The Definitive Guide to Comedy
When is JB Smoove himself and when is he Leon Black? I guess that depends upon whether you can tell when "The Ruckus" is upon us. As I learned the other day in Chicago, in the rock garden outside the Westin River North Hotel, it doesn't take much to get …
Amanda Bynes declared on Twitter over the weekend that she had retired from acting at the tender age of 24. But before this @chicky was an actress, she showed her stage potential at the age of 10 by delivering stand-up comedy at the Laugh Factory's Comedy Camp in 1996. Despite the …
Time to catch up on what else people are saying online about comedy! The Canadian Comedy Awards announced their 2010 nominees today. Up for the big prize of comedy person of the year: Brent Butt, Colin Mochrie, Irwin Barker, Russell Peters and Seth Rogen. Check out the full list of …
Just For Laughs has announced it'll honor The Second City with a lifetime achievement award and Glee with its comedy writers of the year award when JFL convenes in Montreal next month. The festival also has created two additional awards to recognize the star power of comedians Aziz Ansari and …
Want to watch that clip that got passed around the Internet on Monday afternoon of Zach Galifianakis doing "Between Two Ferns" with NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams, which he conducted live over the weekend at the Nantucket Film Festival? Sorry you missed it. You may have to wait until …
In real life, maybe you audition a few months ago for a comedy competition that's going to be televised everywhere in America and beyond. Maybe your audition goes well. Maybe it goes well enough that you get asked to perform again at a live audience showcase, and then that goes …
Chicago sports fans at the first of two sold-out "Da Bears" shows Saturday night at Just For Laughs Chicago were treated not only to a roast of former Bears coach Mike Ditka, but also saw Robert Smigel and the rest of the famous Saturday Night Live "Superfans" auction off a …
CBS Sunday Morning got Louis CK to contribute a short message about parenting for Father's Day today, and it's worth watching, regardless of whether you currently have kids yourself. Happy Father's Day! Louie debuts June 29 on FX.
The Team Coco presents The Conan Writers Live was a big hit last night at Chicago's Bank of America Theater, but I can tell you that perhaps it was too much of a big hit. The show, hosted by Andy Richter and featuring musical wonders from Reggie Watts, included stand-up …
Comedian/actor T.J. Miller came back to Chicago this week and brought some of his Windy City comedy friends back with him for a stand-up show billed as "Drinking Buddies," and the buddies certainly believed the drinking part was mandatory for the evening, in back-to-back shows that went well into Wednesday …