The Definitive Guide to Comedy
I hope Jimmy Fallon paid comedian Patrick Borelli to do part of Borelli’s one-man show about book covers. Oh, wait. He has paid Borelli? Borelli is on staff with Late Night with Jimmy Fallon now! Great news, then! Hooray for Patrick! Score! It’s still kind of weird, though, to see …
I don't know who in their right mind would want a bag of flour dressed up like a cat dressed up like a baby, but then again, I'm not a lady. Several more steps in the operational process to go. Wish me luck! In the meantime, I'll let these lovely …
What if I were to tell you that Peter and Bobby Farrelly were putting together a collage of wacky comedy shorts to become the next generation's version of Kentucky Fried Movie? OK, now what if James Gunn were to tell you that, considering he has directed Elizabeth Banks and Josh …
When Adult Swim began airing episodes of Childrens' Hospital last month, they aired an ad for a different kind of action show called National Terrorism Strike Force: San Diego: Sport Utility Vehicle. It's an over-the-top spoof starring Paul Scheer, with contributions from Rob Riggle, June Diane Raphael and Brandon Johnson. …
News broke over the weekend that Julie Klausner's memoir, I Don't Care About Your Band, may become a HBO series, starring Lizzy Caplan as Klausner. OK. Several things. Did you see that picture Deadline used of Caplan (see above)? Have you seen Lizzy Caplan at all? Would you like to …
This is a real movie, with Tom McCaffrey as the DJ at a rave, and former MTV VJ Matt Pinfield also involved, in this film that's executive produced by Abel Ferrara, who directed Bad Lieutenant. I'm as confused as you are. It's Happy Life. Roll it.
I'll have a longer report about the 12th annual Del Close Marathon soon enough, but perhaps the most awkward moment of DCM12 happened on Friday night, right after BASH! received a standing ovation for Blaine Swen's one-man improvised musical. That's when one lone member of Chicago-based troupe The Reckoning took …
Remember the old days when Will Ferrell would make Jimmy Fallon crack up in front of a live studio audience? Well, the old days are new again as Ferrell showed up on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, ostensibly to promote his new movie The Other Guys, but also to make …
Back in June, Robert Smigel and Bob Odenkirk rounded up the "Super Fans" from their SNL sketches for a special live reading of their 1995 screenplay that never became a movie — the event at the TBS/Just For Laughs Chicago festival was called Da Bears Movie That Wasn't, and raised …
Last seen by me and possibly you last weekend performing with both Baby Wants Candy and Police Chief Rumble, Jeff Hiller also stars in this TV commercial seen by me and you and everyone else for American Airlines, in which he's a traveling salesman pitching what could only be described …