Comedy News for Feb. 6-12, 2023
by Did you see all of the comedians in this year’s Super Bowl ads???? The photo above is from the Roast of Mr. Peanut, which featured …
Tag: Tina Fey
30 Rock Sitcom Cast Reuniting for NBCUniversal Peacock Advertising Branded Content Reunion Promotion
After years of Emmy-winning jokes about corporate influence in TV, followed by several more years off the air, the cast of NBC’s 30 Rock is …
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will host the 2021 Golden Globes, after “not” hosting the 2019 Oscars
NBC wasted little time trying to make us forget about last week’s Golden Globes by letting us know already that Tina Fey and Amy Poehler …
The Upright Citizens Brigade performs Carnegie Hall ASSSSCAT to open 20th and final Del Close Marathon in New York City
Where can the Upright Citizens Brigade go after playing Carnegie Hall? Hollywood, apparently. The UCB4, as co-founders Amy Poehler, Matt Besser, Matt Walsh and Ian …
SNL spoofs NBC Chicago slate of TV shows with Chicago Improv, a loving tribute to iO
Improv gets a bad rap from stand-up comedians, but when Saturday Night Live roasts its own, it does so like this short video from the …
2018 Tony Awards to honor John Leguizamo, nominees include Amy Schumer, Tina Fey
Mean Girls, Amy Schumer and John Leguizamo are among the comedic stars getting feted this year by the Tony Awards for their work on Broadway. …
David Letterman interviews Tina Fey for The Hollywood Reporter
Tina Fey appears on the cover of The Hollywood Reporter‘s 2016 Women in Entertainment Power 100 issue, and none other than David Letterman has the interview …
Your guide to the 2016 New York Comedy Festival
Everybody loves a comedy festival. And in this year of 2016, it doesn’t just feel as though every city has its own comedy festival, because …
Stephen Colbert and Tina Fey almost starred in a sitcom set behind the scenes of SNL, years before 30 Rock
Years before 30 Rock hit NBC and won all of the Emmys, Dino Stamatopoulos, Stephen Colbert, Scott Adsit, Robert Smigel and Michael Stoyanov wrote a sitcom pilot …
What are the best audiobooks to listen to comedians reading their own memoirs?
I bought Doug Stanhope’s new memoir, “Digging Up Mother,” because he told me I was in the book. He could have been drunk when he …