The Definitive Guide to Comedy
By almost any indication, the 50 First Jokes show on Saturday night was a rousing success. A packed lounge at Webster Hall. An advance write-up in the New York Times. In just one of the four groups, we heard Jesse Popp reveal some of Mayor Bloomberg's new laws taking hold …
So much to do today, this week, this year, that I'm living in that Jim Gaffigan joke wherein I'd much rather crawl back in bed and take a nap. Do you feel that way? If so, please join me in this time out of sorts, sit back and enjoy some …
Hey, comedy fans. I'm heading out the door to meet up with Dylan from PunchlineMagazine and Todd from Dead-Frog for our first unofficial official comedy blogger summit on-air this afternoon with Comical Radio. OK, so Danny is calling it a comedy blog "war" but I'm not buying it because we're …
That's the current bid as I check in this afternoon. Really. 66 bids so far for an unknown original joke by John Harris, staff writer at The Onion, and the highest bid is at $360, with the auction ending Jan. 5. Even Harris is taken aback by it all, answering …
The Nathan & Joe Cellphone Comedy Show made its debut today…on Twitter. Yes. It has come to this already in 2009. A comedy show on Twitter. Will it work? That's for us to judge, isn't it? Their first post of the year: 1.1.2009-Hi. Welcome to the 1st ever mobile phone …
Dane Cook's older half-brother, Darryl McCauley, was arraigned yesterday in a Massachusetts district court, charged with stealing more than $10 million from Cook since July 2007. Cook had been paying McCauley $150,000 a year to handle his personal finances (his comedy fans may know him better as the older brother …
Just received a statement from Viacom that asserts that negotiations for a new licensing deal with Time Warner cable have broken down, with just more than 24 hours until 2009 and the possibility that cable subscribers in New York City, Los Angeles, Orange County (Calif.), Raleigh, N.C., and elsewhere around …
Wonder what an SNL Digital Short would look like if you had all of the essential elements except for Andy Samberg? Then you shall enjoy this new music video from The Lonely Island for "We Like Sportz," which features Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone (and relegates Samberg to a silent …
You know it's a slow news week when a newspaper lets an intern write about his first attempt at stand-up comedy. If you're in or around Wilmington, N.C., this may be of further interest for you. Nevertheless, it's always interesting to read how outsiders perceive comedy — after all, without …
Can we speak with candor? How about with Candor Entertainment, which has quietly launched a new online series of comedy and music videos in commercial partnership with GiftArrow.com on the site CandorTV.com. One of the features is a weekly web series called "More on America" that tackles the news with …