Flight of the Conchords debut at #3 on Billboard charts
by New Zealand’s favorite musical parody duo with an HBO show, Flight of the Conchords, debuted at #3 on the Billboard charts this week by selling …
Tag: Dane Cook
Page Six jumps on Dane Cook bashwagon
This wasn’t an April Fool’s joke, as the New York Post‘s Page Six made Dane Cook its lead item on Tuesday with the banner headline, …
Comedy Central’s Stand-Up Showdown (2008 results!)
Comedy Central’s annual "Stand-Up Showdown" airs today, rebroadcasting the top 20 stand-up specials as voted online by fans over the past month. It’s airing now! …
Promotion is everything?
The old adage/joke tells us that the most important thing in comedy is…wait for it…wait for it…timing. Well, that’s what they told us then. Talk …
Seven hours of Dane Cook!?
Dane Cook rang in 2008 by performing an alleged record-setting seven — count ’em, 7! — seven hours of stand-up comedy on New Year’s Day …
Chris Rock plays MSG tonight
It’s New Year’s Eve, and Chris Rock will perform tonight at Madison Square Garden. As the New York Times goes out of its way to …
My year in interviews
Before I get to recapping the year in comedy, circa 2007, let’s look back at some of my more illuminating, insightful and interesting comedy interviews …
Dane Cook as “Bill Hicks Lite”???
Dane Cook recently brought his "Rough Around the Edges" arena tour of greatest hit bits and new material to Dallas, where about 13,000 fans screamed …
Exclusive: Dane Cook answers his critics
The last time Dane Cook and I talked at length face-to-face, we were in his dressing room backstage at Boston’s TD Banknorth Garden, minutes before …
A very Live At Gotham weekend
If you happen to visit New York City anytime soon, let me put in a word for a stop at the Maritime Hotel in Chelsea. …