The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Mere hours after his appearance on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, Dane Cook called me up last week so we could chat about what it's like to have two stand-up comedy CDs debut in the top five on the Billboard charts, perform for arena-sized crowds as only a few …
I'm making my plans to jet over to Chicago on Wednesday for the start of the inaugural Just For Laughs Chicago comedy festival, and guess who else will be there? Bob Odenkirk and Andy Dick! Bob's teaming up with his longtime comedy partner David Cross for something special, while Andy …
Did you know they have a Funny or Die in the U.K.? Even more alarming, did you know that in the U.K., they also have funny couplings of comedic actors and actresses to match wits with the likes of our beloved Amy Poehler and Will Arnett? Yes, and yes. And …
Everyone is hungry for laughs this year, and cue the rest of this metaphor, because the fifth annual edition of certainly delivered with a healthy appetite (Zoinks!) of fun times, served up with a side of…you know what I'm trying to say, right? Food was on the brain and onstage …
Melanie Hutsell performed on Saturday Night Live for three seasons in the early 1990s, and by far her most recognizable character was her portrayal of Jan Brady (you may also get partial credit for thinking it was her sorority sister, Di). But what's Hutsell doing now? Raising children. Also, mastering her …
Here is some footage of Mike Huckabee, telling jokes and answering questions at the live comedy show put on by The Full Ginsburg on Saturday, June 13, 2009, at Ochi's Lounge, the basement space of Comix in New York City. You'll learn: When people speculated that Huckabee might be the …
This should be interesting. The Full Ginsburg, makers of short comedy films on the YouTube, are putting on a live comedy show tonight called "I Heart Huckabee," featuring Huffington Post writer and comedian Lee Camp, and former Arkansas governor, Republican presidential candidate and current FOX News host Mike Huckabee. At …
I had heard about these new ads for Midol, but until last night, I had not actually seen any of them on my TV. That's when comedian Lynne Koplitz showed up in high-definition plasma, depicted onstage in a comedy club setting, to say this: Nice to see Koplitz get the …
So here's a horrible idea for a comedy contest just waiting to happen. What's that? It's already happening? Right now!?! And Comedy Central is responsible for this. Oh, brother (I don't have a brother). Here's what I see as the fundamental problem with the "Open Mic Challenge" that just got …
David Wain rediscovered this old commercial that he and some of his fellow members from The State – Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black, Ben Garant and Kerri Kenney — did for the Nintendo Game Boy Pocket. This is what passed for hip in the mid-1990s. Memories!