The Definitive Guide to Comedy
What happens when a reporter I know writes a first-person column about comedians I know talking about making jokes about their ex-girlfriends, and in at least one case, each other? My head explodes? No. No it does not. Instead I blog about it. The column in the Boston Globe (still in …
For those of you looking for a longer set from Reggie Watts to find out what everyone is talking about, then behold this session as Watts performed for Jesse Thorn's The Sound of Young America live broadcast a few weeks ago at the Bridgetown Comedy Festival in Portland, Ore. Enjoy: …
The latest installment of the funniest talk show to hit the Internets, Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis, is up and ready for viewing. Galifianakis has Natalie Portman in his sights, and her little dog, too. Slightly NSFW. Slightly. Between Two Ferns With Zach Galifianakis from Between Two Ferns
The IFC cable network launched its own sketch comedy blog this week, called Details are Sketchy. It's written by NYC-based stand-up Jeff Kreisler. Why sketch comedy in particular? IFC already has renewed The Whitest Kids U' Know, and season two of Z Rock (which includes several roles for comedians) premieres …
Christian Finnegan's latest stand-up comedy special, Au Contraire, is available now on iTunes, though you won't be able to see it on TV until May 8 (Comedy Central) or hold it in your hands as a CD/DVD until May 12 (Warner Bros.). Finnegan put together a fun set of videos …
Years ago, I remember the first time I ever heard someone randomly say that they wrote jokes for The Tonight Show, and thought, really? You can do that? You can sit at home and stick a piece of paper with your funny one-liner into a fax machine, and somewhere in …
Would you like to see a weekly half-hour sitcom about community college that stars Joel McHale and features Chevy Chase, John Oliver and Donald Glover, among others? Of course you would. NBC announced it has added Community to its fall 2009 schedule. More details to come, both on this show …
"Are you the table of bloggers and hotel concierges who do not want to be made fun of? Then you might not want to have conversations right in front of me, where I can see you." —Paul F. Tompkins, midway through his hour-plus set Sunday at Comix in NYC Tompkins …
Bravo's Inside the Actors Studio takes a look at the career of Denis Leary on the episode that debuts Monday, May 4. Through his FX series, Rescue Me, Leary arguably has managed to have a more successful second career as an actor after his first career as a stand-up comedian. …
Kumail Nanjiani did Jimmy Kimmel Live last night. Saying you live in Brooklyn sounds so much different when you're on TV in Los Angeles than it does when you're in a New York City comedy show and you say you moved to Bushwick. Also, what's so difficult about pronouncing his …