The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Andy Kindler once again had a full house in the fourth-floor banquet/conference room of the Hyatt Regency Montreal at his full attention on Friday for his annual State of the Industry Address for the Just For Laughs festival. While Kindler did go back to his tried-and-true well of hated comedy …
HBO unveiled a trailer and behind-the-scenes footage for its upcoming eight-episode first season of Silicon Valley, which stars Thomas Middleditch as a computer programmer living with his friends (Josh Brener, Martin Starr and Kumail Nanjiani) in the home of another dot.com millionaire played by T.J. Miller, as they all seek …
Stand-up comedian and actor T.J. Miller stars in a new ad campaign for Motorola’s Moto X phone, playing the role of the competitor’s smartphone in everyday situations. The ads just started running last week. But this “Lazy Phone” spot, in which Miller sings Miguel — eventually, after first talking his …
What’s better than performing live stand-up on Conan O’Brien’s TV show? How about eating Italian beef sandwiches as fast as possible? For comedy! Also, why are you laughing like that? It’s T.J. Miller, ladies and germs. Roll the clip.
T.J. Miller put out two comedy projects of more than an hour each under his name in 2011, a CD (“The Extended Play EP”) and a DVD (“No Real Reason”). But you only need to buy one. The 41-track CD is a joke on music. Intended to be a meta …
TJ Miller has some more characters to share with you. But first, Miller’s second performance on Conan included a clever nod to an earlier backstage incident during the show, and the recounting of an airplane trip he endured sitting in the middle seat between a father and daughter who made …
It’s not easy being a woman in a male-dominated profession, and comedy is no different. Except that it certainly feels different. Because even when women in comedy are funny and try to make fun of this situation, it can go awry. Like, oh, I don’t know, take today’s offering on …
When I heard that Pete Holmes wanted to celebrate his 30th birthday by having his friends and fellow stand-up comedians roast him, my first thought was that he had lost his mind. And then I attended the roast last night at the UCB, and was quickly reminded that this is …
That's the premise of Nick Thune's five-episode online series for Comedy Central's Atom.com, which means you better be buckling up for a bumpy ride, because Nick's Big Show is an anti-comedy comedy show. Nick Thune plays himself as a comedian who gets his hands on $10,000 and pays a camera crew …
Oh, Hello! Paramount Pictures announced today it'll make Freshman Roommates, a comedy movie starring Tracy Morgan and TJ Miller, and written by comedians John Mulaney and Nick Kroll — based on the premise that one of the many scam e-mails from an African prince looking to inherit his wealth is, …
