Photo of the Day: Comedy manager Jimmy Miller’s Hollywood billboard
by Spotted in Hollywood, Calif., by noted Internet person Alex Blagg, who quipped: “This guy definitely managed to make the greatest billboard I’ve ever seen.” This …
Tag: comedy
Remembering 9/11 and comedy: What’s your story?
Living in New York City, it’s difficult to get through a September 11 without thinking about what happened that day in 2001, and yet I …
UCBeast open for business, Upright Citizens Brigade’s third full-time comedy venue
The Upright Citizens Brigade opened its third full-time comedy theater on Tuesday night — its second in Manhattan — with the long-awaited launch of UCBeast. …
Jon Rineman’s network TV debut on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Jon Rineman not only works on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as a writer, but he’s also received the opportunity to perform his stand-up comedy …
Jimmy Carr explains his theory of how laughter is tied to evolution on “The Green Room with Paul Provenza”
In the second season finale of Showtime’s The Green Room with Paul Provenza, Provenza asked Jimmy Carr to explain his theory on why humans laugh, …
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Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks reminisce about the “2,000-year-old Man”
On Sept. 9, 2011, HBO will broadcast a comedy special pairing Mel Brooks with Dick Cavett in conversation, but in this clip, we see that …
2011 New York Television Festival includes late-night panel, world premiere of Marc Maron’s WTF pilot, more!
The New York Television Festival has unveiled its schedule for Sept. 20-24, 2011, and, aside from the traditional sneak peek premieres of several new fall …
J. Chris Newberg owns Piers Morgan in surprise live televised roast on America’s Got Talent 2011
On Tuesday night’s “wild card” round of America’s Got Talent for 2011, comedian J. Chris Newberg decided to scrap the guitar and went with his …
Phil Hartman’s handwritten letter offers advice to a young comedian
In 1997, while Phil Hartman was enjoying his post-SNL fame in primetime with NewsRadio, a 19-year-old aspiring comedian named Mike Scott wrote Hartman a letter …
Sneak peek inside the ready-to-open UCB East!
Guess who was spotted inside the new UCB East comedy venue last night? None other than Upright Citizens Brigade founders Matt Walsh, Ian Roberts and …