The Definitive Guide to Comedy
While I decide which came first — spring fever or swine flu — here is a roundup of comedy-related news and nuggets from the trades and various publications. — Nancy Franklin at The New Yorker loves Amy Poehler, but no so much her new sitcom. — Broadcasting & Cable learns …
Too late for 4/20, too soon for Mother's Day, just right for right now. It's Adira Amram's new music video for her "Mom Song." Enjoy chasing your dreams, kiddies: Adira Amram – Mom Song from Jim Turner on Vimeo.
And so, the time has come for comedians to weigh in on the fad that is celebrities and everyone else lurching onto the Twitter bandwagon, and changing the fun little thing that few understood into something that millions can now fail to comprehend. So why not rap about it? Here …
Here's something you don't see everyday. Dave Coulier joined the folks from Boston's sketch/improv troupe Improv Asylum for some late-night fun on Friday night. I bet the guy in the background is texting all of his friends something clever about Full House. TGIF, indeed. BTW, Coulier said he was hanging …
Jerm Pollet had a successful multi-year run making fun of movies before a live audience in Austin, Texas, and now that he's spending more time in New York City, he has recruited and launched a new group of comedians here called Raspberry Brothers. This is their debut weekend at the …
Here's a nice laugh to end the workweek. It's Toby Jones, who has branched out from his truck rental and storage businesses to open up his first BBQ joint (and also foot massages). A good rub, either way. From the folks at Big Dog Eat Child in Chicago.
Recently started getting emails from New York group The Full Ginsburg, who produce and upload a short video about once a week that attract thousands of views each. They've already gotten the attention of YouTube, featured on the home page yesterday with a shout-out from YouTube video showcase channel PopTub. …
If you thought the ECNYs covered just one part of the New York comedy scene, then perhaps you'll be interested to know who just got nominated for the 2009 MAC Awards. MAC stands for the Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs, which means they're missing a C and maybe an …
So I'm just now reading this essay, or rather, this ode to joke-telling by Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert, and before I turn my thumbs in the up or down position, I have to remind myself not to wade into the muck and mire of the comments section and examine …
How much would you pay for a Peep these days? How about today, the day after Easter? If that's not something, then I don't know what is, which is just another way for me to meander into an introduction for this UCB Comedy video that got onto YouTube's front page, …