The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The USA Network’s tagline — “Characters Welcome” — now officially is welcoming sitcoms back into the cable channel’s programming fold. Repeats of ABC’s hit Modern Family will begin airing on USA in September 2013. Come 2014, those repeats will be joined by new episodes or original USA sitcoms Sirens (from …
“Are you good?” Marc Maron asks the question sincerely after I enter his hotel room in Midtown Manhattan, catching the comedian amid a day full of back-to-back phone interviews with the media. Not “Are we good?” nor the colloquial “We good?” that has become a commonplace catch-all catchphrase of sorts …
Lee Greenwood has “Proud to be an American.” Denis Leary has “Kiss My Ass.” Because that’s Leary’s way to announce his American pride for this Fourth of July holiday week. And in the video for Leary’s new song with his band, The Enablers, we see how he celebrates the lazy, …
Bravo's Inside the Actors Studio takes a look at the career of Denis Leary on the episode that debuts Monday, May 4. Through his FX series, Rescue Me, Leary arguably has managed to have a more successful second career as an actor after his first career as a stand-up comedian. …
A quick look at comedy and comedians making news in the past day: — iTunes is giving away Denis Leary's audiobook for free, or at least 26 minutes of it. I'm sure it's almost as entertaining as listening to Kenny Powers. Almost. — The New York Times pretends the world …
Denis Leary appeared on last night's edition of Late Show with David Letterman (though taped on Monday), and after some funny banter from Leary ribbing Letterman for waiting 23 years before getting married to his girlfriend, Leary explains that he looks as good as he does at the age of …
It's St. Patrick's Day and the Irish-Americans are smiling, parading and doing (ahem) other things today, so Funny or Die corralled famous Irish-American comedian Denis Leary to explain the secrets of a favorite Irish dish: Shepherd's Pie. It's as if he told you what really goes into a hot dog …
Denis Leary hosted his 14th annual Comics Come Home benefit on Saturday night in Boston to support the Cam Neely Foundation for Cancer Care, and after predictably taking on lame-duck President Bush again (only this time, with a fond farewell), Leary lit into the Boston Herald for its coverage of …
Right before jetting off on vacation last weekend, I managed to get Denis Leary on the phone to talk up Comics Come Home, which returns to Boston for a 12th year Saturday to raise money for the Cam Neely Foundation. Some of my interview got Tracked up today (observant Boston …
Denis Leary’s view on the holidays ain’t so jolly. Go figure. A couple of weeks ago, Leary, his band and his 15-year-old son, Jack, performed the actor/comedian’s song, "Merry F#%$in’ Christmas" as the finale at Cam Neely’s Comics Come Home benefit. But it looks and sounds much more subversive when …
