The Definitive Guide to Comedy
For those of you who do not live in New York City, let me just preface this by saying that we first got introduced to Sal Lupo at comedy shows by learning he was a cab driver from the Canarsie neighborhood in Brooklyn. Turns out Lupo has shifted gears more …
Are you going to the 2009 SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, next month? I know these comedians will be, because they're all listed on the festival site as performers mingling among the thousands of fans and musicians, with performances March 20-21 at either the Velveeta Room or Esther's Follies. Performers …
You might think a movie called Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail, featuring posters of Madea going to jail and a trailer focusing on Madea going to jail, would actually revolve around this central plot point. Of course, fans of Perry's work probably have not been so surprised (well, maybe …
If you watch Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO (the new season starts this Friday, Feb. 20), then you know that Maher has two issues that really hit close to home: 1) legalizing the personal use of marijuana, and 2) the silliness of religious beliefs. The latter was the …
I know I am supposed to care about and redistribute the new two-minute title sequence for The Simpsons that aired on Sunday to coincide with the show's debut in HDTV, and yet, seeing what cartoon skin looks like in high-definition is just not the same as watching sports, a concert …
In the three years and five months since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, many comedians have cracked jokes about Katrina and the city. You can Google it if you'd like a refresher. Several stand-ups mocked the naming process for hurricanes, or how the government failed to respond (heckuva job, Brownie, …
The 2008 ECNY Awards have unveiled their final list of nominees this year, but so far, you'll only find out if you register your email and get a ballot sent to you for voting. You'll have until the end of the month to submit a ballot. The awards has an …
While I was busy checking in with my friends — Pete Holmes, Matt McCarthy and Oren Brimer — who got a couple of their friends together, spent $17 and made a Doritos ad that aired during the Super Bowl pre-game show and earned them $25,000 (plus trip to the Super …
Last night during the hourlong post-Super Bowl episode of The Office, NBC finally unveiled a name and a 30-second clip for its Office-spinoff that stars Amy Poehler, Aziz Ansari and Rashida Jones. It’s called Parks and Recreation, and it’s coming to NBC on Thursdays this spring, debuting at 8:30 p.m. …
There will be a lot of talk today, this day after the Super Bowl, about advertising, and perhaps about the funny people who populate ads, but I'm fairly sure that few of these commercial comedians have inspired someone to write and produce a music video asking for their proverbial hand …