The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Not only is John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show returning to Comedy Central this year for a third season, but he and the network are taping the showcases this weekend in NYC. So if you’re in or near the city from March 10-12, 2012, you can ask for tickets to …
The CD, Wyatt Cenac: Comedy Person, begins with a bit of a bait-and-switch, as it’s not Cenac, but rather Daily Show colleague John Hodgman who is talking to the audience throughout the first introductory track. When Cenac does arrive onstage, he helps Hodgman out by explaining that his first bit, …
Comedy Central unveiled its full development slate for 2011-2012, although let’s face it, we already knew about some of these upcoming series, and any/all of them won’t find it to the airwaves until 2012. Details, details. Let’s take a closer look! First, the previously announced series that have been ordered. …
New York magazine lets comedian Dave Hill interview other performers and put it to video, and what makes it special is how he conducts his chats openly in a public elevator. "Going Up!" Here, Hill corners Daily Show correspondent Wyatt Cenac, who has a feature film debuting tonight, Medicine for …
When I saw The Daily Show with Jon Stewart was going live last night on Comedy Central, at first I lowered my expectations, because their live editions in the past on election nights have been, well, not so funny. And this was the inauguration of President Barack Obama. How would …
While we all wait with bated breath to hear if anyone new has made it onto the cast of Saturday Night Live, the folks over at The Daily Show have not been shy to pull the trigger on hiring new correspondents, and I have to hand it to them. After …
They say when one door closes, another door opens. Usually they say this to console someone. Wyatt Cenac needs not your consolations but instead your congratulations. He probably has gotten over getting passed over by SNL now that he started his new job last night as the newest correspondent on …
The return of Saturday Night Live tomorrow night will mark the first cast changes in three years. Casey Wilson joins the troupe as a featured player, and Defamer got her on the phone yesterday for a very very brief Q&A, in which we learn that she sent in a 10-character …
Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Lots of rumor spreading about SNL cast additions this week. Let’s break down one such addition with fun facts. Yay. Fun facts. On the record, Lorne Michaels said he’d make a decision late Thursday. That’s…today. Donald Glover performed his Barack Obama impersonation Tuesday night at Seth …
Lorne Michaels made the interview rounds yesterday to promote the return of Saturday Night Live, and more than a couple of people wondered who’d play Barack Obama. Michaels wonders, too. He told the USA Today that he auditioned candidates last week, "and expects to pick from two or three late …
