Sneak Peek! Meet NBC’s “Untitled Sketch Comedy Pilot” Primetime Players
by Forty years ago, NBC assembled a group of “Not Ready For Prime-Time Players” for a live televised sketch comedy show on Saturday nights. Can they …
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Rare posthumous recording from the 1970s, “Phil Hartman’s Flat TV,” to receive animation treatment
In 1997, Mike Scott was a teen-aged aspiring comedian who wrote to Phil Hartman seeking advice about entering the world of show business. Sixteen years …
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Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s On First” 75 years later: The perfect comedy sketch?
It’s Opening Day for Major League Baseball, and also the 75th anniversary of Abbott and Costello’s classic baseball comedy sketch, “Who’s On First?” ESPN’s Chris …
“24,” the presidential debate joke edition: Late-night TV writers on their quick turnarounds
The final presidential debate of the 2012 campaign ended at 11 p.m. Eastern time Monday in Boca Raton, Fla. Meanwhile, up the East Coast in …
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Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks reminisce about the “2,000-year-old Man”
On Sept. 9, 2011, HBO will broadcast a comedy special pairing Mel Brooks with Dick Cavett in conversation, but in this clip, we see that …