The Definitive Guide to Comedy
This was what David Letterman told his live studio audience and viewers on Thursday night's program about the man who attempted to extort him for $2 million over his secret affairs with women who worked for him at Late Show with David Letterman. UPDATED: Here's a video excerpt from CBS …
It's fairly well accepted that to be a great comedian, you need to get onstage as much as possible. Perform every night, multiple times if you can, to as many kinds of audiences. Learn what works, what's funny, how to adapt to situations. I bring all of this up today …
The Internet tells us all sorts of curious, wonderful and curiously wonderful things. Such as. This morning, I woke up and the Internet (through its legion of paid, subsidized and volunteer messengers) told me that Zach Galifianakis was turning 40 today. Happy Birthday, Zach! Then the Internet showed me this: …
They say one of the keys to comedy is timing. Well, how's this for timing? As all of the celebrity blogs were abuzz about reports of a reputed sex tape between one Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman being offered for sale — the Los Angeles Times reported it, too, with …
Could you believe that Eddie Izzard ran about a gabillion marathons around the U.K.? Well, he did. Now believe this. It's the trailer for Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story. This documentary will be screened Oct. 3, in London, then in cinemas in Los Angeles on Oct. 9, and New York …
"I've got nothing on Kanye…too many things rhyme with Rock." — Chris Rock, during a surprise 40-minute guest set Tuesday night at the Comedy Cellar, as the stand-up comedian worked out new material and expanded upon older jokes. Rock will appear Thursday on NBC's The Jay Leno Show. Rock won an …
How many of you listened to and bought Larry the Cable Guy's new CD, Tailgate Party, which came out a week ago? We'll find out soon enough when the sales figures get reported. When I listened to it, one of the things that jumped out at me — other than …
Here's something you don't see every day, or night. Comedian Mike Birbiglia was performing at the Royal Oak Music Theatre in Michigan when stagehands interrupted him to warn that a fire had broken out…in the theater! Birbiglia handles the entire situation quite humorously. But I'm not sure what's funnier about …
If you have watched the first two episodes of HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm, then perhaps you have wondered what all of the hullaballoo about a Seinfeld reunion was about, because, there has been very little mentioned about it thus far. That's all about to change next week. The teaser at …
On Friday's live edition of Oprah Winfrey's show, Jay Leno spoke to Oprah via satellite about his first two weeks competing in primetime on NBC. Oprah also turned the tables on Leno with her own silly 10 questions segment. But about The Jay Leno Show? When Oprah asked him how …