The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Max Silvestri is a comedian, writer and actor living in Los Angeles. But for seven years, Silvestri hosted one of the hottest indie comedy nights each Wednesday in Williamsburg, Brooklyn – co-hosting “Big Terrific” with Gabe Liedman and Jenny Slate. While living in Brooklyn, Silvestri began recapping Top Chef and other …
Jacqueline Novak performed on Thursday’s edition of The Late Late Show with James Corden and laid down the law when it comes to food-based social gatherings. Because you cannot call a function a “pizza party” when it’s clearly not a party and not everyone is going home with enough pizza. …
Today’s guest is Phil Rosenthal. Everybody Loves Raymond, but we’re still getting to know Phil, the hit sitcom’s co-creator who is leading us around the world thanks to his new food and travel show on PBS, I’ll Have What Phil’s Having. His first season took us to Tokyo, Italy, Paris, …
Jim Gaffigan delivered timely commentary for CBS Sunday Morning about our very American idea of Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is intended to be about gratitude. A day of gratitude. Thank God there is a day for us to focus on being grateful, because I’d hate the idea of having to be grateful …
Did you know Jim Gaffigan tried out for the Indianapolis Colts this summer? Yeah, well. Not a spoiler alert, but Gaffigan did not make the 2014 Colts team, or even the practice squad. But he did eat some donuts, more doughnuts, exchanged words with Andrew Luck and said Pat McAfee …
Jim Gaffigan is a comedian obsessed. On a superficial level, Gaffigan continues to be obsessed with food. It’s definitely food. It always has been. From Hot Pockets to bacon to well, everything else. If he continues to be a glutton for his own punishment, then it is serving him well, …
How do you like your pizza? With bagels and hot dogs on top? Perfect! Then you’ll love this New York City food tour that Michael Ian Black leads Scott Aukerman and Reggie Watts on for this sketch in tonight’s episode of Comedy Bang! Bang! on IFC. Those facial expressions would …
Social media sure is bringing us all together more than ever, isn’t it? Yesterday, the New York Times announced that it was moving Sam Sifton off of his food critic beat to become the paper of record’s national editor. Think of that what you will. The comedy comes in here. …
Lavell Crawford performed on last night’s Lopez Tonight to promote his upcoming Comedy Central special, Can A Brother Get Some Love? But Crawford wasn’t looking for love last night. Rather, he was looking to explain just how lazy he is. Also, Crawford wonders why there are so many types of …
John Pinette is still hungry. Not just for food, which he will recount, regale and reheat his temper over in his upcoming Comedy Central special, which is called Still Hungry and premieres on Friday night and arrives in DVD and CD forms on Aug. 2, 2011. Pinette told me he …
