The Definitive Guide to Comedy
So, how about that new addition to NBC's formerly "Must See TV" Thursday night lineup, eh? Outsourced. Yeah. Lots of buzz about it. Most of it, not so good. According to overnight ratings, 7.44 million people tuned in for the premiere. Waiting to hear the full fallout from my friends …
In this morning's newsfeed, Netflix announced via release it had reached a deal with NBC Universal to add old and new episodes of Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock, The Office, and other shows to its queue of programming available for members to view instantly on their computers. The deal, which …
Friend of The Comic's Comic and friend of all people who enjoy comedy, Zach Galifianakis appeared last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live to help promote both his new movie, It's Kind of A Funny Story, as well as the second season of HBO's Bored to Death. Galifianakis walked onstage with …
How many comedy clubs can you count that were open for business on Sept. 23, 1960, and remain in business putting stand-up comedians onstage today? Not many. But in Pasadena, Calif., in the shadow of the Rose Bowl, the Ice House celebrates its 50th anniversary tonight. Actually, the anniversary bash …
The Internet is making all sorts of new ways to connect with our favorite celebrities and comedians, and Yowie is helping make that possible tonight with Rob Huebel. All you have to do is be near your appropriate electronic computer gizmo at 9 p.m. Eastern (change time to your time …
The registration process is now open for comedians to take part in the second annual Laughing Skull Comedy Festival, which is billed as 2010-2011 this time around, because organizers have expanded it nationwide with a series of preliminary audition competitions this fall before the finals take place next spring in …
If you've been to New York Magazine's Vulture section recently, you've noticed they redesigned it to look like its very own section that lessens the direct connection to NYC and plays up the coverage of culture (they've even acquired the vulture.com domain name, which redirects to the magazine's site). More …
You may have seen Steve-O do stunts you wouldn't expect any human being to do willingly, but before Wednesday night, you most likely had never seen the "Jackass" daredevil perform stand-up comedy clean and sober. Or at least sober, as Steve-O's 10-minute set Wednesday night at the Hollywood Improv's ComedyJuice …
For all the bluster, no matter whom you think is blustering (but we all know who), it's interesting to see TV personalities play the game and dance with each other to promote their new books. Such was the case again last night when The Daily Show's Jon Stewart paid another …
Cool kids back in the day could attend any show at The Comedy Store on West Hollywood's Sunset Strip with a black "permanent guess pass" card. Guess what? They're back in limited circulation. Note: Not so good no more at the 1621 Westwood location. It's not as cool as getting …