The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Ron Funches is in NYC headlining Caroline’s on Broadway, and before his show on Thursday night, he stopped in to perform on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Just to prove he’s not Questlove. He’s also happy to be in New York City in the summer to do his summer …
Ladies and gentlemen, it may be two weeks too early to declare a winner in the eighth season of NBC’s Last Comic Standing. But as you watch the final five finalists face off in stand-up competitions over the next three Thursdays, you may be thinking to yourself: How can I …
Dan Naturman played it cool in his preview profile that set up his quarterfinals appearance live Tuesday night on America’s Got Talent. This year’s AGT voting also includes a partnership with Google, so if you Googled Dan Naturman America’s Got Talent, you’d go right to a voting tab for him …
Carrie Keagan, who was great late in the mornings as host of VH1’s Big Morning Buzz Live from 2011-2013, could, would and perhaps should also be great as host of a late-night TV show. If only the TV networks would give Keagan that chance. Or any lady, for that matter. In …
You know what? Last Comic Standing really has gotten a lot of things right in its eighth season. When Last Comic did a roast several years back, it felt like a backroom thing. Low-budget. This time around it not only dressed up the contestants in black-tie, but made the whole …
We have our five finalists on season 8 of NBC’s Last Comic Standing, and now we know we’ll be able to see them all perform live in a theater near you this fall. The show announced a tour that kicks off Sept. 16, 2014, in Tuscon, crosses America and back …
After what seemed like a month of repeats and repackaged highlights from the auditions for the 2014 season of America’s Got Talent, we finally moved on to Judgment Week — this time not in Las Vegas, but in New York, or New Jersey. Close enough for judge Howard Stern to …
Three isn’t just the magic number. Three also makes a trend, so what to make of the Bearded Best Friend who’ll pop up on at least three new sitcoms this fall? Note: It’d be four or more in 2014 if NBC renews Undateable (featuring Ron Funches), and if you count …
Nick Thune: Is he a hipster or a businessman from the 19th century? Maybe he’s just high. Can’t say the same about his dog, or can he? In two videos, because that’s how The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is playing the YouTube game these days, here’s Nick Thune’s five-minute …
If there ever were a challenge that I know I could have won on NBC’s Last Comic Standing, then this week’s Universal Studios Tram Experience challenge showed me the way. Back in the late 1990s, while living in Seattle as a young stand-up comedian and improviser myself, I got hired …
