The Definitive Guide to Comedy
OK, readers. Before we get to the Friday the 13th promise that I made to myself and to the Internet, let's take a look around and see what else is going on in comedy this week that's not just about who's on TV and who's going to be on TV. …
Remember how Mike Epps allegedly got into a fight with a photographer in a Detroit nightclub back in November, and then the photog filed a $1 million lawsuit against the comedian? Well, Epps must have been avoiding the lawsuit, because a process server had to walk up to the stage …
The Star-Tribune in Minneapolis followed along a group of Major League Soccer sales trainees to improv comedy classes and filed a report on it yesterday. Can you guess which one of these performers is the salesperson and which one is the comedian? Warning: This video is a literal "Yes, And" …
In a live interactive press conference just now, Montreal's Just For Laughs comedy festival announced a string of headliners and other comedians who'll be performing this July. This year's fest is even longer than usual, with English language shows stretching all the way from July 11-31. The Galas, moving to …
Rooftop Comedy and the Lucy Ball-Desi Arnez Center have announced that in conjunction with what would have been Lucy's 100th birthday, they're launching the inaugural Lucille Ball Festival of Comedy from Aug. 3-7, 2011, in Jamestown, NY. Already scheduled are Joan Rivers on Aug. 4 and Whitney Cummings on Aug. …
If you're in NYC tonight, then please consider spending your time and money at Carolines, where Dave Attell, Jim Breuer, Judah Friedlander, John Oliver and host Greg Fitzsimmons will perform for "Ian O‚ÄôMalley and Friends," a night of comedy to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The night includes a raffle …
Today's the deadline to submit for The Friars Club Improv + Sketch Competition. So if you want to win a cash prize and the chance to make a short film for the Friars Club Comedy Film Festival this fall, you best get your game faces on. Last year's winners were …
If you thought listening to Jerry Seinfeld talk funny for an hour on HBO with Chris Rock, Louis CK and Ricky Gervais was something; if you thought seeing Seinfeld debut his own website today was something; well, this is something else entirely — a revealing look into Seinfeld's career and …
Christopher Titus has a special message for you about the needs of children. Roll it. Yes, the video may be a joke, but Titus is serious about helping kids. He founded a nonprofit volunteer organization called In-sight Youth Project, and on Saturday, May 7, Titus has gotten Dana Carvey …
This year's May 5 may have been really fun for me personally, but it still has a way to go to match the Cinco de Mayo when I hosted the Seattle Underground open mic, with this lineup written and prepared by Carl Warmenhoven. The only names missing from that list …