The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Just thought Jeff Dunham’s publicists would want you to know… The ventriloquist now has sold more than seven million DVDs worldwide of his four current titles — “Arguing with Myself,” “Spark of Insanity,” “A Very Special Christmas Special” and his Comedy Central series, “The Jeff Dunham Show” — with a fifth …
FOX News has hired Reggie Brown, an impersonator of President Barack Obama, to perform a song for Mike Huckabee and debate actual Congressman Ron Paul for John Stossel. So why not invite Brown to do his Obama for some yuks at the Commander in Chief’s expense at the Republican Leadership Conference …
When the Boston Bruins won NHL’s Stanley Cup this week, I, for one, looked lovingly upon my Hartford Whalers gear and thought about what could have been in an alternate Fringe universe. The people of Vancouver, British Columbia, however, took to the streets and some rioted. With two notable exceptions. …
Ever been shopping for clothes, or a soft drink, and thought, if only someone were nearby to tell me jokes? SeeSaw Networks was thinking just that, and earlier this week announced a deal with Gotham Comedy Club to put the New York City comedy club's content in SeeSaw's "place-based media …
Shaquille O'Neal may have finished out his All-Star NBA career by retiring following this season with the Boston Celtics, but the comedy doesn't stop with his Twitter feed and antics on shows such as Shaq Vs. or Jimmy Kimmel Live. After producing Shaq's All-Star Comedy Jams over the past three NBA All-Star …
Sacha Baron Cohen's new movie, The Dictator (working production title, aka Finchley Dreams) filmed during daylight hours in New York City, so paparazzi shots captured SBC in much more of his "glory" than I could the other night in my neighborhood. Never you mind why he's in such a hurry. Important plot …
Congratulations go out to Boston's sketch/improv troupe Improv Asylum, who formally announced this week that they'd earned a weekly half-hour time-slot on the Boston ABC affiliate, WCVB-TV (Ch. 5). Improv Asylum's Vanity Project will debut Saturday nights at midnight starting July 2. The troupe also has a deal with boston.com, …
Montreal's Just For Laughs Festival has announced its 2011 slate of programming for the concurrent Zoofest, which provides more fan-friendly pricing (a pass to all of the shows costs $39.99 CDN) and books more "alternative" acts and black-box one-person shows to the comedy confab in July 2011. Among the English-language offerings this summer… …
Just a quick programming note and reminder. In about an hour, or 2 p.m. Wednesday EDT, I'll be joined by Michael Ian Black, Judah Friedlander, Sara Benincasa and The Comedy Store's Alf LaMont for a free-wheeling discussion about comedy and the Internet for Internet Week NY. (Photo by Ryan Muir/Insider Images) …
The ninth annual Los Angeles Improv Comedy Festival started last night at iO West, and it's attracted plenty of big names in comedy and improvisation. Joel McHale — who was a star of Seattle's TheatreSports before moving to L.A. — performed last night. Drew Carey is on the bill tonight …