The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The legendary late Richard Pryor had a longtime friendship and working relationship with Paul Mooney. Yesterday, ComedyHype posted a video interview with Pryor’s old bodyguard, in which he alleged that Pryor and Mooney had a falling out in the 1980s when Pryor learned that Mooney had “violated” Pryor’s son. The …
Black may not crack, but Paul Mooney, at 72, shows signs of wear and tear. On Monday night’s episode of Arsenio, he ambled onstage with a cane, and seemed to be in no sweet hurry to get anywhere anytime soon in his late-night TV performance. Mooney joked that host Arsenio …
The Friars Club and Comedy Central aren't the only roast games in town. The TV One network (check your local listings) has taped an upcoming "Roast & Toast of John Witherspoon," and during the roast, Earthquake compared Paul Mooney to everyone's "gay uncle." Apparently, that hit a bit close to …
A few things to mention before we get back to our regularly scheduled blogging: — Demetri Martin will co-star with Brad Pitt in the movie adaptation of Moneyball, directed by Steven Soderbergh. Martin will play the stats guy who teams up with Oakland A's GM Billy Beane (Pitt) to change …
You don’t often see a comedy club audience wait outside in the brisk November air for more than an hour after midnight, for a show that doesn’t start until 1:15 a.m. and stretches through to 4:30 a.m., with few of the audience members leaving to go home to bed. Then …
Today on Dr. Phil, the good TV doctor dragged America and anyone unfortunate enough to have a TV to watch an hour of debate over using "the N-word," with racist racists saying they can say what they want, and other people pointing out that that’s kinda racist. Comedians Paul Mooney …
Late into the night, or early this morning, after seeing parts of three different comedy specials on Showtime, I couldn’t help but think about how Showtime’s comedy specials all have a uniquely odd look and feel to them. Especially when compared to the consistent theater sets and production values of …
