The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The most recent episode of the PBS Off Book webseries, “What’s the deal with Internet Comedy?” invited three comedians to discuss three facets of comedy that reaches you over the series of tubes we call Internet. You are using them now. Good job. Jon Friedman talks Twitter, and how the …
The “Funny Ladies” hour of the PBS documentary series, Pioneers of Television, debuted this week. Narrated by Ryan Seacrest? Oh well. Can’t win ’em all. Unless you consider Seacrest an out-and-out funny lady, too. “Funny Ladies” zeroes in quickly on Carol Burnett as the biggest pioneer among the funny women …
In case you missed it Tuesday because you were watching post-tropical storm Sandy coverage on TV, or because you didn’t have enough electricity to watch a TV — Ellen DeGeneres received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, 2012 edition, in a ceremony broadcast Tuesday on PBS. She’s the first openly …
Scott Moran’s documentary series about the lives and work of stand-up comedians, “Modern Comedian,” will live on with a new distribution deal with PBS Digital Studios. Moran told The Comic’s Comic: “Yeah! It’s true. They approached me and made a great offer that works well for both of us so …
What’s happening in the comedy world right now… NBC has ordered five additional scripts of Guys With Kids. That makes the network’s new fall sitcom offerings three for four in terms of staying alive through the season and into 2013. Showtime’s House of Lies will welcome two new cast members …
After Mitt Romney singled him out during the first presidential debate with Barack Obama, Big Bird has been making the rounds in a way this Sesame Street Muppet character has not seen in ages. First a slot on the Weekend Update desk of Saturday Night Live. And now this. President …
How would Bond, James Bond, hold up as a live sketch comedian against the onslaught of topical and absurdist humor put upon him by the writers of Saturday Night Live? We found out last night. https://www.hulu.com/watch/409936 The first 2012 Presidential Debate happened on Wednesday night, making it the obvious choice …
When you have a couple of hours to spare, please spare yourself the time to learn (or re-learn) your history of television. Who knows? It might come in handy the next time our world sees a sea-change in technology. Like. Oh. Say when the Internet becomes the medium and the …
A great new documentary, Johnny Carson: King of Late Night, debuts tonight on PBS. Check your local listings for times and repeat airings. Before you watch it, though, treat yourself to some outtakes. Drew Carey and Ray Romano remember their debuts on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. In this …
File this under the weirdest press releases ever. PBS put out a statement late Thursday in response to online calls by people such as this Change.org petition calling for Sesame Street‘s Bert and Ernie to get gay-married. The network said: “Bert and Ernie are best friends. They were created to …
