The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Anthony Cumia was installing heaters and air conditioners at 33 when a song parody he wrote about OJ Simpson caught the attention of a Long Island radio DJ named Gregg Hughes. Hughes invited Cumia to sit in with him, and from there, The Opie and Anthony Show was born. That …
Paul Mecurio is seen every night by audiences of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, as he warms them up before the CBS cameras turn on for taping. Mecurio graduated from law school and started out on Wall Street, though, before ever discovering his passions for comedy and getting a big break by selling …
After 13 years, there’s no more Opie or Anthony on SiriusXM satellite radio. Almost three years to the day after firing Anthony Cumia, SiriusXM fired Opie (Gregg Hughes) this week. “SiriusXM confirms it has terminated its relationship with Gregg ‘Opie’ Hughes, host of the ‘Opie Radio Show’ weekday afternoons on …
Jim Norton is a best-selling author and comedian you’ve seen in multiple stand-up specials on HBO and EPIX and in recurring roles on Louie and Inside Amy Schumer. But you’ve likely also heard him for almost two decades now every morning on the radio — first as the third mic …
Always outspoken but perhaps never quite as sincerely forthright without needing a hard laugh until now, Jim Norton provided the timeliest keynote address yet at Montreal’s Just For Laughs on Thursday. The festival began adding a keynote address from a stand-up comedian five years ago to jumpstart its JFL ComedyPro …
Doug Stanhope brought his latest stand-up comedy tour into New York City, with gigs Sunday and Monday night at B.B. King’s in Times Square, and sat in for a memorable Monday-morning discussion with the Opie & Anthony show on SiriusXM satellite radio. It opened with some lighthearted discussion about the …
Are women funny? Are you funny? That’s a fairer, more legitimate question. In a new documentary by stand-up comedian Bonnie McFarlane, shot with her husband, comedian Rich Vos, Women Aren’t Funny wisely takes a humorous approach to the topic. “It seems so obvious to me that women are funny, that to …
A couple of years ago, comedians Bill Burr, Robert Kelly and Joe DeRosa grew tired of waiting for the phone to ring with news of their next big break. They decided to take matters into their own hands. And after a spirited discussion, Kelly said to the other two: “This …
In a just world, the Comedy Gods weed out the no-talent hacks and leave the true voices to prosper. Alas, alack, we do not always live in a just world. And so it is that the Comedy Gods are wreaking havoc on another of our true voices: Patrice O’Neal. Many …
