The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Trick or treat! It’s not a trick, but mostly treats this week as Pee-wee Herman visits IFC’s Comedy Bang! Bang! on Friday night for its Halloween episode. If Pee-wee is dressed up as a cowboy, then what is Paul Reubens dressed up as, exactly? Now that’s a trick question. Here’s …
Something special happens each week on The Jeselnik Offensive, which ends its second season tonight on Comedy Central, whenever Anthony Jeselnik introduces his two guest comedians to the panel. And it’s not just the fact that Jeselnik says the word panel over and over again to bookend each panel segment. Few other places …
How do you like your pizza? With bagels and hot dogs on top? Perfect! Then you’ll love this New York City food tour that Michael Ian Black leads Scott Aukerman and Reggie Watts on for this sketch in tonight’s episode of Comedy Bang! Bang! on IFC. Those facial expressions would …
Scott Aukerman doesn’t host Comedy Bang! Bang! on IFC, so much as he presides over a circus of characters and interviews that aren’t interviews, to the point where any viewers who thought they’d tuned into a proverbial late-night talk show come to realize that they’ll enjoy it once they embrace …
Hey, comedy fans! John Oliver isn’t only taking over the reins of The Daily Show this summer while Jon Stewart is making movies, but Oliver also is hosting a fourth season of his Comedy Central showcase series, John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show. It’ll tape episodes June 3-5, 2013, at …
Reggie Watts performed on Thursday night’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, and as Kimmel introduced, made up a song on the spot. That’s kinda his thing. Roll it. This is called “Yew-eeee Blues.” But Watts also can perform and record songs with lyrics you can sing along to. Case in …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… Christina Applegate abruptly left the NBC sitcom Up All Night, while the show is on hiatus to be retooled as a multi-cam for planned new episodes this spring. No word on whether her role will be recast and how that it’ll impact her …
And you thought February was Black History Month. In the world of FX’s Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, it’s also a great time to share great moments in black hisptery. And whom better to break it all down for us than Reggie Watts? Or as Watts tells us, “Gilda …
Reggie Watts became the first musical performer this week on FX’s Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell. Watts dropped some beats, some rhymes and a whole lot of rhythm and blues and funk and soul and sister, just listen to the track he laid down. Roll the clip!
Multifaceted, multilingual, matador. These three words tell you what you need to know about Reggie Watts for his latest performance on Conan, which happened Thursday night. Need three more words? How about “Camarones! Mantequilla! Madrid!” Check it!
