The Definitive Guide to Comedy
If I take a break on a holiday weekend, I figure nobody would notice, anyhow. But I'm about to be offline for the next few days because of a death in my family, and since I'm a one-man blogging band, that means you won't see anything new here for the …
Maybe all of those ads in Aruba for Aruba have convinced Lewis Black that he's ready to take his comedy to the Caribbean. Well, at least for a week. On a boat. With some of his funny stand-up comedian friends: John Pinette, Susie Essman, Dom Irrera, Kathleen Madigan, John Bowman, …
Perhaps you have read something on this site previously about Comedy Boot Camps? Well, comedians Duncan Trussell and Natasha Leggero decided to offer their own response, via their new weekly podcast, The Lavender Hour. Listen to their commercial for the Legussel Comedy Bootcamp. Awaiting a reply from Kyle Cease in …
What do they say about New York City? "Concrete jungle where dreams are made of, there's nothing you can't do." No, the lyric before that, a generation or two before that. "If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere." But what if you cannot make it in NYC? …
Some comedians are content to perform in comedy clubs and theaters, perhaps even alt-rooms such as bars and rock clubs. Chris Gethard is a little bit different. In the past year, this skilled Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre performer has taken fans along on a full-day bus tour to see the …
Updated 2/25: RIP Andrew Koenig, found dead today in Vancouver's Stanley Park. He was suffering from depression. He was 41. Passing along some news that's definitely not funny, even though it concerns Andrew Koenig from "Never Not Funny" and better known from his teen-actor turn as "Boner" in the 1980s …
You're going to see Jen Kirkman get drunk tonight on HBO and tell her version of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln as part of a new installment of "Drunk History" on Funny or Die Presents, with Don Cheadle and Will Ferrell playing the historical roles in a re-enactment. This comedic …
Aziz Ansari is a much bigger name in comedy today than he was a year ago. I'm not sure if I can say what made that happen more — Ansari's co-starring role on the NBC primetime sitcom Parks and Recreation, or his scene-stealing turn as hip-hop comedian Raaaaaaaandy in Judd …
From 2007-2009, Carolines devoted one night per week in March to its own form of "March Madness" as 64 stand-up comedians paired off in timed competitions before a live audience. That's happening again this coming March, with one major difference. The guys who brought "March Comedy Madness" to Carolines — …
Sometimes you have to take a step back before you can take a step forward. OK, now take a step back. Now take a step forward. Now take a step back. Take a step forward. And we're doing the cha-cha. I'm a Real Genius, this kid. You don't have to …