The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The following listings include comedians and comedic actors scheduled to appear/perform on the late-night TV talk show circuit this week. Check with the TV shows and local listings for last-minute changes. For the week of July 18-23, 2011 Conan (TBS) — Monday: Chris Hardwick; Tuesday: Marc Maron; Thursday: Lisa Kudrow …
Ochi’s Lounge, the basement venue of Comix, had its final weekend shows this past weekend, with a new schedule of shows running Mondays-Thursdays only. I don’t have the full story yet, but cannot say that this news exactly surprises me. Fridays and Saturdays are the big nights for the main …
Move over Gabe & Max, sorry Tim & Eric, but this real-life video trumps you both. It’s the Internet. Circa 1995! Ah, the good old days. Am I right…ladies?
Was it only a year ago that we got this look at Matt’s Party? Featuring Matt McCarthy, Matt Sears, Anne Altman, Ann Carr, Brandy Barber, Sara Jo Allocco, Claudia Cogan, Michael Cyril Creighton, Giulia Rozzi, Carolyn Castiglia, Katina Corrao, Anya Garrett, Michele Colyn and Nathan Kloke.
YouTube has announced its 20 semifinalists in his second Sketchies sketch comedy contest. Voting ends March 19 to whittle it down to the top 10 in the running for $25,000 in cash, $15,000 worth of production gear and an opportunity to meet with UTA Online Agents. See them all and …
Looks like this spring and summer will see big changes for popular venues in both Los Angeles and Boston. Largo will close its current operations in mid-May to move into the larger Coronet Theatre in June (reports the L.A. Times). Meanwhile, Boston may see an even bigger shift from its …
The New York Post has two staffers who double as stand-up comedians, and one regular freelancer who writes about comedy, and yet, they felt like publishing this two-page piece about New York City’s "underground" comedy scene. What? The? Insert Your Own Expletive? Did this story start as something else entirely, …
The interview with AST’s isoS that I referenced a couple of days ago has sparked an online kerfuffle between Shecky Magazine and the AST. First, Shecky called Matt Belknap’s description of comedic motivations "moronic." That certainly prompted some comments. And then a thread on AST that bashed Shecky back. Comedy …
In case you’re in NYC and curious about such things, Rififi remains open and operating under the current comedy schedule… Wednesdays: Gelmania (Brett Gelman hosts, vowing in his debut to be inaugurated as "The President of Comedy," with guests this week of John Gemberling, Bobby Tisdale, Jackie Clarke, Andrea Rosen, …
Ben Kharakh published an interview this weekend with Matt Belknap, aka isoS, aka the man who made A Special Thing. Read it. Fun fact not included in the interview: Belknap is an Emerson College product. They really are everywhere. And as you can read from this alumni bulletin, he graduated …