The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Any time is a good time to pick up a book, but summertime sure feels like the right time to lounge poolside or on the beach, or anywhere you feel most comfortable, really, with a great read to pass the carefree day away. On Fridays this summer, The Comic’s Comic …
Mike Flinn (@realmikeflinn) isn’t just a podcast producer and engineer; he’s also an avid fan of the form. “My Pod Week” recaps and reviews the many varied comedy podcasts Flinn listened to or attended live tapings of during the previous week. Enjoy! GETTING DOUG WITH HIGH (Episode 34: Todd Glass …
Mike Flinn (@realmikeflinn) isn’t just a podcast producer and engineer; he’s also an avid fan of the form. “My Pod Week” recaps and reviews the many varied comedy podcasts Flinn listened to or attended live tapings of during the previous week. Enjoy! GIRL ON GUY with AISHA TYLER (#140: Carol …
Live comedy shows come and go, and this Tuesday night, Comedy Bang! Bang! came and went — as we know it, as a live show, at least — out with its annual Nativity Pageant spectacular. Scott Aukerman still has his Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast and who knows what for IFC. …
Scott Moran’s documentary series about the lives and work of stand-up comedians, “Modern Comedian,” will live on with a new distribution deal with PBS Digital Studios. Moran told The Comic’s Comic: “Yeah! It’s true. They approached me and made a great offer that works well for both of us so …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… G4 announced late Friday that it would cancel its most popular live programming, Attack of the Show, at the end of 2012. The Monday-Friday live weeknight show launched in 2005. AOTS covered pop culture, made Olivia Munn a household name, gave Chris Hardwick …
Jimmy Fallon had Todd Glass on as a guest this week, and seemed really intrigued by Glass’s decision recently to come out of the closet on Marc Maron’s podcast. Glass also joked about life on the road as a stand-up comedian and having to stay in comedy condos. Roll the …
TV shows and their online video policies are weird. Take Jimmy Kimmel Live, for instance. The ABC late-night chat show has its own YouTube channel and puts most of every episode online the next morning, but does so by splitting every segment up into multiple bits. I learned from another …
I'm slowly getting the feeling that Jim Gaffigan is hijacking my site to promote his new DVD and Comedy Central special, King Baby, and that it's working, thanks to his trip out to Los Angeles to enlist the help of Sarah Silverman, Todd Glass and Jimmy Dore. Here they talk …
The folks at Montreal’s Just For Laughs uploaded videos last week from its 2008 collection of comedians participating in the New Faces and Masters showcases, so you can finally see what I saw this summer. Rather than bombard you with two dozen embedded video clips, I’m going to embed one …
