The Definitive Guide to Comedy
You might remember NYC-based sketch group Elephant Larry from their original shorts such as the movie trailer for an adaptation of Minesweeper (which won an ECNY award two years ago; they're up again for best sketch group this year). With pilot season in full swing, the guys — Geoff Haggerty, …
I have to admit that part of me worried that Players, the new sitcom from Upright Citizens Brigade leaders Matt Walsh and Ian Roberts, might not be very good. All of that part of me, it turns out, was worried simply because their series is airing on SPIKE. Let's just …
Are you ready for the seventh season of Last Comic Standing? Dozens of would-be comedians already are, judging by the Tweets I'm reading from Chucklemonkey, who already is in line outside of the Hollywood Improv. Wait. Don't the auditions take place tomorrow? Yep. But as of four hours ago, Chucklemonkey …
A new documentary about the late Bill Hicks, American: The Bill Hicks Story, is making the film festival rounds, and it's more than fair to say that it's going deep into the heart of Hicks country this month when it screens at Austin's SXSW. There will be three screenings of …
Take that, Avatar. Stop feeling so Precious and keep an eye out before you get attacked from The Blind Side and end up feeling all Hurt Locker. Or something like that. Here are film critics "Ryan O'Neal" and "Tatum O'Neal" (comedians Brett Gelman and Paul Scheer) laying down the smack …
The New York Post quoted me yesterday for an article they wanted to write about how Jerry Seinfeld is also a victim of the so-called "Seinfeld curse," except my opinions didn't exactly jibe with their premise. You see, in my world-view, Jerry Seinfeld simply loves being a stand-up comedian — …
Look. I'm excited, you're excited, we're all pretty much excited to see Zach Galifianakis host Saturday Night Live this coming Saturday. His appearance last night on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon did nothing to diminish this mutual glee. In fact, it just proved that 30 Rock (the building) is home …
Did you miss this week's New Yorker panel with Saturday Night Live boss Lorne Michaels and head writer Seth Meyers? Well, you can sit back and listen to pretty much the whole thing, as the New Yorker uploaded audio from the event. Among the interesting tidbits, Michaels discusses how much …
Andrew Koenig, who made his name as a teen actor on TV's Growing Pains but was also the video producer of popular comedy podcast Never Not Funny (via Monkey Go Lucky) and the son of Star Trek's Walter Koenig, went missing last month and was found dead of a suicide last …
I'm not sure how or why, but Toyota is throwing a contest that allows fans to "Sponsafy Your Ride" for an upcoming NASCAR all-star race, and comedian Jon Glaser, star of Adult Swim's Delocated, decided to design his own ski-masked ride as part of a promotion for the upcoming second …