The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Eric Andre and T.J. Miller are two of the most enjoyable rebellious rapscallions to put on a panel of comedians for any talk show. Put them together on one episode of Comedy Central’s The Jeselnik Offensive? You’re sure to get fireworks. Nobody suspected actual, literal fireworks, however. Just see the …
“It used to be the comics decided what they said, not the comic-book stores decided what they said!” — Neil Hamburger, adapting his decidedly “anti-comedy” set to the rules of “Set List,” the show that asks comedians to improvise stand-up based on what displays on screens behind them in front …
Another August, another onslaught of comedians converged upon Edinburgh, all vying for the attention of Scots and the comedy fans who come there each summer for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. And here is this year’s crop of North American acts making hey, hay and ha-has across the pond: Abigoliah Schamuan: …
After several years in the planning, talking and writing, the co-founding leaders of the Upright Citizens Brigade finally accomplished the publishing stage of their effort to write their own book on improv comedy. Matt Besser, Ian Roberts and Matt Walsh, alongside “UCB Four” co-founder Amy Poehler, unveiled “The Upright Citizens …
Who’s ready for some new Whose Line Is It Anyway? anyway? The short-form improvised comedy game show that’s not really a game show but just a good half-hour of make-em-up fun returns tonight (8 p.m. Eastern/Pacific) on The CW. Aisha Tyler has replaced Drew Carey as the host, but the …
“The TBS Just For Laughs Chicago festival wrapped up its fifth annual celebration of comedy in “the second city” over the weekend, but there probably wouldn’t have been reason for such a fest in Chicago without The Second City‘s co-founder, Bernie Sahlins, who died at his home on Sunday. Sahlins …
For a special preview for its summer reboot on The CW, Whose Line Is It Anyway celebrates one of its new sister shows, the rebooted Beverly Hills, 90210. Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie are back to come up with song titles for Wayne Brady to make up lyrics in this …
From Zaandam, the Netherlands, comes this footage of a woman fast asleep during an improv comedy show. The troupe members — Tijl Beckand, Ruben van der Meer, Jamai Loman, Tygo Gernandt en Rick Paul van Mulligen — stops what they’re doing to strip down to their underwear, surround her, and …
The greatest unanswered question in short-form improv will return to TV this summer as The CW has revived the game show that’s not a game show (unless you consider improvised comedy a game), Whose Line is it Anyway? Wayne Brady, Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie will return, too, as primetime …
If you’ve been following the discussion regarding stand-up comedians, the Upright Citizens Brigade Theaters in New York City, and the issue of whether a comedy community can be communal and eschew capitalism whilst also trying to make money to pay bills and employees, too… Or if you haven’t, brush up …
