The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Roy Wood Jr., last seen on your TV dial finishing third on this season of NBC's Last Comic Standing, and perhaps last seen by you at a nationwide LCS tour gig, can now be heard by residents in his hometown of Birmingham, Ala., on radio station 95.7 FM "Jamz" in …
For all of you people who thought the constant chatter from people yesterday about the heat in Los Angeles was a joke, or worse a bad joke, well, it has turned into sad news. Sally Menke, longtime film editor of Quentin Tarantino, died sometime yesterday after walking her dog in …
"Please don't blog about that joke, because I'm afraid they're going to find out and kill me." — Aziz Ansari, after working out a new bit at the "What's Up, Tiger Lily?" show Monday night in Hollywood, Calif.
In a weird bit of timing Saturday night, as Greg Giraldo was rushed to a New Jersey hospital, Artie Lange was making steps toward his comeback in New York City, appearing at the Comedy Cellar and performing onstage there. Craig Gass, who — continuing the weird coincidences, was Howard Stern's …
Adam M. Bright, who performs at The PIT in NYC with the improv troupe Halfbear, writes in The Point Magazine about what it means to be an improviser. It certainly strikes a certain chord with me. Improv changed my life in 1996, and I haven't looked back. In fact, I've …
BREAKING and DEVELOPING: Lots of Internet chatter and rumor-mongering this morning regarding comedian Greg Giraldo. The facts are these… As of midday Sunday, Giraldo was being cared for in the CCU of a New Jersey hospital. He was listed in critical condition. Sources say he suffered an accidental overdose from …
Bob Marley followed through with his promise this week of breaking the world record for longest individual stand-up performance by taking the stage for a 40-hour set this week at the Comedy Connection in Portland, Maine. Ch. 8, WMTW in Portland, has the story, sort of. At 9:10 p.m., Marley …
Friend of The Comic's Comic and friend of all people who enjoy comedy, Zach Galifianakis appeared last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live to help promote both his new movie, It's Kind of A Funny Story, as well as the second season of HBO's Bored to Death. Galifianakis walked onstage with …
The Internet is making all sorts of new ways to connect with our favorite celebrities and comedians, and Yowie is helping make that possible tonight with Rob Huebel. All you have to do is be near your appropriate electronic computer gizmo at 9 p.m. Eastern (change time to your time …
The registration process is now open for comedians to take part in the second annual Laughing Skull Comedy Festival, which is billed as 2010-2011 this time around, because organizers have expanded it nationwide with a series of preliminary audition competitions this fall before the finals take place next spring in …