The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Is this the year a comedian wins America’s Got Talent? Well, for two things, we’ve already had a ventriloquist win the $1 million prize and a headlining gig in Las Vegas (see: Terry Fator, season two), and last year, a magician won, so we’ve circled the comedy wagons to include …
We’re ever so much closer to crowning a new winner on America’s Got Talent as this ninth season launched into semifinal action last night. NBC threw a big ol’ BBQ party inside 30 Rock to celebrate, inviting the remaining contestants, judges and select media to dig in, hoe down and …
Tom Cotter returned to Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson for another stand-up set on Wednesday night’s show. This time around, Cotter talked up how stand-up comedy is a dream job, mostly when compared to all of the other jobs out there. Like your job, for example. Are you working? …
Stand-up comedian Tom Cotter returned last night to America’s Got Talent for an encore performance. Cotter had finished runner-up in the summer 2012 season on NBC. “If you didn’t watch the show last year, let me give you a brief synopsis. I lost to a dog act in front of …
The host of NBC’s America’s Got Talent, Nick Cannon, performs stand-up comedy. One of the show’s judges, Howie Mandel, got his big break in show business as a stand-up comedian. But could a comedian ever win AGT? Before you say Terry Fator, remember this: Fator, listed among the biggest-earning comedians …
Tom Cotter finished second in last summer’s edition of America’s Got Talent. Runner-up! For a stand-up comedian! That’s !!! But as Cotter joked last night during his performance on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, that’s nothing once you realize who beat him out for the million-dollar grand prize and …
For many years, David Letterman presided over a late-night TV segment called “Stupid Pet Tricks.” Letterman’s show would fly in pet owners and their pets to have them show off their, well, stupid tricks they had learned. Simple. Stupid. Fun. In 2012, however, television viewers in both the United Kingdom …
The viewing audience has spoken! Their votes last night put stand-up comedian Tom Cotter through to the finals of the 2012 season of NBC’s America’s Got Talent. Cotter, a 48-year-old who won the Seattle competition in 1994 and Boston’s contest in 2004, is the first comedian to reach the finals …
At least two stand-up comedians will vie for your votes and a chance at a million-dollar prize in this summer’s seventh edition of America’s Got Talent. Tom Cotter and Jacob Williams moved through to the final 48 in the “Vegas Week” episode that aired last night on NBC. Cotter, 48, …
Every year, a few stand-up comedians throw themselves into the mix that is NBC’s America’s Got Talent, and it’s always interesting to see how the judges react — considering former stand-up comedian Howie Mandel is among them. This season, Tom Cotter made a wise decision in cutting the time from …
