The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Doug Stanhope is seemingly afraid of nothing. Certainly not death. Most definitely not offending anyone’s sensibilities. Showtime premieres the video version tonight of his most recently recorded hour, “Before Turning the Gun On Himself” (Roadrunner Records), with rebroadcasts throughout August 2012 on Showtime’s various pay-movie channels. Even when he starts off …
Showtime announced today during the TV Critics Association summer press tour that Inside Comedy had earned a 10-episode second season, which will premiere in January 2013. Among the comedians interviewed by David Steinberg this time around: Ben Stiller, Tina Fey, Judd Apatow, Carol Burnett, Jim Carrey, Albert Brooks and the …
Patton Oswalt has reached that level of success where he’s compelled to say up top, “Nothing I’m going to say will live up to that!” to lessen the audience’s expectations. Which doesn’t matter because the opening applause is but one of many breaks during his latest hourlong set, “Finest Hour,” out …
David Steinberg’s latest comedian interview show — with Steve Carell on-board with him as a fellow executive producer — has a new name, Inside Comedy, and a debut date on Showtime (Jan. 26, 2012). With ten, half-hour episodes, the series will have Steinberg interviewing comedians one-on-one. But with so many …
“This is my last hit,” says Dave Attell between cigarette puffs, in typical self deprecating fashion. “No, Dave, The Gong Show was your last hit,” I reply. This is Attell’s next potential hit, and it goes back to something near and dear to the stand-up comedian: Pornography. Specifically, old porn. …
The full cast of Arrested Development reunited Sunday for the first time since FOX cancelled the critically beloved sitcom five years ago — and revealed a bombshell development. While everyone expected to hear news about a long-rumored AD movie, they heard creator Mitchell Hurwitz instead say that the movie would …
In the second season finale of Showtime’s The Green Room with Paul Provenza, Provenza asked Jimmy Carr to explain his theory on why humans laugh, and how it applies to evolution and makes us more advanced than other creatures big and small. Here is how that transpired. Paul Provenza: “Jimmy …
Among the many weird things that happened this July at Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival, one of the weirder but possibly predictable things was that Tony Clifton caused trouble. It’s where and when he did it that’s newsworthy, as Paul Provenza had invited the longtime comedy character (played at times …
Today during the TCA summer tour for America’s TV Critics Association, Showtime announced it had ordered 10 half-hour episodes of a comedy interview series, Laughing Stock, hosted by David Steinberg and executive produced by Steve Carell. If that sounds familiar, it’s because Steinberg, who turns 69 on Aug. 9, hosted …
