The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Some Web videos go viral for being awful and then turn those mediocre people into rich and famous celebrities. Way to go all Opposite Day, Internet haters! Thankfully, the success of Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is a wonderful thing created by truly talented and funny people, and has …
When a web video makes it to primetime network television, kudos for everyone. Of course, Brian Williams more than plays along with Marcel the Shell with shoes on, and “his” parents Jenny Slate and Dean Fleischer-Camp. Don’t ever accuse this network news anchor of not having a sense of humor. …
Did you think that Marcel, the shell with shoes on, was completely adorable? Of course you did. So, now what? Creators Jenny Slate and Dean Fleischer-Camp have expanded Marcel to a book, and here is the second video of Marcel in action. Roll it! The book is kid-friendly, kid-approved!
Who is Jenny Slate? Who better to answer that question than Jenny Slate. In her new video, “Self Esteem,” Slate, her comedy partner Gabe Liedman and her life partner Dean Fleischer-Camp follow her around and comment about her life, or what they think her life must be like. I’m jealous. …
Fans of Gabe & Jenny, aka Gabe Liedman and Jenny Slate, can rejoice knowing they finally have two new episodes of “BESTIE X BESTIE” to learn more about their Brooklyn alt-comedy darlings. In this first video, have your own balloon handy and find out about an important moment in Jenny’s …
If you turn on your TV these days, and you probably do this, unless you never turn the darned thing off, then you may have noticed more and more New York City comedians getting involved in big-time mainstream commercial advertising. Then again, perhaps this always has been the case, but …
Why would anyone mourn a venue that’s essentially a dive bar with inconsistent air conditioning, horribly horrible bathrooms, a movie screen that had a massive tear in it (until, ha-ha, this past week!) for a place that still had a sign outside boasting it was Cinema Classics, and really, all …
If you’re reading this, it’s a Sunday morning, and probably not the time you’re thinking about seeing a comedy show. Unless you have kids. And then you may want to hear about a limited-time production called The Wizard’s Lounge, which offers performances today and next Sunday at 12:30 p.m. at …
Gabe & Jenny’s new video series is up at and at them with animation, their subversive wit and dialogue, and cameos with their comedy friends. Check out What’s Doin? on Super Deluxe (note to SD: update the Gabe & Jenny bio so people don’t try to find them and fail …
The Whitest Kids U’Know make their second-season splash at 11 p.m. tonight on IFC, followed by a half-hour highlights package from their first season back on FUSE. The IFC promos make much of the fact that the Whitest Kids can now be seen uncensored, and tonight’s episode certainly reminds you …
