The Definitive Guide to Comedy
"What if I just kept talking for 12 minutes? What would happen? That was the opener." — Jeremy Piven, winning his third consecutive Emmy for best supporting actor in a comedy for Entourage. The hosts talked for only five minutes, Piven. It just felt like 12. Having the five nominees …
If last night’s show at the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden is any indication, Ricky Gervais is not taking any chances with his first American TV stand-up special (HBO is taping his NYC shows this week for broadcast in November). Because for "The Out of England Tour," Gervais has …
This week’s TCA (TV Critics Association) press tour saw some news come out of HBO yesterday, with several new comedy series and specials planned. To wit: Ricky Gervais is taping his shows next week (July 14-16) at the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden for his first American stand-up TV …
Before we get back to the comedy grindstone, let’s recap the comedy news from the Memorial Day weekend… Dane Cook flew into Las Vegas for three shows at Caesars. He told the Review-Journal beforehand that he not only remained well aware of the backlash against him, but was ready to …
So, yes, The Comic’s Comic has left the big city for more than a few days and ventured out in the world again, this time that part of the world existing north of Boston, where mirth and merriment can indeed exist in the Merrimack Valley if Ricky Gervais decides to …
Before I get to recapping the year in comedy, circa 2007, let’s look back at some of my more illuminating, insightful and interesting comedy interviews from the year. My sit-down with Ricky Gervais has to take the top spot in my mind, because his strongly held opinions on sticking to …
Ricky Gervais welcomes me into a nondescript conference room at HBO’s Midtown Manhattan offices, looking cool and casual. Wait. I’m not writing some sort of clichéd magazine piece, am I? How could I? Sometime in the middle of our half-hour chat, what started as an interview became, unbeknownst to Gervais, …