Meet Me In New York: Sue Smith
by What do they say about New York City: There are eight million stories, and sometimes it seems as though eight million of the people telling …
Tag: UCB
UCB1 catches people who wave at TV news cameras
This should be required viewing by everyone, and shown in orientation for every TV news reporter and camera crew. Why do people feel the need …
TV / Uncategorized / Video
Scenes from a 1995 TV pilot starring Del Close, Amy Poehler and Matt Dwyer: RVTV
Before Parks and Recreation, before SNL, before the Upright Citizens Brigade set up shop in New York City, Amy Poehler was a fresh-faced college grad …
Movies / TV / Uncategorized
Shout! Factory TV launches new streaming entertainment site
Shout! Factory TV launched today as a new free streaming service offering cult comedy favorites, from stand-up specials to sitcoms to movies, all available on …
Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis will executive produce The Chris Gethard Show for Fusion
“We love what you do and we’re proud to be a part of it.” — That was Will Ferrell, calling in to the final live …
The Chris Gethard Show graduating from MNN cable access to Fusion cable channel in April
The final episode of The Chris Gethard Show on MNN — Manhattan Neighborhood Network’s municipal access channel — opened tonight with the big announcement: When …
Slate’s take on comedy power players behind the scenes
Chris Wade produced this video piece for Slate on four of the people he thinks you should know in comedy who you may not always …
Cipha Sounds like a DJ, thinks like a comedian: Don’t Get Gassed; Take It Personal!
It’s never too late to get bit by the comedy bug. Cipha Sounds could have jumped headfirst into stand-up comedy a decade before he did. …
Amy Poehler: “Yes, Please” and how your career is a bad boyfriend
In Amy Poehler’s inspirational new book that’s part memoir of her life in comedy — up, up and still rising from iO to UCB to …
Bill Murray Stories told around a campfire become downright spooky
Bill Murray Stories are so crazy and bountiful that of course there’s a website catering to them. He’s such an eccentric icon, that Bill Murray. …