The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Warning. The year is 2013. You’re about to be transported back 25 years to 1988, when Marc Maron appeared on the TV program, Rascals Comedy Hour. You can tell it’s 1988 because he noted at one point in his set that it was two weeks following the 19th anniversary of …
Fantasy football leagues have become so widespread and commonly accepted as a hobby that it’s the focus of a long-running sitcom on FX, The League. Why not spin the concept out, and have a fantasy comedy league? That’s what the comedians at SiriusXM decided. Last Friday on “Fridays with Breuer,” …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… IFC announced its principal cast for the upcoming animated series, Out There, which premieres Feb. 22, 2013, from creator Ryan Quincy (who’ll voice the main character). Quincy will be joined by the voices for Pamela Adlon, Fred Armisen, Linda Cardellini, John DiMaggio, Kate …
New York City-based comedy rock band Fortress of Attitude is halfway through a “12 Christmas Songs in 12 Days of Christmas” project called “Bigger Than Santa.” They may have found their winner with “Carol of the Comedians,” with traditional Christmas tune having its lyrics adapted entirely to names of famous …
We here may be called The Comic’s Comic. But what does that title even mean? And who embodies it? The given standard holds that a “comic’s comic” literally is a comedian beloved by fellow comedians; often also by critics; and sometimes in this current generation, by the so-called “comedy nerds” …
Anthony Bourdain famously holds back “No Reservations” on his Travel Channel series, which has begun its final season of road-tripping this month. Bourdain can expect comedians to not hold back, either, when they “roast” him as part of the 2012 New York City Wine & Food Festival. Mario Batali and …
ABC News and Nightline gave Marc Maron its profile treatment last night. Roll the clip! video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player
Eddie Pepitone has serious daddy issues in this new clip released from the forthcoming documentary about Pepitone, The Bitter Buddha. The film premiered at Just For Laughs Chicago last month, and also screened once last week during Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival. In this clip, taken from audio of Pepitone’s …
Anyone who thought that Andy Kindler’s annual State of the Industry speech at Montreal’s Just For Laughs had become predictable or stale over the past two decades obviously didn’t see and hear Kindler on Friday afternoon. A resurgent Kindler — buoyed by a pitch-perfect impersonation of him by James Adomian …
In 2011, Comedy Central presented a live online look-in at the comedy tent from the Bonnaroo festival. This summer, the cable channel will package the best stand-up comedy from Bonnaroo for an hour-long special, to premiere June 23, 2012. The announced lineup for Bonnaroo 2012 so far includes Aziz Ansari, …
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