The Definitive Guide to Comedy
It has been a week since a crowd of thousands near Hartford heckled Dave Chappelle with shouts of appreciation and misbegotten requests, derailing his planned stand-up comedy set, and with it, the end of that night’s Oddball Festival. But oddballs one and all, come with me back a few years, …
Over the past week, Dave Chappelle has spent several late nights of his most recent trip to New York City dropping in at the Comedy Cellar to work the crowd and work out new comedic material. Over the past few months, Chris Rock has done likewise, albeit more methodically on …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… Howard Stern will return in 2013 for a second season as judge on NBC’s America’s Got Talent. Former longtime Conan/Late Night writer Brian McCann has a new gig — McCann is the head writer for the upcoming Nikki and Sara show on MTV …
Earlier this year, Robin Williams received the Comedy Icon Award from the second annual reboot of The Comedy Awards. Afterward, Williams met the press assembled backstage (actually, beneath stage level) to answer all sorts of questions. What’s his favorite movie he has done? Blah, blah, blah. You should hear some …
Dave Chappelle said it himself last night during a 2-hour, 20-minute performance that lasted until 4 a.m. this morning at the Comedy Cellar: “I transcend comedy!” Well, Chappelle said many things last night in his two surprise drop-in sets at the Cellar during his first night of a short visit …
September 2011 certainly is shaping up to be a big month to see the past, present and future comedy of Marc Maron. Maron’s independent TV pilot based on his podcast, WTF with Marc Maron, will debut Sept. 20 during the New York Television Festival. Before and after that, you’ll be …
