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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 …
This week’s episode of Modern Comedian, the documentary webseries by Scott Moran, goes way back to a time before iPhones — when apps meant appetizers — and when we all had the opportunity to experience Mitch Hedberg in our lives. Lynn Shawcroft, who was married to Hedberg, shares stories about …
Rory Scovel returned to Conan on Monday night for some more stand-up. Though he didn’t have Jon Dore by his side to confuse and amuse the audience with their two-man overlapping routines, Scovel did have a beer bottle and a character that the viewers didn’t even know wasn’t him. Got …
Rory Scovel got himself all dressed up for his appearance this week on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Straighten up and fly right? Scovel shared his thoughts about sparing spare change for a homeless person, why Batman is his favorite despite lacking some social skills, and planning a wedding. …
Comedy Central Presents is dead. Long live Comedy Central Presents! In its place, starting in 2012, is The Half Hour. As in past seasons, the half-hour stand-up showcases debut lat on Friday nights. This season opens with back-to-back episodes at 11 p.m. Eastern/Pacific, 10 p.m. Central/Mountain, on Friday, May 11, …
Comedy Central Presents is dead. Long live the new half-hour comedy special for the cable network, named, well, The Half Hour! And Comedy Central is heading up to Boston at the end of this month to tape them. But who will be featured in the inaugural season for 2012? Meet …
You never quite know what you’re going to find in a Rory Scovel performance, and he succeeds in bewildering the audiences at the San Francisco Punch Line where he recorded his new stand-up comedy CD, “Dilation,” earlier this year. Not that bewilderment is a bad thing to produce. Scovel likes …
