SXSW offering free download of the late Andy Ritchie’s comedy album
by SXSW 2016 is less than a month away, and Austin’s mega festival has announced today it’s offering a free download of Andy Ritchie’s lone stand-up …
Tag: tributes
Schtick or Treat: Stand-up comedy’s #tbt Halloween tribute
Seven years ago, dozens of New York City comedians converged in costumed tribute to stand-up legends and infamous icons of their trade. Since it was …
Humorous homages, deep laughs: From SNL to IFC and “Documentary Now!”
It’s no secret that some of Saturday Night Live‘s most striking work in recent years has not come via live TV, but come alive via …
Jim Gaffigan’s tribute to David Letterman
Jim Gaffigan has offered commentary fairly regularly recently on CBS Sunday Morning, so this week, he aptly paid his respects to David Letterman. After all, …
Amy Schumer remembers Joan Rivers at the 2014 Glamour Women of the Year Awards
When Amy Schumer recorded her first stand-up special for Comedy Central in 2007, she said she had to fight with the cable network’s censors over …
Movies / TV / Uncategorized
Remembering Robin Williams
You want to be able to quote his inspirational movie lines back to him, to step on a desk and shout to him, “O Captain! …
Spike TV presents “One Night Only: An All-Star Comedy Tribute to Don Rickles”
This just in! Spike TV has gathered an all-star collection of comedians to pay tribute to the guy who insulted them all, and did so …
Mel Brooks remembers Sid Caesar, in this tribute with Conan O’Brien
Precious little footage remains of Sid Caesar’s comic greatness from television because in the early days of TV, they somehow didn’t think to record it …
Movies / TV / Uncategorized / Video
Nature Calls and the onscreen legacy of Patrice O’Neal
There’s a funny forest of a movie lost within the trees of Nature Calls, an otherwise forgettable 79-minute movie about a lackluster Boy Scout troop that …
Adam Scott and Paul Rudd re-enact Bosom Buddies for final “Greatest Event in Television History” on Adult Swim, but which Bosom Buddies intro?
Adam Scott unveiled the billboard today for the fourth and final edition of his 1980s TV tribute series, “The Greatest Event in Television History,” which …