The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Oh, Tim Minchin. Cheeky lad, he. Even when Minchin decides to scale back his musicianship to perform a TV-friendly, three-minute song for Conan, he manages to sneak some jokes through the network censorship system and appeal to the cheeky lad in all of us. Wait. There’s a cheeky lad in …
Tim Minchin is one of my favorite comedians, let alone one of my favorite comedians who is equally brilliant as a musical comedian and a musician. Minchin was supposed to be on the telly Friday night in the UK on ITV’s broadcast of The Jonathan Ross Show. Ross and the …
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 …
And the award for Best Off-Broadway Show You Only Have A Week Or Less to Enjoy goes to…Tim Minchin’s one-man show at New World Stages. Six shows remain, tonight through Saturday (April 12). Why must you see Tim Minchin? Well, I already tried to tell you this back in November, …
Nate Sloan writes about how he screwed up his interview with Tim Minchin. Fortunately, you can read mine. Minchin just began a six-week run of his 90-minute show at New World Stages, Mondays-Saturdays through April 12. Info here.
Remember when Tim Minchin told me in November how much he loved his first visit to New York City and would love to return in 2008 for an extended run and write a new show? Well. Minchin will make good on that, starting Monday. He’ll perform a 90-minute show at …
Before I get to recapping the year in comedy, circa 2007, let’s look back at some of my more illuminating, insightful and interesting comedy interviews from the year. My sit-down with Ricky Gervais has to take the top spot in my mind, because his strongly held opinions on sticking to …
After electrifying the Las Vegas audience with his extended introductory performance of "So F–king Rock," Tim Minchin said this was his first time in America. Well. Not quite. I’d seen Minchin earlier this year when he wowed the crowds in Aspen. "Aspen’s not America, really," Minchin told me backstage after …
Or a recap of other shows and stuff from Friday and Saturday at the 2007 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival Stephen ColbertColbert received his Person of the Year award from CNN’s Jeff Greenfield, as they sat in front of a giant poster/mock magazine cover of Colbert as the Person of the …
Yes, comedy fans. Shane Mauss, my condo roommate and comedy buddy for the week, won best stand-up honors tonight at the 2007 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen (HBO). We still have a lot of catching up to do, you readers and I, and we still have a lot of …
