Episode #245: Sam Richardson
Sam Richardson is best known for playing Richard Splett, the only optimistic voice in Selina...
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Tag: Second City
On promoting diversity in improv comedy
When Viola Davis accepted her Emmy Award last night for Outstanding Lead Actress in a TV drama...
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R.I.P. Anne Meara (1929-2015)
Anne Meara, an actress and renowned comedian nominated for Emmys, Golden Globes and Tonys who...
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Scenes from a 1995 TV pilot starring Del Close, Amy Poehler and Matt Dwyer: RVTV
Before Parks and Recreation, before SNL, before the Upright Citizens Brigade set up shop in New...
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Amy Poehler: “Yes, Please” and how your career is a bad boyfriend
In Amy Poehler’s inspirational new book that’s part memoir of her life in comedy...
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Watch Dratch & Fey’s 1999 sketch show
Sometimes it takes 15 years to rediscover the origins of something you loved. Over the weekend, we...
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Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart pay tribute to the late great Harold Ramis
Stephen Colbert must keep up appearances as blowhard mouthpiece “Stephen Colbert” on...
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R.I.P. Harold Ramis (1944-2014)
Writer/director/comedian Harold Ramis died early this morning, four years after first being...
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“My Life Is A Joke”: Five comedians talk about getting a boost of their OWN from Oprah
If you caught David Letterman’s sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey last weekend, then you...
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From Second City to SNL: Aidy Bryant, Tim Robinson set to join cast of Saturday Night Live
With star players such as Kristen Wiig and Andy Samberg departing Saturday Night Live this spring,...
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Remembering Matt Foley: Chris Farley’s “motivational speaker”
Hear the name Chris Farley, and what image pops into your head of the late great sketch comedian?...
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