The Definitive Guide to Comedy
On Wednesday night’s Conan, Conan O’Brien asked guest Ricky Gervais (there to promote his new TV series Derek, after making a similar stop at the TV Critics Association press tour) about his habit of posting unflattering self-portraits of himself while in the bathtub. Gervais not only answered the question, but …
A couple of years ago, you crazy kids went wild on Facebook with the notion that Betty White host Saturday Night Live at the tender age of 88. Sounded great, didn’t it? NBC and SNL listened, booking her for Mother’s Day weekend of 2010 and surrounding her with past SNL …
Todd Barry returned to Late Show with David Letterman last night, just days before his new one-hour stand-up release, “Todd Barry: Super Crazy,” hits Comedy Central, your CD and DVD stacks, iTunes files and video-game consoles. In this clip, Barry explains why, if he had to go to prison, he’d …
It has been a couple of summers since we last saw NBC’s Last Comic Standing, so perhaps this is as good a time as any to see how the past seven seasons of primetime stand-up comedians are faring in the public view. Who has an actual following after the cameras …
Artie Lange’s return to the spotlight is fairly complete now, following Friday night’s appearance on Late Show with David Letterman. Dave wanted to know what Artie has been up to in the past couple of years, and Artie happily obliged with stories about living in a psych ward and how …
Who decides who’s the best at using Twitter? Exactly. Nobody knows. Which means everybody can throw their proverbial hats into the three-ring social media circus and make their own proclamations. Which is what the latest edition of kids over at the National Lampoon chose to do with their first-ever Twitter …
It’s been more than curious to watch the backlash from the comedy community and “comedy nerds” against Whitney Cummings and her new NBC sitcom, Whitney, which debuted last night to an audience of about 6.7 million viewers. Reaction from TV critics has run the gamut from loved it to really …
You kids with the satellite TV systems (or the Verizon FiOS plan) know all about Fuel TV and its late-night show, The Daily Habit. But do you know this: After experimenting with multiple comedians at a time reading their best and favorite Tweets backed by a live band in a …
One way comedians can raise their profiles via social media is by taking on the rich and famous. Joe Mande has made it a habit to poke fun on Twitter at celebrities, politicians, athletes and people who are famous for being famous, exposing their hypocrisies. Today Mande took his mockery …
In this month’s Details magazine, comedian/actor Nick Kroll outlined 20 basic tips to improve your social media etiquette. My favorites: 1. Have a real picture of yourself as a profile pic. I need to know what you look like. It’s only fair. If your Facebook photo includes a picture of …
