The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Several movie theaters across America screened Louis CK's stand-up concert film, Hilarious, last night. It debuts on TV on Sept. 18 on the new EPIX channel. Louis CK appeared at the New York City screenings at the IFC Center to introduce the film and answer questions afterward. Here is his …
Just a couple of months ago, Andy Haynes, a Seattle stand-up comedian who now lives in New York City, was a "New Face" at the Just For Laughs festival in Montreal. Overnight, Haynes made his network TV debut telling jokes on NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Counted multiple applause …
There's a new clip on Funny or Die this morning featuring Mark Cohen making a telephone call to a phone acting institute. Very meta. Funny stuff. Hey, did you notice who uploaded the clip? It's not Cohen. Nope. Sarah Silverman done did make this happen. Roll it. Mark Cohen Makes …
The folks at MTV caught up with Danny McBride and Nick Swardson on the set of their upcoming movie, 30 Minutes or Less, which Ruben Fleischer is directing with a cast that also includes Aziz Ansari, Jessie Eisenberg and Fred Willard. But that's not what MTV wanted to talk about. …
NPR's Fresh Air remembered Robert Schimmel today by replaying 14 minutes of the interview Terry Gross conducted with the late comedian in March 2008. There's something about hearing Gross ask Schimmel to describe merkins on NPR, and then hearing her giggle as he did so, that's comforting today. NPR used …
Mark Malkoff recently spent five straight days in his bathroom. On purpose. Got quite a bit of publicity for it, because he's got a knack for these wacky stunts. See my previous report on Malkoff. But as we see in Part 1 of his My Damn Channel series, "5 Days …
The New Yorker magazine released the schedule for its 2010 festival today, and there are a few big highlights for comedy fans, and that's not even counting ESPN's Bill Simmons, or a vampire panel that has Stephen King talking with the screenwriter for the Twilight series! Talks you might be …
The finalists from season seven of NBC's Last Comic Standing begin a North America tour tonight in Chico, Calif. Great news for Felipe Esparza, Tommy Johnagin, Roy Wood Jr., Mike DeStefano and Myq Kaplan, as well as fans of these comedians who'd like to see them live in a city near …
TRL isn't coming back to MTV, but something kinda sorta like it is, and you came this close to seeing two stand-up comedians host it! The Hollywood Reporter reported overnight that MTV would debut "The Seven" as a live weekday afternoon show broadcast from Times Square in the 5 p.m. …
As Daniel Tosh himself wrote on Twitter today: "This is not going to help." Here he is, topless (bottomless?) in bed with Perez Hilton. Roll the clip!