The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Jerry Seinfeld made a gabillion dollars by making a hugely successful TV sitcom called Seinfeld. When he returned to network television more than a decade later, Seinfeld and his comedy buddies were mocking married couples in The Marriage Ref. Now he’s launching a webseries with Crackle (with Crackle!?!) in which …
A great new documentary, Johnny Carson: King of Late Night, debuts tonight on PBS. Check your local listings for times and repeat airings. Before you watch it, though, treat yourself to some outtakes. Drew Carey and Ray Romano remember their debuts on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. In this …
David Steinberg’s latest comedian interview show — with Steve Carell on-board with him as a fellow executive producer — has a new name, Inside Comedy, and a debut date on Showtime (Jan. 26, 2012). With ten, half-hour episodes, the series will have Steinberg interviewing comedians one-on-one. But with so many …
Jerry Seinfeld made the rounds of New York City comedy clubs on Monday night, which meant one thing: He was prepping for an appearance on Late Show with David Letterman. That happened last night. Seinfeld turned his observational wit to how cell phones have become part of our very persona. …
Web shows get no respect. Most of them don’t deserve any. But some are astounding. We’re gonna look for the best web show ever. First up:The Jerry Seinfeld Program. Most of you will hate this show. It’s absurdist — not “absurd,” like “fun wacky hijinks”. This is some Samuel Beckett shit here. And …
Something felt off last night as I sat at home watching TV, as if I knew I were missing out on a special comedy event. Sure enough: I could have been at the 92nd Street Y on the Upper East Side, listening to Jerry Seinfeld and Carol Leifer talk about …
Sometimes headlines just write themselves, people. Entertainment Weekly broke the news Thursday afternoon that all the four co-stars of Seinfeld — Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Michael Richards — will appear together in the upcoming seventh season of HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm. Of course, the gang has reunited …
Jerry Seinfeld doesn't need the money. But Seinfeld cannot stay away from the stage, whether it's stand-up comedy or television. NBC announced today that he's coming back to the Peacock Network, creating a comedy/reality show about married couples tentatively called "The Marriage Ref." It'll take real married couples with disputes …
Would you like to see how funny people made videos before they knew about the Internet, and also honor the recently deceased Ricardo Montalban? This 1989 short film from Spy magazine will do the trick, as Jerry Seinfeld hosts and Victoria Jackson narrates this test on "how to be famous," …
One of the infinitely awesome things about stand-up comedy is that everyone, even the best and the biggest and the rich and famous among us, has to work at it to maintain a sufficient level of comedic excellence. Witness Jerry Seinfeld, who tapes tonight for Friday's Late Show with David …
