The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Jim Norton's "Uninvited Guest" segments for Jay Leno's primetime NBC show have been revealing for various reasons. Last night, he took it a little bit more literally when he poked fun at his body issues and his acting skills, describing how his manager sent him recently to audition for a …
Pauly Shore filed a lawsuit on Monday against his brother, Peter, over actions involving the family's treatment of the comedy family's matriarch, Mitzi Shore, and the ownership of The Comedy Store. RadarOnline talked to patriarch Sammy Shore about it yesterday, and posted the Shore family lawsuit online (misspelling Pauly's name …
Are you cold where you are? Right now, the answer is most probably yes. Well, then, here's something to heat up your winter: Comedy Central is returning to South Beach — Miami-style — for another edition of its South Beach Comedy Festival from Jan. 21-23, 2010. And you could win …
The new Laughing Skull Comedy Festival wants you to submit to their inaugural fest in Atlanta, and one way they're getting your attention (and mine) is by naming names in saying what the winner will get — booked gigs from several people, all of whom are named on the festival's …
Todd Barry is launching a four-city tour of New England this week, just in time for the holidays. That's why, isn't it, Todd? Here's what he told me: "I got an offer to do the Allston club, so I just told my booking agent to 'run wild' and book some …
Good For The Jews (Rob Tannenbaum and David Fagin) kicks off a four-city tour with their funny Jewish comedian friends on Monday at the Highline Ballroom in NYC. They hit Los Angeles (Largo) on Dec. 9; Chicago's Lakeshore Theater, Dec. 19; and D.C.'s Jammin Java, Dec. 24. I asked Tannenbaum to …
People have made a big to-do in recent days about how and why the Grammy rules could not allow Lady Gaga to get a nomination for Best New Artist because she already had received recognition by the academy in a different field before this year. But the Grammys were more …
Some years, Seattle's monthlong stand-up comedy competition hits the final Thanksgiving weekend with a clear front-runner setting the pace. That most definitely did not happen this past weekend, when four of the five finalists each scored nightly victories, with Texas native Sean Kent prevailing to take home the title in …
Pardcast-A-Thon 2009 began just over an hour ago and continues live until 6 a.m. Pacific (9 a.m. Eastern) this morning, with host Jimmy Pardo, co-host Matt Belknap (A Special Thing's Editorial Director, isoS), Pat Francis and a cavalcade of guest comedians and stars. Todd Levin just left the booth, and …
George Carlin's 1972 album, "Class Clown," will be inducted next year into the Grammy Hall of Fame, according to the Los Angeles Times. Grammy Hall of Fame? Is that like the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? Not exactly. The Grammys reserve their Hall of Fame Awards for recordings at …