The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Today’s guest is David Feldman, who was born into show business and currently hosts another podcast with ShowBriz Studios, The David Feldman Show. But who is David Feldman? We dig deep into his life and career, from growing up watching his influential broadcasting father in New York City, to young …
Wait, is the president of the United States a comedian? We’ll get to that soon enough. In the meantime, though, President Barack Obama will open the seventh season of Jerry Seinfeld’s Crackle webseries, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, which debuts Dec. 30, 2105. Here’s the trailer, which also features season …
The current tour of Steve Martin and Martin Short is billed officially as “Steve Martin with the Steep Canyon Rangers & Martin Short in a Very Stupid Conversation.” But the audience who paid to see two of The Three Amigos on Friday night in San Antonio received a special treat …
Bill Dawson is a graphic designer by trade. Corporate logos, fonts and brand design communications are his game, as creative director of XK9. But earlier this month, Dawson set his mind to a more personal project that allows him to have fun. He calls it “Comics of Comedy.” His computer illustrations of …
Shout! Factory TV launched today as a new free streaming service offering cult comedy favorites, from stand-up specials to sitcoms to movies, all available on your computer, cell phone, tablet or TV (via Roku app). The programming comes culled and curated from the company’s Shout! Factory, as well as Westchester …
NBC aired two ads during the Super Bowl for Saturday Night Live’s upcoming SNL40 40th anniversary special, and in doing so, revealed a lengthy list of former hosts, musical guests and cast members confirmed for the reunion party. Of course, Lorne Michaels always loves to keep some celebrity cameos a …
The sixth time was the charm for Kathy Griffin, who took home her first Grammy win for Best Comedy Album at the 56th annual Grammy Awards. Griffin won for the digital audio recording of her 2013 Bravo TV special, “Calm Down Gurrl.” Also nominated in Best Comedy Album: Craig Ferguson, …
Six years ago, I left behind a career as a newspaper reporter — working beats from City Hall to police, utility districts, general assignments, features and entertainment in newspapers across the country — to start The Comic’s Comic because nobody cared enough to devote full-time resources to covering comedy as …
Steve Martin has hosted the Academy Awards three times, but never won an Oscar until this weekend, when the Academy awarded him with one of its honorary Governors Awards. Tom Hanks and Martin Short helped introduce Martin at the star-studded banquet. Here is Martin’s heartfelt acceptance speech. Roll it! Martin …
You know, kids, there was a time not so long ago when comedians weren’t always talking to each other on microphones and sharing everything about their lives with you via podcasts. Try to remember way back when, to 2008. You got that? OK. Good. Now go back another 30 years …
