The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Are these the names you were looking for? The 2009 Montreal Just For Laughs comedy festival presents the "New Faces" for the industry to discover, fawn over and scrutinize. It looks to be a very strong class, just from the faces and names I already have come to discover, fawn …
If you missed the TV debut last weekend of John Heffron's new stand-up comedy special, Middle Class Funny, then you'll have to wait for the DVD to come out on Aug. 4 (you can pre-order John Heffron: Middle Class Funny through Amazon.com). Curiously, though, Heffron's special, as it aired on Comedy …
If the initial trailers for Funny People, the third film written and directed by Judd Apatow, looked a little bit too melodramatic to be a comedy, then, well, that's because it is just that. As Apatow explains in the hourlong documentary, Inside Funny People (which debuted at midnight on Comedy …
Do you remember a couple of weeks ago when I reported on the official trailer for "J-Stache," an animated look at the adventures of rock-n-soul artist John Oates (he, of Hall & Oates) and his crazy mustache (voiced by stand-up Dave Attell), only to see the video mysteriously disappear from …
Derrick Comedy released a new theatrical trailer for their first major motion picture, Mystery Team. Since it's now headed to cinemas nationwide this fall, they had to recast the trailer in a safe-for-work capacity. Also a new shot or two. So many jokes. Hope you like it! Previously: My interview …
So maybe you've noticed that things look a wee bit different here at The Comic's Comic headquarters? I hope you've noticed! Otherwise, this is just another Internet thing among many Internet things that has no impact whatsoever on the world outside the web. So. OK. Let's explain what's going on …
The Aziz Ansari documentary/promotional run continues for Funny People, and in this second installment, we see how Raaaaaaaandy watches himself for clues and takes ample notes. This is how both Dat Phan and Orny Adams became huge, right? There's also a chance to see how he takes advantage of the …
This has been a big week for fans of 1990s sketch comedy series The State and its many talented performers. Comedy Central and MTV2 began reairing episodes of both The State and Stella (the one-season reunion by Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black and David Wain) last weekend, Reno 911! continues …
I remember reading The Hollywood Reporter's Emmy package earlier this month, but Gabe at Videogum (aka Master of the Internet's Videos) saw that the trade mag put portions of these roundtable discussions on the YouTube, too. Yes, it's a happy coincidence that THR managed to get/predict the nominees for comedy …
"I am not on Twitter. I am not going to be on Twitter…I will read your Tweet after I have read everything else." — Gary Gulman Happy Birthday, Gary! You adorable comedy curmudgeon, you.