R.I.P. Marc Wilmore
by Marc Wilmore, a comedian, writer and younger brother of Larry Wilmore, has died at 57. Marc Wilmore died from COVID-19, although his older brother said …
Tag: In Living Color
Watch the “In Living Color” reunion from the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival
Keenen Ivory Wayans and his co-stars from In Living Color, including Tommy Davidson, David Alan Grier, Shawn Wayans and Kim Wayans, reunited for a panel …
Episode #41: Jermaine Fowler
Today’s guest is Jermaine Fowler, who was supposed to get his big break in 2012 as part of a much-ballyhooed reboot of FOX’s seminal sketch …
Episode #13: Lil Rel Howery
This summer couldn’t be hotter for Lil Rel. Lil Rel Howery co-stars as one of the Friends of the People, the sketch show currently in …
Summer Reads: Comedy Writing for Late-Night TV, by Joe Toplyn
Any time is a good time to pick up a book, but summertime sure feels like the right time to lounge poolside or on the …
Movies / TV / Uncategorized
RIP Jay Leggett (1963-2013)
Comedian, actor, writer and director Jay Leggett died suddenly over the weekend, collapsing after a hunting trip with family in his native Wisconsin. Leggett was 50. Leggett, …
Best in Comedy 2012: The 10 posts you read most last year
It’s the first full week of 2013, and so, too, the last real opportunity to look back on 2012 without feeling like it’s “too soon” …
Meet Me In New York: Jermaine Fowler
What do they say about New York City: There are eight million stories, and sometimes it seems as though eight million of the people telling …
Meet the new cast of FOX’s “In Living Color” reboot
It’s a big month for past, present and future fans of FOX’s sketch comedy show, In Living Color, as the network plans to celebrate the anniversary …
Reviews / TV / Uncategorized
Can 41 million YouTube views be wrong? Assessing “In The Flow With Affion Crockett”
Reading the TV tea leaves seems fairly simple once you read enough of them, because television executives tend to follow certain predictable patterns. Such as: …