The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Jim Norton hosted this weekend’s Live at Gotham on Comedy Central. I enjoyed his backstage bits of wisdom as much as his onstage material. Here, for example is Norton giving ample advice and warnings to would-be stand-up comedians… And even when you’re performing, then you’ve got your fellow comedians to …
Erin Jackson may have drawn a short straw this week on Last Comic Standing, but she got plenty of airtime last night on Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham. Here is Jackson’s bit explaining why being a comedian makes her good marriage material: More from Jackson after the jump.
Josh Homer explains how children really are much more than gifts from God in this outtake from tonight’s episode of Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham. Enjoy.
Paul Ogata, winner of last year’s San Francisco Comedy Competition, appears tonight on Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham. Here’s a clip that explains how Ogata feels about bathroom attendants. Enjoy.
Here’s a sneak peek of Theo Von, who appears on tonight’s edition of Live at Gotham on Comedy Central. Von got his TV break on MTV via Road Rules, then decided to pursue comedy, and got on last season’s Last Comic Standing via an online contest. Related: The current season …
Rumor has it that Liz Miele began telling jokes right out of the womb. Fact is she waited until she was all of 16 before her first live stand-up gig, which was at the Comedy Cellar. Ahem. Miele just turned 22. And this Friday, you can see her on Comedy …
For those of you who saw Myq Kaplan all-too-briefly on Last Comic Standing this season, you’ll be delighted to know that he did get to tell the dramatic (rather, funny) conclusion to his joke that begins with him punching a baby. It’s included on the end of this clip from …
Earlier this year, I told you that during the tapings for Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham, comedian Shane Mauss had himself one of them thar American Idol moments, knowing enough of his surroundings to gaze into the camera as it panned across the stage, in close-up, to deliver a punchline. …
Tonight on Live at Gotham, Brent Weinbach explains his ideal woman. After the jump, Weinbach sings about bubble gum and more (nsfw)…
My Australian friend James Smith thinks Oprah may have tipped the scales in favor of Barack Obama, and more, tonight on Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham. More thoughts on the election from Smith after the jump!