The Definitive Guide to Comedy
For those of you who already are on board the Louis CK is one of the funniest stand-up comedians working today bandwagon, then perhaps you already know this. For everyone else, please allow me to give you two recent examples of how and why Louis CK is working on another …
So, this video circulated over the weekend, in which a scene from popular CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory is removed of its laughter, leaving us with what appears to be a straightforward attempt by one man to hit on another man for the purposes of the man-on-man sexytimes. Ready, …
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association tends to be a bit particular about its tastes, and by lumping the comedy and musical people together, it's usually a chance for them to tell us how much they like singing more than laughing. That was sorta the case at this year's Golden Globes …
The inaugural edition of the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival will take place March 3-7 at the club's intimate Atlanta space, and the festival producers announced their first picks for their contest that gives out $1,000 and passes to other fests in Aspen, Ashville and an APCA showcase as first prize. …
I've been busy doing this, that and a lot of the other thing this weekend, so my full review of Aziz Ansari's hour special (and CD/DVD) will come your way later. But Comedy Central wasn't about to wait for me, airing its shortened version (41 minutes, 44 seconds) tonight of …
After a full week of NBC-bashing by the various late-night TV talk-show hosts, how would the reigning big daddy of late-night TV comedy handle its own mockery? Not quite the way you'd think, or hope, even when it looked like they might just surprise you with something magically great. Not …
It has been heartening to see the comedy community come together and help in the fund-raising efforts in Haiti following the devastating 7.0 earthquake that hit the already-impoverished island nation earlier this week. Amid all of the late-night TV hullaba-uh-ohs, Conan O'Brien made sure to point out how comedic actor …
Funny or Die has posted some fake movie trailers in its first couple of years, but today, they've got a trailer for an actual Funny or Die movie. Well, a short film. But still. Roll the clip! So, what's with The Big Dog? Director Eric Appel explained on his Tumblr: …
Pee-wee Herman's big comeback began earlier this week with previews of his brand-new stage show, which runs through the first week of February at Club Nokia in Los Angeles. The TV show Extra broadcast the first few minutes from his dress rehearsal, in which we see the Playhouse characters welcome …
I don't know how long I can keep up with this late-night TV bashing, but word on the TMZ street is it won't last much too much longer. Tonight, David Letterman exposed "Big Jaw" Jay Leno's so-called Middle America values, by reminding us how Leno's power-grab of The Tonight Show, …