The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Sixty acts remain in the running for NBC’s America’s Got Talent in summer 2013, and among them, six comedians who’ll get the chance to compete in the live shows for your votes at Radio City Music Hall, which start next week (Tuesdays and Wednesdays). Who are they? Angela Hoover Dave …
The editing on NBC’s America’s Got Talent is slicker than usual this season. And it’s perhaps even more pronounced for comedians. Take Kevin Downey Jr., for example. Downey advanced to the Las Vegas rounds out of his audition, but we only see him for a minute, only hear him tell …
Which came first for Dr. Bob Baker, putting his hands inside people’s rectums or inside puppets to make them talk? That’s not a rhetorical question. Baker, who bills himself as “America’s funniest gastroenterologist,” decided at the age of 9 that he also wanted to be a ventriloquist. So he does …
Bet you didn’t think your nerd love for Parks and Recreation would come in handy while watching auditions for NBC’s America’s Got Talent, did you? Blink last night and you might have missed Jim Meskimen. Meskimen successfully auditioned on last night’s episode of AGT with impersonations of Robert DeNiro, Robin …
Perry Kurtz is a stand-up comedian who has been performing since 1974, and bills himself not only as a contributing writer for Tonight Show with Jay Leno, but also as a corporate comedian for hire for you with the tagline: “Off the Wall, Off the Cuff, and Never Forgotten.” And …
Not everyone can be Carrot Top. You read that sentence as if that’s a good thing, but before you get all dismissive, try to remember that prop comedy existed before the comedian aka Scott Thompson who performs in Vegas and around the world as Carrot Top, and that prop comedy …
Taylor Williamson‘s audition went well last night for America’s Got Talent. I could tell it would from the way producers opened his segment, having him bombard other contestants in waiting with street jokes while you could hear buzzers sounding off against even more contestants. They’re pulling a switcheroo on us! …
“I’m a comedian, but I don’t tell jokes.” That’s what Dave Shirley told the judges of NBC’s America’s Got Talent at the start of his audition on last night’s episode. So. What does he do? As a self-described “failed street performer,” this guy from Denver puts on a multimedia show …
Who is Angela Hoover? No, you’re not on Jeopardy or in jeopardy, for that matter. Just noting that millions of Americans newly discovered Angela Hoover last night via TV, and that they may already have seen her before — despite the onscreen graphic on America’s Got Talent that said she’s …
What are the odds of this? A comedian auditioning last night for NBC’s 2013 summer season of America’s Got Talent performs well, only to be accused by judge Howie Mandel of lifting the bit from another stand-up comedian — who happened to be AGT’s warm-up audience comic that very night …
