The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The second all-stars installment of America’s Got Talent, aka AGT: The Champions, kicks off Jan. 6, 2020, on NBC. At least a few comedians and comedic acts will return for the showcase showdown. Among them: Puddles Pity Party, Dan Naturman, 2019 finalist Ryan Niemiller, and a young Australian named JJ …
Dan Naturman returned to Conan on Tuesday night, once more a new uncle, fresh with jokes about how much simpler a job being an uncle is than a father. Especially to just not be bad at it. Naturman also joked about the difference between texting a potential mate and calling …
truTV’s behind-the-scenes comedy history series, truInside, has focused on classic big-screen comedies over its first six weeks: Airplane!, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Bridesmaids, The Jerk, Heathers. But this Monday’s episode spent an hour inside the Olive Tree Cafe and its more famous basement dwellers at The Comedy Cellar. The …
Chris Rock said he came up with the idea and started writing the screenplay for Top Five during idle time on the set of Grown Ups 2. If only all or even any of his other cast members could reach a similar epiphany! All comparisons to Annie Hall aside, Rock …
We’re ever so much closer to crowning a new winner on America’s Got Talent as this ninth season launched into semifinal action last night. NBC threw a big ol’ BBQ party inside 30 Rock to celebrate, inviting the remaining contestants, judges and select media to dig in, hoe down and …
For the first half of this summer, one of the most regular fixtures of The Comedy Cellar‘s stand-up showcases also was one of the most surprising: successful movie producer/director/writer Judd Apatow. Apatow was in New York City directing Amy Schumer’s upcoming movie, Trainwreck, which just wrapped last weekend. Many nights …
Dan Naturman played it cool in his preview profile that set up his quarterfinals appearance live Tuesday night on America’s Got Talent. This year’s AGT voting also includes a partnership with Google, so if you Googled Dan Naturman America’s Got Talent, you’d go right to a voting tab for him …
After what seemed like a month of repeats and repackaged highlights from the auditions for the 2014 season of America’s Got Talent, we finally moved on to Judgment Week — this time not in Las Vegas, but in New York, or New Jersey. Close enough for judge Howard Stern to …
Last Comic Standing is back, and so is Dan Naturman — only this time, Naturman is finding his comedic success thanks to America’s Got Talent. A decade ago, Naturman infamously pitted the celebrity judges against the producers of Last Comic; the judges loved Naturman but claimed producers wouldn’t let him …
Fans of Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn well know that his Comedy Central show attempted to duplicate the electric, entertaining and sometimes enraging conversations that happen at the comedians’ table in the back corner of The Olive Tree Cafe, above New York City’s celebrated comedy club, The Comedy Cellar. The Cellar …
