The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Mark Malkoff has generated plenty of attention before with his sociological stunts — in January, I wrote about his attempt to traverse Manhattan from south to north only through the kindness of strangers carrying him along the way. Previously, Malkoff has visited and consumed purchases at all 171 Starbucks locations …
What do Ted Leo and the Pharmacists need to do to get their music noticed by the people? In the official music video for their song, "Bottled in Cork," Paul F. Tompkins plays Reginald Van Voorst, who thinks what the band needs to do is to turn their album into …
Remember all the way back a couple of weeks ago when Pee-wee Herman filed a correspondent report for Jay Leno about his trip to the Sturgis motorcycle rally? Whether you've seen that or not, here's a second perspective on Pee-wee's weekend with the hogs of Harley-Davidson, courtesy of Funny or …
If it seems like only about a year ago that many of you didn't know who Whitney Cummings is, then your memory is not fooling you. Cummings burst on the scene in a big way last year when Comedy Central promoted her from roast joke-writer to roast joke-teller for its …
Jimmy Fallon and several members of his Late Night crew are in Los Angeles, preparing for next Sunday's telecast of the Emmys, which Fallon is hosting on NBC. They've done a lot of interactive work with the audience in late night, notably using Fallon's early and massive following on Twitter …
Everybody remember Snakes on a Plane? OK. Let me rephrase that: Anybody remember anything about Snakes on a Plane other than the one line you remember Samuel L. Jackson uttering about being fed up with all of the mother-loving snakes? I remember sitting in a sold-out cinema in Boston with …
Despite our belief that the Internet demands immediate attention and responses, sometimes things take time. Patience, my little crickets. So maybe it took a year and a half after the 92YTribeca's spoof of the New York Times "Weekender" ads for someone to produce what the New York Post's ad might …
Many Internet sites now pretend like they know what you're thinking, so when you log in, they say, hey, you like this thing, so you probably would like this thing, too! Maybe you should follow these people on Twitter! Make friends with so-and-so on Facebook! Fans of this are fans …
Watching part of tonight's Patriots-Falcons preseason game, and what should happen to appear on the TV during a commercial break but longtime Boston comedian Tony V, in an ad for DirecTV, as a Patriots fan. How about them apples? Or snowballs. Either way. Roll it! You can see Tony V …
The creators of American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance have a new show up their sleeves, and they're looking for comedians as well as actors and actresses, singers, models and dancers. It's called If I Can Dream, and though it's still in beta, it appears as though …