The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Todd Glass is a very funny man who is funniest when he speaks his mind and reacts to the situation in front of him. Here is an example this week of just that, with Glass riffing and ranting directly at Daniel Tosh about Tosh's upcoming Comedy Central show. Infectious laughter, …
Some stand-up comedy specials try to overwhelm you with flashing spotlights, raucous applause and laughter in cutaway crowd shots, and rapid-fire editing. OR, you could go ahead and showcase some unique comedians and let the material and stage presence speak for itself. In The Awkward Kings of Comedy, director/executive producer …
Before A.D. Miles headed up the writing staff for NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, but after he had completed his true-to-its-word online mockery of soap operas, Horrible People, he wrote and produced a second Internet series for you to enjoy. Showing his true understanding of how the Internet works, …
You have had to have seen at least one of the funny trailers for the upcoming summer comedy, The Hangover, and you already have June 5 circled on your calendar to go to the cineplex to see it. Wait no more, however, for this latest installment of Zach Galifianakis' anti-talk …
I'm going to have to apologize upfront for some sporadic blogging this week, as I am moving The Comic's Comic — not far, and not for long, because as they sang in "On the Town," New York, New York is a wonderful town. Perhaps even more so when Eric Cunningham …
While you were launching headlong into your Memorial Day Weekend plans, I was one of about 100 fortunate souls to witness a special edition of Chris Gethard's "Magic Box of Stories," the comedian's engaging and entertaining autobiographical storytelling series at the UCB. Chris Gethard is an improv superstar these days …
Here's a fun way to flow into a holiday weekend. Jim Gaffigan is a guest on Marc Maron's Break Room Live, and the two talked about their experiences in comedy. Seriously. Also funny. And congrats to Gaffigan on the birth of his third child! (Thx for the head's up, Comic …
Daniel Tosh's new Comedy Central show that makes fun with, of and at the Internets is ramping up production as the debut nears next month, with a Tosh.0 blog, and a live taping coming up June 1 (if you live near Culver City, Calif., click here for info). The show debuts …
I caught Robert Mac headlining earlier this week at Cap City Comedy Club in Austin (he's there through May 23; check his site for future dates). Mac likes to have fun with words, and when he plays around with phrases and concepts, it sometimes takes the audience a minute or …
The finale of American Idol generally tries to surprise TV audiences with a lot of superstar appearances and performances, but according to Funny or Die's Adam McKay, we almost got to see and hear Will Ferrell deliver his own "tribute" to the nation's #1 show. As McKay wrote on the FOD …