The Definitive Guide to Comedy
If I take a break on a holiday weekend, I figure nobody would notice, anyhow. But I'm about to be offline for the next few days because of a death in my family, and since I'm a one-man blogging band, that means you won't see anything new here for the …
Nick Thune has a new comedy CD/DVD out this week. So let's celebrate. Here are a couple of behind-the-scenes videos that tell you everything you need to know if you're uncertain about liking this gent. Roll them!
Maybe all of those ads in Aruba for Aruba have convinced Lewis Black that he's ready to take his comedy to the Caribbean. Well, at least for a week. On a boat. With some of his funny stand-up comedian friends: John Pinette, Susie Essman, Dom Irrera, Kathleen Madigan, John Bowman, …
Perhaps you have read something on this site previously about Comedy Boot Camps? Well, comedians Duncan Trussell and Natasha Leggero decided to offer their own response, via their new weekly podcast, The Lavender Hour. Listen to their commercial for the Legussel Comedy Bootcamp. Awaiting a reply from Kyle Cease in …
Everyone who plays curling in the Olympics has heard your stupid curling jokes before, and they heard them all four years ago, too. Here's something neither they nor you have seen, though. It's a mixed-doubles curling squad (played by Kurt Braunohler and Kate McKinnon — Kate's one of the ECNY's …
What do they say about New York City? "Concrete jungle where dreams are made of, there's nothing you can't do." No, the lyric before that, a generation or two before that. "If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere." But what if you cannot make it in NYC? …
The Ed Hardy Boyz have gotten called on a new mystery mission, thanks to a hot Filipino babe with big naturals who had her tramp stamp stolen. Sounds like a case for Bobby Bottleservice (Nick Kroll) and Peter Papparazzo (Jon Daly) to solve, right? Only this time, for reasons that …
Good news for fans of the risque animated spy agency comedy caper, Archer, as FX announced it has ordered a 13-episode second season for its 2011 schedules. H. Jon Benjamin voices the lead role of spy Sterling Archer, with the rest of the voice cast filled out by Jessica Walter …
Los Angeles-based comedian Scott Gairdner brings us a new video this afternoon that imagines what the "Juggalos," the self-described bunch of fans who love whatever it is the Insane Clown Posse and its ilk is doing, would do if they took over a cable news network. Is this any more …
They're not calling it "Def Comedy Jam" yet, or are they, but Comedy Central announced today it had ordered a six-episode series showcasing "urban and hip-hop stand-up" from Russell Simmons and Stan Lathan, the men who created Def Comedy Jam 21 years ago on HBO. JB Smoove will host the …