The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The student is now the master? Former Splitsider writer (now Vulture Senior Editor) Jesse David Fox and his colleagues at New York magazine have acquired Splitsider. Since launching in 2010, Splitsider had been part of The Awl Network of blog sites, which recently ceased operations. Now it will “be integrated …
Vulture, New York magazine’s entertainment platform, debuted a new podcast series today that’s all about jokes. Jesse David Fox hosts Good One: A Podcast About Jokes. Fox’s first guest, Jim Gaffigan, talked with him about a specific bit in Gaffigan’s newest Netflix stand-up special, Cinco, that jokes about how good-looking …
Chris Rock enjoyed a big weekend of press and publicity in advance of his already critically-acclaimed new movie, Top Five. Mo Rocca interviewed Rock for CBS Sunday Morning. And Frank Rich interviewed him for New York mag’s Vulture. Both are great. In both places, Rock drops the hint that’d he …
After taping several episodes in June, Sundance TV is ready to air The Approval Matrix starting Aug. 11, 2014. The show takes New York Magazine’s print feature of The Approval Matrix, adds a panel of comedians, actors and cultural observers to debate the items you’d see on the weekly matrix, plus …
Kate Micucci and Riki Lindhome named their musical comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates. So, wouldn’t you know, someday John Oates of Hall and Oates would find out about them. What happened next? Micucci and Lindhome share that story, lovingly animated by the team at UCB Comedy for their series, “Animated …
