The Definitive Guide to Comedy
George Lopez has found a new gig to replace his late-night TV show on TBS, and it sends him cruising? Carnival Cruise Lines announced this week that it had hired Lopez to become the line’s “comedy curator,” and will rebrand its Punchliner Comedy Clubs as Punchliner Comedy Clubs Presented by George …
Remember when Heineken Light took over an empty lot and billboard in NYC to put on a surprise concert with TV on the Radio? Well, they did done gone and did it again. This time in Chicago. Let’s head to Wrigleyville and check out Broken Social Scene. Sometimes a billboard …
“The Nick and Artie Show,” Nick DiPaolo and Artie Lange’s new weeknight sports/entertainment radio talk show, has a name, a timeslot, a logo, a website, a Facebook page, a backing distributor and a launch date: Tonight. Now all we need to know is where we actually can listen to it! …
Comedian, friend and fellow Astoria resident Ted Alexandro decided to take part in the Occupy Wall Street protests at the beginning of this week, and after spending close to 10 hours down there on Monday, headed uptown to perform at the Whiplash show Monday night at the UCB Theatre. He …
Spotted in Hollywood, Calif., by noted Internet person Alex Blagg, who quipped: “This guy definitely managed to make the greatest billboard I’ve ever seen.” This guy, Jimmy Miller, is a comedy manager to the stars. And a human being. And brother to Dennis Miller. Who may or may not still …
The Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival kicks off its 2011 edition tonight in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and as it has become an annual institution, it has remained steadfastly unique among comedy festivals in celebrating the fact that it’s festive, but not in an industry-focused, star-making, pressure-packed way. Each year’s fest has …
Artie Lange might not be back on Howard Stern, but his comeback is in full effect. Lange has been performing stand-up comedy regularly at The Comedy Cellar and appearing at other comedy clubs in New York City over the past couple of weeks, and today, Nick DiPaolo announced that he …
The Upright Citizens Brigade opened its third full-time comedy theater on Tuesday night — its second in Manhattan — with the long-awaited launch of UCBeast. Whether you decide to say it as UC Beast or UCB East, the new 124-seat venue instantly upturns and reinvigorates the East Village comedy scene. …
Ever since Katt Williams announced he was “retiring” from stand-up comedy, he still has managed to pop up in the headlines from time to time, but never for good news on his part. Arrests. Altercations. Strange incidents. Actually, Williams had been finding himself on the wrong side of the headline …
There’s a bit Hannibal Buress has about living in Williamsburg and talking to hipsters about handlebar mustaches, and that very much came to my mind as I watched this Heineken Light advertisement. Sadly, Hannibal isn’t in this TV spot. But they do answer the pivotal question about when and where …
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