The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Lewis Black‘s most recent one-hour special, Old Yeller: Live at the Borgata, arrived first to fans last summer live via pay-per-view before EPIX distributed it to cable subscribers in May. Black is staying ahead of the interactive curve with his live shows this weekend in Napa, Calif., incorporating questions not …
The American Comedy Awards just added one more category to the mix at the last minute (after voting for everything else had ended March 18 (see above!)), to recognize stand-up comedians who play concert-sized rooms and not just clubs. After culling names from the “Industry Committee” (we each received three …
Kathleen Madigan opens her latest stand-up comedy special, “Madigan Again” in Detroit first with Lewis Black by her side on a street in front of the Monument to Joe Louis, then a minute later onstage being introduced by Black. To which she responded, in kind: “How about one big hand …
Kathleen Madigan learned more about her parents during a recent two-week visit with them in the Midwest, and she shared her findings on Friday night’s Late Show with David Letterman. For one thing, Madigan is amazed at the U.S. Postal Service for raising the price of stamps — but not for …
Kathleen Madigan performed on last night’s Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and let us all in on her very first experience with life on a cruise ship — which came when she performed on Lewis Black’s comedy cruise. Apparently there is a lot more than just eating and drinking to …
Performing stand-up comedy on live morning television sounds thrilling enough until you stop on the word “morning” and realize, ohhhhh, stand-up comedy on TV in the morning doesn’t sound much fun. Who’s ready to laugh first thing in the morning? Is it any better if morning is as late as …
The BBC’s Radio 4 recently tried out an American version of its long-running News Quiz programme, and you can listen to it (limited time offer!). They had Lewis Black host the pilot, with a panel including Andy Borowitz, Kathleen Madigan, Todd Barry and Ted Alexandro. If enough people like it, …
You may be familiar with the NPR quiz-show staple, “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me.” But in Britain, they’d already been having fun with the news on a weekly basis for two decades before “Wait Wait” with “The News Quiz.” And with the 2012 U.S. Presidential campaign hitting full stride, the BBC …
Kathleen Madigan was on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno this week. Not the same episode as President Barack Obama. But close. Very close. So close that Madigan still felt comfortable expressing her opinion on Obama’s job performance, as well as the Republican challengers. Madigan also makes a compelling case …
