The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Are you excited for the new season of Happy Endings to start this Tuesday on ABC? Would you like to spend an hour with the cast and writing staff of this happy-go-lucky sitcom watching them perform live comedy? If you were in Los Angeles over the weekend, then you could …
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, …
Maria Thayer co-stars in Chris Elliott’s ridiculously over-the-top cop show parody Eagleheart, which airs its second-season finale tonight on Adult Swim. It should return for a third season. But what if it doesn’t?!? That’d mean Thayer would have to start auditioning again for new roles. She has plenty of experience …
We haven’t heard much from Jack Black and Kyle Gass as the over-the-top musical duo Tenacious D since their first full-length feature film, Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, failed to win over moviegoers or critics in 2006. But it’s 2012 now, and the boys have a good sense …
As if you need to be reminded, but Funny or Die is producing a special half-hour episode of its popular webseries, Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis, which will premiere on Sunday, May 6, immediately before the second annual Comedy Awards on Comedy Central. The special, Between Two Ferns: A …
Gallery1988 in Hollywood and Funny or Die received so much successful attention and plaudits for last year’s comedy art exhibition, “Is This Thing On?,” that they’re debuting the sequel tonight. “Is This Thing On? 2: The Weird Year” runs from March 9-31, 2012, and there’s nothing weird about the fact …
The new TV show from Funny or Die that’s part game show, part hilarious spontaneous prank show on unsuspecting pedestrians — aka Billy on the Street — will debut tonight on Fuse. The cable network has spread advertising throughout New York City. And yet, most New Yorkers won’t get to …
Less than a week after shuttering its four entertainment blogs and firing the staff, Yahoo! announced today that it would be launching the Yahoo! Comedy Channel in February 2012. The launch coincides with Yahoo!’s first exclusive free online broadcast of a stand-up special, “CrazyStupidPolitics: Bill Maher Live from Silicon Valley,” on …
Most man-on-the-street videos make me go, oh, no, not another man-on-the-street video. But this one made me laugh out loud in the first minute. Which is probably why Fuse had no qualms green-lighting this series from Funny or Die that sends Billy Eichner out on the streets for a game …
Lenny Clarke lost a bunch of weight over the summer, thanks to Weight Watchers, which he’s more than happy to tell you about in a TV commercial. Well, here come the outtakes from the filming of that ad. Or are they? Now with more profanities and references to Clarke’s “man-candy.” …
