The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The Mo'Nique Show is a daytime talk-show masquerading as a late-night party. And that's not necessarily a bad thing. While George Lopez is whipping up hysteria over on TBS with his new late-night talk-show party atmosphere, and Wanda Sykes looks to shake things up on Saturday night on FOX with …
What do you mean this isn't a real thing? The truth is out there. And sometimes the truth hurts. What is truth, exactly? CollegeHumor plays off of FOX's recent night to honor Seth MacFarlane — which really is every Sunday at this point — and figures out the secret of …
The awards season is upon us, and we all know that awards are either a silly way for people to pat each other on the back or a great honor (depending upon whether you win?), and the only thing sillier than that is a comedy award (unless I win one, …
George Lopez said he was going to bring the party to late-night TV and revolutionize the game. Can you do that in just one night? Probably not. But Lopez Tonight debuted on TBS on Monday night, anyhow, and you want to know if you missed out, and if so, what …
Do you feel bad that you might not get to see any more episodes of Reno 911! I'm sensing a theme today. It's all about moving forward with our lives, and Reno's Thomas Lennon and R. Ben Garant have shown us that you can dingle your Dangle all you want, …
Are you suffering from withdrawal of seeing how crazy the white people were who worked in advertising in 1963? Well, you are in luck. Particularly if you want to see actor Vincent Kartheiser (Pete Campbell on AMC's Mad Men) become the latest guest on Pop-Tarts and Wine, the new online …
When this TV ad appeared before my eyeballs this morning, I had to hit the pause and rewind buttons on my remote control to make sure I wasn't still dreaming. Nope. That was comedian Bobby Tisdale in a new Sony TV ad. Oh, right. He was being sold on Sony …
Tyler Perry has made mega-millions by dressing up like an old lady named Madea and telling it like she thinks it is. Of course, Perry wasn't the first comedian to come up with this comedy trope — Flip Wilson's Geraldine was doing this on primetime network TV a generation earlier! …
People want to know about the debut of any late-night talk show, even if the debut is not necessarily going to be a good judge of what the show will end up looking and sounding like. These things take time. That said, Wanda Sykes launched her new entry into late-night …
The Los Angeles Times spotlights the folks at Funny or Die today as part of the paper's series on how show business is looking more and more at alternative comedy. Although I'm not sure I'd call the site's celeb-studded model alternative, FoD certainly has helped make more people aware of …