LA, and over the years, many popular Harold and Maude players and groups have followed …
Ben Stiller and Paramount announced a deal today that'll bring back Stiller's Zoolander character, last seen on the big screen in 2001. A Zoolander sequel has been in the works and/or rumored for the past few years, but this isn't going to be that. Rather, Stiller will voice the male …
If you want to know what bowled over the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this August, then you can see and/or listen for yourself as Bo Burnham's Words, Words, Words is out now in separate CD and DVD formats. I was at Burnham's CD recording in June at Carolines on Broadway. Burnham …
It's no secret that I'm a fan of comedian Rob Delaney on Twitter. I've said so on Twitter. But get to know @RobDelaney past the 140-character limit, and you'll find that he's not exactly the profane absurdist he is there, but in fact, so much more. He's profoundly real. Here's …
Well, I‚Äôll tell you a story. Del came out to California, and all of us who knew him sent him everywhere that had a show, resulting in him getting dopey parts on things like My Mother the Car. My show then was Get Smart, and I said, ‚ÄúDel, just go meet the …
Dana Carvey as Johnny Carson on SNL, in 1990 A lot of the way that show was conceived was by thinking about what talk shows weren‚Äôt doing. Dana Carvey was asked to do that gig months before it landed in anyone else‚Äôs hands, right after Carson announced that he was …