The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Coincidence? I think not. On Sunday, March 13, 2011, comedian Michael Ian Black sat down with me, Marc Maron and others for a special panel at SXSW called "Social Media and Comedy: F**k Yeah!" (photographed above by Carlos Miller). Among several topics, we discussed how comedians can use the Internet's …
New York City's Gotham Comedy Club will host two additional tributes to the late stand-up comedian Greg Giraldo a week from today on Monday, March 28, with proceeds going to the Greg Giraldo Children's Fund. Lineups: 7 p.m. hosted by Gabe Liedman with Morgan Murphy, Joe Mande and more; 9 …
The cast of FOX's new animated series, Bob's Burgers, took over guest blogging duties for Videogum on Friday. Even though Eugene Mirman was in Austin, Texas, for SXSW — far away from his fellow cast members — he still found a fun and unique-for-now way of contributing to the cause, …
The 7th annual ECNY Awards were handed out last night in a standing-room-only reception at the 92Y Tribeca in New York City. "We couldn't be more proud of the winners,‚Äù said ECNY producer Carol Hartsell, who also works as editor of the Huffington Post Comedy vertical. ‚ÄúWith a record number …
Guess what, gang? I just found out via Twitter that I won the ECNY Award for best comedy site! Huzzah! Sorry I couldn't be there in person to accept my big cash prize. I'm "stuck" in Austin participating in SXSW. Guess this means I better get back to work now. …
Just a quick reminder to all of my readers who may be in Austin today for the SXSW festival, then you'll definitely want to check out my panel at 3:30 p.m. CDT (yes, it's daylight time again!) at the Hyatt's TX Ballroom 1. It's called "Social Media and Comedy: F**k …
Look. I know it seems like there's a ton of comedy festivals happening in March 2011, and that's because there are, and you'll be reading quite a bit about SXSW on this site over the next week, and maybe you're thinking to yourself: If only we had known about submitting …
After today's devastating 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Japan provoked an even more horrifying tsunami in the Pacific Ocean, the reverberations are being felt on both sides of the Pacific and everywhere in between. Which is where ABC talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel comes in. He was off this week vacationing in French …
Gallagher has built a lengthy career in comedy by shocking his audience, first by smashing watermelons and just about anything else he can think up with his "Sledge-O-Matic" hammer, and in more recent years, by telling shockingly offensive jokes and berating anyone who doesn't like it. Last night, however, the …
Deadline reported today that manager Lisa Blum had joined New Wave Entertainment, taking her client roster of comedians and comedic actors with her from The Collective. Blum's biggest-name (and most active) client is Marlon Wayans — she's currently working on multiple projects with him attached as star. Her biggest working …