Jay Roach – The Comic's Comic

Garry Shandling’s legendary pickup basketball games almost derailed Borat, helped found Funny or Die, and other memories

November 13, 2018

There’s a fun new oral history piece out from ESPN The Magazine today about the late great Garry Shandling and his longtime Sunday basketball games that brought together so many funny people to his home over a couple of decades. “It was ‘Fight Club’ with better jokes,” said Shandling’s writing …

Austin Powers 4: The Dr. Evil spin-off?

August 8, 2012August 8, 2012

Tired of hearing nonsense non-news about a new installment to the Ghostbusters movie franchise? Let’s mix it up, and turn our attention to the Austin Powers spy spoofery of Mike Myers and director Jay Roach. Roach, who’s making the media rounds to promote his new comedy film, The Campaign (starring …