The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Hugo Medley turns one year old today. That’s hardly big news in baby news globally — certainly the possible future King of England’s birth and naming (George) dominated both mainstream and social media discussions. But for the Medley family, it’s a significant milestone. And a significant reminder of how far …
Congrats to the new class of New Faces for Montreal’s Just For Laughs, showcased for the comedy industry this week. I’ll file full reports from all of the showcases later this week in Canada! NEW FACES Byron Bowers, Gina Brillon, Kevin Christy, Pete Davidson, Chris Distefano, Sean Donnelly, Derek Gaines, …
Jim Gaffigan has recorded jokes about Dunkin Donuts on both his “Beyond the Pale” and “King Baby” specials. One such joke, made in the opening minutes of “Beyond the Pale,” has become a reality. Gaffigan dreamed up a future in which a ham sandwich becomes a breakfast sandwich by replacing …
Festival Juste Pour Rire — the Montreal Just For Laughs Festival — begins anew today and runs through the end of the month, with much of the show business world’s attention focused on that final week. And you’re invited! Yes, comedy fans. It’s giveaway time. GIVEAWAY TIME! The Comic’s Comic …
“The TBS Just For Laughs Chicago festival wrapped up its fifth annual celebration of comedy in “the second city” over the weekend, but there probably wouldn’t have been reason for such a fest in Chicago without The Second City‘s co-founder, Bernie Sahlins, who died at his home on Sunday. Sahlins …
Rahn Ramey, a stand-up comedian who worked the road and survived the comedy boom of the late 1980s, died on June 9 following a three-year battle with colorectal cancer. He was 58. From St. Louis, Ramey had made his home in New Orleans in recent years. He’d created “The Official …
You’ve been waiting for another Flight of the Conchords tour for years. You’ve been waiting for a legitimate Dave Chappelle stand-up tour for years, too. How about seeing them on tour together?!? It’s happening over five weekends in August and September in a town or city near you in America, …
Patton Oswalt wrote “a closed letter” to himself yesterday on the Internet, which means we all can read it, hopefully identify with at least part of it and take away lessons ourselves from it. Oswalt’s letter is an essay in three parts, covering, as the title suggests, joke thieves, heckling …
Mark Oct. 19, 2013, on your calendars for the first-ever Festival Supreme, a full-day of comedy and music put on by Tenacious D’s Jack Black and Kyle Gass on the Santa Monica Pier. “We’ve been trying to put this thing together for years. The comedy + music event of the …
Earlier this week, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer asked Oklahoma tornado survivor Rebecca Vitsum if she “thanked the Lord” for living through the storm. Vitsum is an atheist. So no, she didn’t thank God. The video clip circulated and from Paul Provenza it found its way to Doug Stanhope, who told his fans …
