The Definitive Guide to Comedy
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 …
Tonight's episode of Chelsea Lately opened with the late-night host Chelsea Handler announcing to her E! TV audience that MTV has picked her to host the 2010 MTV Music Video Awards on Sept. 12. "Everyone knows that when you think of rap music and hip-hop, you think of Chelsea Lately." …
Opening with an outrageous performance-art piece, presented by an Oberlin student, Paul W. Downs lets audiences know he's not about to hold anything back in his one-man show, The Paul Downs Syndrome, currently in a limited run at the UCB Theatre in New York City. A short video with Downs …
You know how they tell you to write a spec script if you want to get into the TV business? Chris Kelly, a staff writer at The Onion News Network who also has written for Matt Besser's Comedy Central pilot, has written a situation that would get great ratings in …
Wait enough months, and eventually, Funny or Die will make good on its tease, in which it sanctioned the production of a lengthy short film, written and directed by Eric Appel with writer/star Charlie Sanders. Yes. "The Big Dog" is up in its 17-minute entirety. Also featuring Bob Odenkirk, Nelson …