The Definitive Guide to Comedy
For the second year, Just For Laughs Montreal is putting several of its shows into an offshoot called Zoofest, and this time, they're opening acknowledging it as the "off the wall parallel" to JFL. In other words, for all of the unique, interesting and possibly amazing one-person shows by performers …
If timing is everything, then the bid by comedian and Community actor Donald Glover to get an audition for the reboot of Sony's blockbuster Spider-Man franchise shows a keen awareness of how to capitalize on it. A few days ago, Marc Bernardin wrote a lament on io9 about the fact …
Atom.com, sister site to Comedy Central, offers cash prizes to the most-viewed user-submitted videos to its site. That's what we in the business call a win-win, because not only do you win money, but by winning money, you also pretty much guarantee that more people are going to watch the …
If you're a comedy fan with money to spend and compassion for the people of Haiti, then Ben Stiller's Stillerstrong and the Causecast Foundation have an auction for you, with several items up for bid on eBay until late Sunday, May 30. What they've got includes… The Barack Obama pencil-sharpener …
If you're nowhere near the San Francisco Bay Area, then this video may not make any sense to you, unless, of course, you're an aspiring stand-up comedian, in which case, you'll recognize some of the crazy things that you have to deal with in the shows you get initially to …
I know that War Pigs was the talk of the Internet yesterday, but sometimes it takes me more than a millisecond to process reality. Or even fake realities masquerading as flash-sideways. You know what I mean, even if you pretend you don't. So if you haven't yet clicked on the …
If you haven't listened to Marc Maron's interview with Carlos Mencia that went online on Monday on Maron's WTF podcast, then you can just skip ahead to today's second part, because it's much more revealing. Maron himself felt that his first chat with Mencia hadn't really uncovered much, so he …
The Friars Club has announced the finalists among sketch and improv groups competing for cash prizes at the first FrISC competition to be held June 25-26 at the UCB Theatre in New York City. Improv groups will perform June 25; sketch groups on June 26. The winning sketch and improv …
I know that Bill Blumenreich, operator of The Wilbur Theatre (and former owner of the Comedy Connection) in Boston, has Celtics season tickets right behind press row, because I'd seen him on camera before. Well, Blumenreich decided to use his high-profile seat last night to promote Frank Caliendo, and more …
Too soon? Or just right? Either way, the Kennedy Center has announced that Tina Fey will be honored this fall with the 13th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Fey will be feted Nov. 9, 2010, at the Kennedy Center by her peers and more in the annual event …