The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Just in time for this week’s fifth-season premiere of Louie on FX and the upcoming seventh Star Wars movie later in 2015, Nerdist Industries presents this simple, loving tribute to both with “Chewie.” Starring Chewbacca as a stand-up comedian going through the same motions as Louis C.K., right down to …
Louis CK already has his next stand-up special in the can as he continues to take victory laps around Madison Square Garden, adding a fourth show for next week. As he wrote to fans, “I mean, if you keep buying the tickets, I have to keep doing the shows. My …
The MTA runs New York City’s subway system, for what that’s worth. The funny things you may see or experience on a subway ride are another story, and NYC-based TV shows, movies and comedians have enjoyed this platform to share them with us over the years. Last week was a …
Here are your nominees for 2014 Emmy Awards in TV comedy. Will update with more categories and breakdowns, but for now, congrats to all! Making a big splash this year definitely is Netflix, with its decision to Orange Is the New Black in comedy earning the streaming site a series …
What do they say about New York City: There are eight million stories, and sometimes it seems as though eight million of the people telling them think they’re comedians? No, that’s not it. It is a fact, though, that America’s biggest city is also its biggest comedy mecca. Hollywood may …
In the second-season premiere of Legit (debuting tonight on FXX), comedian Jim Jefferies plays comedian Jim Jefferies as a guest on the radio talk show Loveline with Dr. Drew, and is forced to confront his possible sex/porn addiction. As much as critics may have wanted to compare Louis C.K.’s Louie …
Ever watch a sitcom that’s set in New York City and obviously filmed in the city, that takes you out of the element once they move to a subway platform or train that’s equally obviously not part of NYC’s MTA system? Sure. Plenty of times. Turns out that fake NYC …
Bob Newhart starred in two classic hit sitcoms — The Bob Newhart Show, 1972-1978, and Newhart, 1982-1990 — but it wasn’t until last night that he could take home his first Emmy, as Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, for The Big Bang Theory. Newhart just turned 84 this …
It has been a week since a crowd of thousands near Hartford heckled Dave Chappelle with shouts of appreciation and misbegotten requests, derailing his planned stand-up comedy set, and with it, the end of that night’s Oddball Festival. But oddballs one and all, come with me back a few years, …
The Emmys love Louis C.K. Louis C.K. this year earned more Emmy nominations for an individual in a single year than anyone before him with nine — covering his FX series (Louie), his HBO special (Oh My God) and his hosting stint on SNL — and honoring him as an actor, …
