The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Jim Florentine rose to fame with his bestselling recordings “Terrorizing Telemarketers” and by voicing the wildly popular character Special Ed for Comedy Central’s Crank Yankers. Florentine has won an Emmy for his work on HBO’s Inside the NFL and had two Billboard top-ten comedy albums within a single year. He …
Mike Flinn (@realmikeflinn) isn’t just a podcast producer and engineer; he’s also an avid fan of the form. “My Pod Week” recaps and reviews the many varied comedy podcasts Flinn listened to or attended live tapings of during the previous week. Enjoy! JIM FLORENTINE’s “COMEDY METAL MIDGETS” (Jim Interviews Comic Friend …
Just a few quick thoughts on the debut episode of HBO’s Down & Dirty with Jim Norton, which premiered over the weekend and airs again late tonight. In the theater, you could barely hear Lemmy from Motorhead, and not a lick of his theme song, but everything comes through a-OK …
This is an early review! HBO just taped four episodes of a new stand-up showcase, Down and Dirty with Jim Norton. It’ll air this fall (update! debut is midnight Oct. 4, with other episodes premiering Oct. 11, 18, and 25) They taped two episodes last night and two tonight at …
Artie Lange told me just a couple of weeks ago how happy he is doing comedy since he joined the Howard Stern show. I wish I could say the same about attempting to watch him perform in front of a Town Hall crowd full of Stern listeners. Imagine hundreds of …
