The Definitive Guide to Comedy
NBC’s Parks and Recreation says goodbye tonight with a series finale that already would have been bittersweet to its cast, crew and viewers; made much more so with the death last week of one of its own, 30-year-old writer, co-executive producer and Pawnee Animal Control’s “Harris,” Harris Wittels. The show …
Scott Aukerman will lose his Comedy Bang! Bang! bandleader Reggie Watts when this fourth season of their IFC series ends, but this week’s couch guest is ready to take the musical comedy sidekick reins. Presenting Kid Cudi. Cudi, who has worked with the likes of Jay-Z, Kanye West and Mary …
Five years ago, performance artist Marina Abramović sat and received many visitors for brief face-to-face sessions at MoMA, documented and captured in a subsequent HBO documentary about her. Last night, Reggie Watts began his own face-to-face experience with visitors to NYC’s Public Theater as part of the Under the Radar …
Have you been clamoring, wishing and hoping for an onscreen reunion of Mr. Show, the critical cult favorite sketch comedy series that ran on HBO from 1995-1998, starred David Cross and Bob Odenkirk, and catapulted the careers of several other heroes of your alt-comedy universe? Consider your wish already granted …
The Late Late Show on CBS will have its first-ever in-house musical bandleader when James Corden debuts in March 2015, and it’s none other than one-man musical genius Reggie Watts! Watts comes with plenty of mock-talk show experience as the bandleader on IFC’s Comedy Bang! Bang! with Scott Aukerman, which …
Who are you dressing up as for Halloween? Wayne and Garth from the SNL sketch and movies, Wayne’s World, is a fun, retro choice, honoring the characters made famous by Mike Myers and Dana Carvey. So nice they’re on TV at least twice this Halloween. First, this morning, Kathie Lee …
IFC’s talk show with the most liberal interpretations of talk and show — Comedy Bang! Bang! with host Scott Aukerman and musical cohort Reggie Watts — returns Oct. 17 for the second half of its third season. Ten new episodes will premiere at 11 p.m. ET/PT Friday nights, with guests including: James Adomian, Eric Andre,Dane Cook, Rob Corddry, Andy Daly, Jon …
Mike Flinn (@realmikeflinn) isn’t just a podcast producer and engineer; he’s also an avid fan of the form. “My Pod Week” recaps and reviews the many varied comedy podcasts Flinn listened to or attended live tapings of during the previous week. Enjoy! NORM MACDONALD LIVE (EP 20 Roseanne Barr) Roseanne …
Mike Flinn (@realmikeflinn) isn’t just a podcast producer and engineer; he’s also an avid fan of the form. “My Pod Week” recaps and reviews the many varied comedy podcasts Flinn listened to or attended live tapings of during the previous week. Enjoy! COMEDY BANG! BANG! (“Taking the Bladder Out” #296 …
When Comedy Bang! Bang! returns to IFC tonight with its third-season premiere, we see not one, not two, but three different pairings of host Scott Aukerman and musical sidekick impresario Reggie Watts!!! “We decided to do a tribute to Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, because we thought – that’s the …
