The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Don’t be misled by the title or the movie trailers. The Comedian, a Taylor Hackford film (An Officer and a Gentleman, Ray) starring Robert De Niro as a former sitcom star and stand-up comedian still trying to ply his trade into his 70s, is actually a love story about second …
The Film Society of Lincoln Center will have a five-day feast of funny feature films this summer by presenting “I Found This Funny: The Comedy World of Judd Apatow,” from July 10-14. Highlights include screenings of many movies Apatow either has directed or produced, a marathon free screening of Freaks and Geeks, …
For Conan O’Brien’s second installment of his Web-only uninterrupted talk show, “Serious Jibber-Jabber,” the front man for Team Coco on TBS welcomes writer/director/producer Judd Apatow to the table. Over the course of 69 minutes and change, we learn from Apatow that: Upon learning that one of Apatow’s first spec scripts …
