The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Here are your nominees for 2014 Emmy Awards in TV comedy. Will update with more categories and breakdowns, but for now, congrats to all! Making a big splash this year definitely is Netflix, with its decision to Orange Is the New Black in comedy earning the streaming site a series …
Earlier this week, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer asked Oklahoma tornado survivor Rebecca Vitsum if she “thanked the Lord” for living through the storm. Vitsum is an atheist. So no, she didn’t thank God. The video clip circulated and from Paul Provenza it found its way to Doug Stanhope, who told his fans …
Ricky Gervais is featured in this month’s “Comedy Issue” of GQ magazine. No, Gervais isn’t on the cover. He’s not some big-time comedian like JAMES FRANCO is — that screams comedy, doesn’t it? Anywho. This anywho named Gervais does an interview with GQ, neatly and not-so-coincidentally timed to the end …
What’s a decade for comedy nerds to wait for their beloved British characters? Over the weekend, we saw the rebirth of not only Steve Coogan’s “Alan Partridge,” but also Ricky Gervais’ “David Brent.” Coogan’s fictional radio and TV talk-show host has popped up in various projects over the past two …
On Wednesday night’s Conan, Conan O’Brien asked guest Ricky Gervais (there to promote his new TV series Derek, after making a similar stop at the TV Critics Association press tour) about his habit of posting unflattering self-portraits of himself while in the bathtub. Gervais not only answered the question, but …
Samuel Comroe made his late-night TV debut last night on Conan, thanks to Ricky Gervais, and even more specifically, thanks to Comroe winning Gervais’ Just Sayin App contest. Comroe joked about living with Tourette’s, and also received an invite from Conan O’Brien to sit down for a panel interview segment. …
Ricky Gervais announced late Wednesday that Samuel J. Comroe, a comedian born and raised in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley, has won his Just Sayin’ app contest and will perform on Conan as part of his prize on Nov. 13, 2012. Congrats, Samuel! Watch Comroe’s official entry. How much appeal do …
Ricky Gervais has a contest that will grant one stand-up comedian with a three-minute spot to perform on Conan. Wait, what? Why? Doesn’t Gervais have his own TV shows? And why isn’t Conan O’Brien holding this contest instead? It’s all about the new mobile app Gervais has launched called Just …
For his next TV comedy trick, Ricky Gervais will try to make Americans laugh not via cable TV nor TV at all, but rather, Netflix. The online streaming service announced late Wednesday that it had acquired the U.S. rights to broadcast the upcoming Gervais series, Derek, in 2013. Gervais plays …
In case you missed it last night, ABC’s Nightline profiled Ricky Gervais, calling him the “king of unkind comedy” and introducing the segment by describing him as “hilariously offensive and offensively hilarious.” The profile and interview rehashes the ol’ Golden Globes “controversy” even though everyone’s already over it, then asks …
