The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Here's a snapshot my friend in comedy Brody Stevens took last night at The Comedy Store in West Hollywood, after he got bumped so Chris Rock could test out some new jokes on an unsuspecting audience. And a small crowd at that. As Stevens wrote to accompany his Twitpic: "Chris …
For its second year in the Second City, Just For Laughs Chicago is bringing back Ellen DeGeneres for another TV variety show, recording a special with Cedric The Entertainer, and welcoming Aziz Ansari, Russell Peters, Denis Leary's "Rescue Me" tour, a Nasty Show hosted by Greg Giraldo with special guest …
You know how some people seem so nice, you cannot believe how nice they are? Boston-based stand-up comedian Josh Gondelman is most definitely one of those nice guys, and his day job as a pre-school teacher only makes him seem too nice to be true. Well, congratulations are in store …
Another three weekends of March Madness have begun anew, as the NCAA men's and women's basketball tourneys are underway (alongside the NIT and the CBI, which I'm still adjusting to acknowledge as an actual thing). Comedians have gotten into the act again, too. Nick Swardson, who has a sketch show …
Last year, John Hodgman prompted President Barack Obama to acknowledge his love of Star Trek during a delightfully nerdy speech at the Radio & TV Correspondents Dinner. Last night, no Hodgman, no Obama. But Vice President Joe Biden was there to try to crack wise (let's not go there, shall …
I don't know if you're drunk or not, because it is late on a St. Patrick's Day, but if you're sober, you may want to get a wee bit tipsy before watching this new video, and definitely afterward. It features Chris Cain from the band We Are Scientists and comedian …
Today seems like random day in my comedy mailbag. To wit: TV Land, which started as a way to celebrate old sitcoms, is now doing new sitcoms, and its first one will co-star Betty White, who's all up in the comedy news in 2010. Finally. Hot in Cleveland debuts in …
That was nice about the college kids and all, but what about grown-up professional stand-up comedians who want to perform at the Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival and win national recognition from a cable television network? Meet Pete Lee, winner of CMT's Next Big Comic. Congrats, Pete!
Rooftop Comedy's third annual National College Comedy Competition won't end in Aspen with Rooftop Comedy's fest, because the company has partnered with TBS to send the four top college stand-ups to Chicago for one more final face-off at Just For Laughs Chicago. Or as TBS calls it, "TBS Presents a …
The Bridgetown Comedy Festival announced its lineup for its third annual celebration of comedy in Portland, Ore., and high among the highlights has to be the panel of longtime Conan O'Brien writers Kevin Dorff, Brian Stack, Brian McCann and Matt O'Brien, who'll sit down with Conan's Tonight Show warm-up stand-up Jimmy …