The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Sometimes, we all could use the serenity that the late Bob Ross offered with his PBS painting show, The Joy of Painting. Ross died in 1995. But his spirit and his TV episodes live on, inspiring all of us to paint happy little clouds and trees. You may have seen …
Winning a prize at the New York Television Festival might not put your independent TV pilot on the air immediately, but it definitely will put you on the map and on the radar for the executives and showrunners who are looking to hire the next great voice. Even just before …
Here’s a fun short film some friends of the site just produced. Terry and Maggie Johnston (Micah Sherman and Cathleen Carr) take the cliched childhood marriage pact — if they both found themselves still single 20 years later, then they’d be lawfully wedded to each other — to heart. Even …
Do you know all of the words to your National Anthem? ALL of the words? Could you sing it on cue, let alone on pitch? OK. Now, can you sing the “Comedian’s National Anthem”? Wait. You don’t know that age-old ditty? That’s probably because it’s only a few years old, …
The inaugural Great American Comedy Festival got under way last night with an amateur stand-up contest in Norfolk, Neb., hometown to the late Johnny Carson. Eddie Brill, David Letterman’s comedy guy, is coordinating the effort, and we all know how Letterman felt about his late-night TV mentor. Robert Klein is …
Myq Kaplan and Micah Sherman opened both shows at last weekend’s inaugural AltCom fest in Somerville, Mass., with their harmonious rendition of the Comedians National Anthem. Here’s how it looked and sounded from the wings Saturday night. Enjoy. Oh, it’s also NSFW. Unless you’re NBC’s NYC news anchor Sue Simmons. …
The second and final night of AltCom saw a packed crowd of enthusiastic comedy fans at the Somerville Theatre on Saturday night. Certainly more of a buzz in the air. Then again, in comedy clubs across the country, 8 p.m. Saturday is considered the sweet spot for audiences, because those …
AltCom fest organizer Brian Joyce paced backstage at the Somerville Theater minutes before the scheduled 8 p.m. showtime and tried to pump up his performers. "It’s a healthy crowd," he told the comedians. "There’s not a stretch of empty seats downstairs." Eugene Mirman couldn’t help but laugh right away, telling …
What happens when you look over your handwritten notes a year later? Let’s find out as we jog our memories on the 2007 Del Close Marathon, held over the last weekend in July… Satellites: Oh, this was a fun way to start my Del Close Marathon in 2007, as Ed …
The Globe misses the story about the new D’Angelo’s TV ads with David Ortiz. That’s not "a talking sandwich." That steak and cheese is comedian Micah Sherman. No wonder Big Papi kept cracking up on camera. Funny stuff, Micah. Funny stuff. UPDATED: Thanks to Adam, Mr. Universal Hub, for reminding …
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