The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Earlier this week, when Jerry Seinfeld met up with Jason Alexander and Seinfeld’s co-creator Larry David at the sitcom’s iconic diner location of Monk’s, the filmmaker directing a real documentary about the real Tom’s Restaurant also was on the scene in New York City’s Morningside Heights. Gian Franco Morini, director …
While others were gossiping about the possibility that Larry David had written a potential Broadway play for Jerry Seinfeld on Showbiz411, the comedy911 bell was ringing today as Seinfeld and Jason Alexander (in full George Costanza attire and without his hairpiece that he affixes specifically to play anything but George …
Bad news for fans of Seinfeld tribute parodies on Twitter: Jerry Seinfeld doesn’t share your enthusiasm for them. Good news for everybody else: Seinfeld does have his own modern-day idea for something to talk about with Larry David, and he teased it today in his first-ever Reddit AMA chat with …
Louis C.K. will be on Jerry Seinfeld’s third season of “Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee,” even though they spent the day Tuesday on C.K.’s boat, and Seinfeld doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with that — or with the fact that he’s devoting time to yet another white male comedian. Seinfeld …
Tom Papa‘s new one-hour stand-up special, Tom Papa: Freaked Out, premieres tonight on EPIX HD (check your cable listings or go online to watch). While many Americans and others around the world might feel freaked out due to the global economy, national politics or local issues, Papa seems cool, calm …
The Emmys love Louis C.K. Louis C.K. this year earned more Emmy nominations for an individual in a single year than anyone before him with nine — covering his FX series (Louie), his HBO special (Oh My God) and his hosting stint on SNL — and honoring him as an actor, …
If you think it’s weird that Louis C.K. and Matt LeBlanc are competing against each other again in the same Emmy Awards category for roles in which they play themselves, in name and essentially in spirit, in TV comedies, consider this: C.K. and LeBlanc were high-school classmates, too. Newton North High …
Just listen to this interview Jerry Seinfeld gave to Howard Stern on Stern’s SiriusXM program on Wednesday morning. It’s upward of 90 minutes of pure comedy talk. And it’s gold. Stern really zeroes in everything comedy regarding Seinfeld, from his history with NBC, to his relationships with Johnny Carson, Jay …
Jerry Seinfeld is one of those classic throwback stand-up comedians who, like Bill Cosby, still prefers to deliver stand-up standing up at the microphone before sitting down to panel chat on a late-night TV talk show. So, that’s nice. It’s funny weird but also understandable to see that Jimmy Fallon …
What’s happening in the comedy world these days… Joan Rivers turns 80 on June 8, and she and her daughter Mellissa will be part of a special edition of ABC’s Celebrity Wife Swap later this month, as they’re swapping with Bristol and Willow Palin? That’s June 23. Next week, E! …
