The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Bill Burr was the first comedian to perform stand-up on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. A couple of things stuck out: First, obviously, the studio is so much bigger that they hadn't nailed down the time it takes for the band to play the comedian to the microphone (!), …
Apparently, when Best Week Ever with Paul F. Tompkins goes off the air this week (Friday, June 12), it'll do so for the rest of 2009…and beyond. Mark Graham over at NYMag's Vulture blog claims an exclusive on this tonight, but PFT's own fiancee broke the news via her vlog on …
Eugene Mirman, Lexington High School class of 1992 graduate, returned over the weekend to deliver the commencement speech to Lexington's class of 2009. I heard him rehearse the speech at a comedy show in Brooklyn last week, which was funny since we were in a dark club, and funnier to …
Seeing Chris Rock's most recent HBO special — filmed in England and South Africa in addition to here at home in New York City — gave us a sense of how American stand-up comedians are going global. Is it the Internet? It's the Internet, right? Fans cited YouTube and Facebook in …
NBC may not be offering Last Comic Standing this summer, but if you are a comedian "of diverse backgrounds" (which, we presume, means not only not white, but also not Jewish — comedy!), then you can take part in the Peacock Network's sixth annual "Stand-Up For Diversity" showcase. How it …
I should have known when I got off of the L train and walked down a lonely road of abandoned garages and warehouses sandwiched between duplex and triplex apartments, that Cirque du Quoi?!? would not be just another sketch comedy show. It certainly made me say "quoi?" but where was this …
I was busy moving (or rather helping the movers move) on May 28, when the upcoming Comedy Central production, Michael and Michael Have Issues, taped a show in NYC before a live audience. But through the magic of cameras and Internet access, we can bring you some snippets of stand-up …
How many comedians have received personal invitations to contribute their one-liners to the massive Comedy Central Jokes.com database? I don't know the answer to that. But I do know that when Dan Bialek got his invite, he clicked over to the site and saw this (actually, Bialek was kind enough …
Ready for the weekend? Me, too. But first, a few things to mention and link to that people are reading and talking about in comedy circles… I would have put the animated GIF version of Conan's Tonight Show backdrop (shown above as stills) on the site, but I didn't want …
When I first saw Mamrie Hart and Steve Soroka at this year's ECNY Awards, they were the only nominees for best video that I hadn't seen before. That was my mistake. Once I got to know them and see more of their sketches as "Best of Friends" — BOF — …