The Definitive Guide to Comedy
truTV’s behind-the-scenes comedy history series, truInside, has focused on classic big-screen comedies over its first six weeks: Airplane!, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Bridesmaids, The Jerk, Heathers. But this Monday’s episode spent an hour inside the Olive Tree Cafe and its more famous basement dwellers at The Comedy Cellar. The …
Jim Gaffigan turns 49 today, but he has given the comedy scene a big fat birthday present, too, by casting so many comedians in the first season of his new TV Land series, The Jim Gaffigan Show, which premieres July 15. Just look! Of course I had to screengrab the …
Forget punching up. If you really want to speak truth to power, and you’re a comedian, what’s the best way to go about it? Sarah Silverman has produced several videos on her own or for various non-profit organizations to advance causes she believes in, including election issues on the ballot and …
How did Netflix not announce this earlier in the week when it already had the full attention of the TV Critics Association? Regardless… Wet Hot American Summer officially is back in production! The cult favorite film from 2001 has found its cast members reunite a few times since, usually either …
Ted Alexandro began his comedy career as part of a duo, with Hollis James. Two decades later, Alexandro and James are back working together, collaborating on the fun new webseries, “Teacher’s Lounge.” It also reunites them in old familiar roles, with Alexandro teaching music and James as the janitor of a …
Here it is, the official movie trailer for I Am Road Comic, the documentary sequel to Jordan Brady’s I Am Comic. I Am Road Comic has screened at the Friars Club Comedy Film Festival and the Montclair Film Festival this spring, but will have its West Coast premiere on June …
FOX is not going to let animation dominate Sunday nights any longer in 2014. Sure, there will be three looney toons on the night this fall — Bob’s Burgers, The Simpsons and Family Guy. But they’ll be separated by the reigning Golden Globe winner in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, as well as …
Dave Attell gives back to some of his fellow comedy veterans, and in a very real way has given back to military veterans and their families, through filming his new stand-up showcase series, Comedy Underground with Dave Attell, which debuts at 1 a.m. Sunday on Comedy Central following the premiere of …
Before Super Bowl XLVIII, Taran Killam and Judah Friedlander waged a public bet over the outcome to launch the new Above Average series, “You Bet Your Ass,” in conjunction with FOX Sports. Killam picked the Seahawks. Picking the Broncos meant a sad day for Friedlander as he had to pay …
Seattle Seahawks or Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII: Who’s your team? The NFL’s 48th Super Bowl title game kicks off Sunday afternoon, and Saturday Night Live‘s Taran Killam has made a public wager with 30 Rock‘s Judah Friedlander over the outcome. Killam’s siding with Seattle. Friedlander’s a Denver betting …
