The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Chelsea Handler continues to be the gift who keeps on giving for her writing staff on E!'s Chelsea Lately, as the network has ordered eight episodes of an improvised half-hour called After Lately, to air after Handler's current late-night talker. Variety got the scoop on E! on this one. Handler …
Judah Friedlander is more than just the World Champion and a writer as seen on NBC's 30 Rock. He's also an accomplished author. Friedlander was at New York Comic-Con last weekend to promote his new book, "How to Beat Up Anybody." Here's what he had to tell me from the …
OK, so Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci have put together a second music video for their song "I Don't Understand Job," which describes one of the two most popular NSFW jobs. My question to you is, do you like this version better than than the first? Roll the new one! …
If you've been meaning to look at all of the existing video footage that exists online for the late Andy Kaufman, but didn't know where to look, well, not to worry. Someone already has worried more about this than you, and tried to fix it by collecting it all on …
If you're a fan of the late Robert Schimmel, but particularly on Facebook, then you've seen his family air some dirty laundry over the weekend as Schimmel's brother and eldest daughter squabble over how and whether to raise money for his surviving children. Jeff Schimmel, Robert's brother who also is …
Word came in this afternoon that FOX had ordered up series commitments to two new animated shows for sometime in 2011 or 2012. Remember early this year when Jon Heder dropped out last-minute from a Comedy Central series that had been written for him, because they couldn't agree on his character's …
Congratulations are in order for Auggie Smith, winner of the 35th annual San Francisco International Comedy Competition, which wrapped up its month-long contest over the weekend. Smith previously had finished runner-up in the SF contest back in 2001, but returned this fall to take home the victory. I first saw …
Is this staged? Is this all a dream? Does it matter when you're hearing the ultimate truth about comedy, life and Hollywood from Eddie Pepitone? This is what happened when he sat down with Jamie Kilstein to offer some advice and guidance. Or was it the other way around? Roll …
Some people like to analyze Saturday Night Live so much that they forget that, for casual viewers young and old, it's just an entertaining way to wrap up a Saturday night at home in front of the television. They don't assign points to cast members. They certainly don't hit the …
The Friars Club has picked Dec. 1 as its new date to roast director Quentin Tarantino. Samuel L. Jackson will serve as Roastmaster, with other celebrity attendees, roasters and dais guests to be confirmed later. The Roast had been planned for Oct. 1, but was postponed due to the tragic …