The Definitive Guide to Comedy
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 …
Remember all the way back to a year ago, when Funny People hadn't yet come out, but Aziz Ansari already was generating buzz for his caricature of a stand-up comedian called Raaaaaaaandy ("that's Randy with eight A's")? Fast-forward back to now, and Ansari — who just hosted the MTV Movie …
Comedy Central has unveiled a new online plaything of a talk show called Portable Lounge. The portable part means just that, the lounge where comedians talk about this and that and these other things will take place wherever the mood feels right. Chris Gethard, star of Comedy Central's upcoming Big …
For all of my neighbors to the north who complain about not being able to watch online clips from Hulu or Comedy Central, this post's for you! Several comedians have asked me if I'm going to Montreal next month for Just For Laughs, saying they'll be there for an HBO …
If you're not a regular watcher of the TLC cable channel, then you probably have a healthy and sensible life and think it stands for…oh, the heck with this intro. Even if you don't watch the TLC program, 19 Kids & Counting — the only series on the TV that …