The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The Jim Gaffigan Show doesn’t premiere on TV Land until July 15, but creators Jim and Jeannie Gaffigan already have let us in on a limited-time sneak peek of a full episode that features a ton of cameos by comedians and media personalities, all playing themselves. Including Gaffigan himself — …
For the coming three nights and two days, funny women will gather not only to celebrate their various styles of performing comedy but also to share their experiences in making their voices heard — and perhaps most importantly, move the conversation forward instead of rehashing old, already-decided debates about whether …
In 2012, after her acclaimed documentary had wowed film festivals and she surged back into our consciousness even more with a “win” on NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice, Joan Rivers put together a new one-hour special for Showtime, Joan Rivers: Don’t Start With Me (it’s airing again tonight, as well as On …
An excerpt from Margaret Cho’s experience at the memorial service for Joan Rivers, held Sunday in New York City: The temple was huge and packed and silent and all her fancy friends were there, as well as many of us girl comics, because we had lost our dear leader (I …
Almost every comedian I know shared a photo and/or an anecdote about Joan Rivers tonight in the wake of her death at 81, a week after she suffered cardiac arrest and stopped breathing during throat surgery. (Read the obituary of Joan Rivers here) Looking at all of these photos shows …
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 …
Every year, I think I know what to expect heading into Montreal’s grand poobah of comedy festivals — Just For Laughs — only to realize I still have much to learn. Here are some of the things I learned from the 2014 edition of JFL Montreal: Tuesday is the new …
ABC’s The View dedicated its Tuesday program to “A Day of Comedy.” Take that, Hot Topics! Everybody else take the day off. For an hour, at least, we’re going to sit back in the late morning hour and enjoy some stand-up comedy. Each of The View‘s co-hosts picked a favorite …
In case you missed it last night, Lewis Black sat down at the 92Y for a conversation with Judy Gold that covered all of the relevant topics in politics and current events as we open 2013. Which obviously meant a question for Black about his feelings on gun control. Black …
Nickelodeon announced yesterday that it has set an Oct. 1, 2012, launch date for its new NickMom comedy programming block, to air nightly from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. on its Nick Jr. cable channel. An online companion site and blog already is up and running at www.NickMom.com. In addition to …
