The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Last fall, New York comedy writers Scott Rogowsky and Neil Janowitz launched a hybrid variety show that included videos, sketches, stand-up and interviews, all revolving around sports. Their 12 Angry Mascots debuted at the UCB, moved briefly to a Chelsea theater/art space, and have found a more comfortable monthly home …
The Second City has released more details about its upcoming 50th anniversary celebration in Chicago this coming December. I earlier reported about their extra-special SCTV Reunion Show that's happening Dec. 11. Well, plenty of Second City Mainstage alums are coming back to party and participate in a series of panel …
Boston's comedy scene has a rich tradition for producing great talent, and it continues to do so. The scene began undergoing a transition when the Comedy Connection moved from Faneuil Hall Marketplace to the Wilbur Theatre, leaving the city proper without a full-time major club that booked national headliners on …
The story of the day was the Heene family in Colorado that launched a weather balloon, with 6-year-old Falcon possibly inside (but definitely not by the time the balloon landed about 90 miles later). They posed in front of a contraption and appeared on ABC's Wife Swap, with the TV …
FOX issued a pair of announcements in the past day that could not possibly be related. Or could they? In the first release yesterday, we learned that Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane and FG voice actress Alex Borstein would put on a special half-hour, tentatively called Family Guy Presents: Seth …
My friends at the Huffington Post know how the Internets work, and today they posted this click-and-click-some-more slideshow on what they call the seven most infamous comedy feuds. All seven selections are from modern times, and they added a voting feature, too. As I type this, Jay Leno and David …
Voting is now open for the finals of the first-ever People's Choice "Opening Act Competition" at the 2009 New York Comedy Festival. I told you about this previously. You can vote until Oct. 22 — the winner will be announced the following day. So who's still in the running? You …
If he were still alive, Lenny Bruce would have turned 84 today. To honor the late legendary comedian, his daughter Kitty is overseeing the auctioning off more than 25 items of memorabilia from his estate to raise money for Lenny's House, a non-profit shelter for women recovering from drug and …
Fred Phelps believes that "God Hates Fags," because that is his Website and he's that guy who sends out people across the land to picket anything and everything and say that it's all happening because gay sex turns God's smile upside down and forces God to kill people. Perhaps you've …
Just in time for Columbus Day, the New York Times makes a similarly bold "discovery." Did you know that comedians who move to NYC tend to live in Astoria because the Queens neighborhood offers cheap rent and plenty of parking? Did I mention the cheap rent? And a sense of …