The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Reggie Watts performed on Thursday night’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, and as Kimmel introduced, made up a song on the spot. That’s kinda his thing. Roll it. This is called “Yew-eeee Blues.” But Watts also can perform and record songs with lyrics you can sing along to. Case in …
What’s making news in the comedy world this week… Sundance Channel (with EW magazine) is bringing The Writers Room to TV this summer, beginning July 29. Hosted by Jim Rash (Oscar-winning screenwriter for The Descendants, actor/writer in Community), it’s six half-hour episodes of roundtable talk from TV writers — included …
“Come and knock on my door” wasn’t the original opening for Three’s Company, the 1970s hit sitcom adaptation for ABC. Nope. Try “doo-dee-doo-dee-doo-dooo” instead. The first taped pilot for Three’s Company didn’t have the lyrics you came to know and love yet from Don Nicholl and Joe Raposo. John Ritter …
Performing stand-up comedy on live morning television sounds thrilling enough until you stop on the word “morning” and realize, ohhhhh, stand-up comedy on TV in the morning doesn’t sound much fun. Who’s ready to laugh first thing in the morning? Is it any better if morning is as late as …
In case you missed it, this week on ABC’s new episode of Celebrity Wife Swap, comedian Gilbert Gottfried and comedic actor Alan Thicke spent time in the other man’s shoes and households, living with the other man’s wife. Actually, it’s the wives who switch homes and families, and find out …
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the pool… ABC, which used to bring us Superstars on Saturday mornings a generation ago, is broadening the definition of athlete and celebrity while also narrowing the pool of athletic competitions to the diving pool with the debut next …
The greatest unanswered question in short-form improv will return to TV this summer as The CW has revived the game show that’s not a game show (unless you consider improvised comedy a game), Whose Line is it Anyway? Wayne Brady, Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie will return, too, as primetime …
One of these seasons, a comedian will emerge as a viable candidate to win Dancing with the Stars, right? Right? After all, Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence just made dancing funny and successful in the movies with Silver Linings Playbook. So how will D.L. Hughley and Andy Dick fare this spring on …
Yesterday, one of the Academy Awards visited Katz’s Delicatessen in New York City and asked patrons to fake an orgasm like Meg Ryan did in that scene from When Harry Met Sally. This afternoon, Oscar is jogging up the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps a la Rocky. Tomorrow, who knows? …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… Adult Swim announced a special one-off series finale on March 7 for Delocated, starring Jon Glaser. Sarah Silverman will kick off the second annual Wayne Federman International Film Festival when it returns to CineFamily in Los Angeles from Feb. 28 through March 2. Wayne Federman’s …
