The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Andrew Koenig, who made his name as a teen actor on TV's Growing Pains but was also the video producer of popular comedy podcast Never Not Funny (via Monkey Go Lucky) and the son of Star Trek's Walter Koenig, went missing last month and was found dead of a suicide last …
I'm not sure how or why, but Toyota is throwing a contest that allows fans to "Sponsafy Your Ride" for an upcoming NASCAR all-star race, and comedian Jon Glaser, star of Adult Swim's Delocated, decided to design his own ski-masked ride as part of a promotion for the upcoming second …
Montreal's annual comedy shebang — its Juste Pour Rire or for you non-Francophones, Just For Laughs — takes over the French-Canadian city each July. This year, for the third straight year (and second under JFL proper), the festival plans an ancillary conference for the show business industry. JFL always has …
I know from the Internet that there is, in fact, a Chick-fil-A in New York City as part of a New York University dining hall, but I'm more interested in a comedian who got the fast-food chain's recognition. And no, I'm not talking about Aziz Ansari. Tim Hawkins, a musical …
Sarah Palin, the woman who almost could have been vice president, and certainly was the governor of Alaska before she quit to be famous full-time, decided she wanted to be a stand-up comedian last night on the TV. And since she was a guest on Jay Leno's second show back …
Do you have an improv group and/or show that you'd like to share with the improv-loving comedy community? Why not share it at the one place where the biggest fans and performers of the genre will be congregated? Why, yes, I speak of the Del Close Marathon. The Upright Citizens …
Comedian and musician Dave Hill may be "Big In Japan" (that's his one-man show, which is on again tonight at the UCB Theatre in NYC, coincidentally! also March 11), and may also be big on NPR (I heard him on the car radio as I drove my dad across Pennsylvania …
When I heard that a group of NYC-based comedians were playing Assassins, I instantly flashed back to the 1980s. We played a variation of this game in high school. Much mischief fun. No, this isn't based on the 1995 movie with Sylvester Stallone and Antonio Banderas. How dare you make …
It's March (March!), which means we're only a couple of weeks away from South by Southwest — SXSW — the annual music festival in Austin that has become so much more than a music festival. Which means they've got comedy programming on the schedule again for 2010, with showcases planned …
The funny Hebrews who brought you "Jewno" and "Meshugene Men" are back for an eighth season of The Shushan Channel's Purim comedy show, with two performances tonight at 92YTribeca in New York City. The show features Lizz Winstead, Scott Adsit, Seth Herzog, Livia Scott, Henry Zebrowski, original sketches by TV …