The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Nick Thune taped his first hour-long TV special last week in Brooklyn, and the stand-up comedian and guitarist mentioned how he’d had to postpone the taping due to a broken arm. You don’t have to wait to find out why he broke his arm or what he did in the …
Set List is an American creation that first scored a TV deal across the pond, but is finally finding its way back home with a webseries version that you can enjoy wherever you have Internet access. Episode highlights of the live shows began appearing earlier this week on the Nerdist …
Reggie Watts performed on Thursday night’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, and as Kimmel introduced, made up a song on the spot. That’s kinda his thing. Roll it. This is called “Yew-eeee Blues.” But Watts also can perform and record songs with lyrics you can sing along to. Case in …
What’s making news in the comedy world this week… Sundance Channel (with EW magazine) is bringing The Writers Room to TV this summer, beginning July 29. Hosted by Jim Rash (Oscar-winning screenwriter for The Descendants, actor/writer in Community), it’s six half-hour episodes of roundtable talk from TV writers — included …
When you think of YouTube and comedy, you’re not usually looking for an Arnold Schwarzenegger impersonation, but maybe you’re looking for a supercut of Ahnold being Ahnold. How about a promotional video by him for YouTube Comedy Week? That’s served up right here hot and fresh overnight and ready for …
The Golden Globes may be criticized year-in and year-out for skewing nominations and awards to the hottest celebrities, but what about the Webbys? For all of the great work uploading and exploding online, the Webby Awards is a corporate entity that traditionally recognizes and honors the star-power in the Internet. …
The way media outlets and comedy nerds make such a big deal about who’s hosting late-night TV talk shows, you’d sometimes like to be reminded that most everyone else doesn’t think much about it. But what about the kids, you ask? It’s past their bedtimes, so late-night TV shouldn’t even …
People were going Hollywood long before Bing Crosby starred in the 1933 film musical Going Hollywood. Certainly, though, countless unknowns have packed their bags and moved to Los Angeles in the years and decades since then, hoping for show business to discover them and make them a star! New York …
Televised sketch comedy in the Internet video era has found its match in this current crop of Comedy Central series. Key & Peele is between seasons, but that’s not stopping Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele from putting out new topical sketches online. New today is this video, “Ballbusters,” in which …
Happy Valentine’s Day! “We should break up.” No. “We Should Break Up.” That’s the webseries from Nikki Glaser and Joe DeRosa for Official Comedy that takes what once was a real-life relationship between the two stand-up comedians (wait, really?) and mines it for comedy gold. For you. On Valentine’s Day. …
