The Definitive Guide to Comedy
NBC’s Last Comic Standing opened its ninth season last week with an homage to famous competitors from past years who weren’t famous then. “Over the last eight seasons, one show has launched some of the biggest names in comedy,” the voiceover announces, as the visuals show you past glimpses of …
There are so many places to see stand-up comedy on TV and online during this digital comedy boom, that it certainly has become difficult to know what credits even matter any longer. As Grant Pardee notes in a piece today for Paste Magazine: “It was funny to see Madonna perform …
What are you most afraid of? Heights? Public speaking? Chris Fairbanks has other ideas, and he’ll gladly share them with you, as he did on last night’s Conan. Brushing his teeth doesn’t scare him, but it does scare his roommate. Also, what do you say at the end of the …
