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Dom Irrera Discusses The Big Lebowski and Cheating on Complete Control

Matt — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:44:36 +0000

Our pal Joe Sib hosts a radio and TV show in LA called Complete Control. The show features in-depth interviews with the best in music and comedy. During the most recent episode Sib talked with comedian Dom Irrera about his career in comedy and Irrera offered up some behind the scenes info about writing jokes [...]

Louis C.K., Jim Breuer, and Tenacious D Drawn On Etch-A-Sketch

Matt — Wed, 16 May 2012 04:01:18 +0000

Have you ever wondered what your favorite comedians looked like drawn on up with an Etch A Sketch? Regardless of how you answer that question you should lay your eyes on the work of Etch A Sketcher’s Tumblr for he’s out there and he’s sketchin’ your comedy. Watch some time lapsed videos of Louie, Jim, [...]

Stand-Up Clip of The Day: Johnny Pemberton on Inception

Matt — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:53:54 +0000

Johnny Pemberton will appear in a new ABC sitcom this fall so why not celebrate with his appearance at Just For Laughs last summer?

How Does Dave Hill Promote A New Book? With A Rock Video Of Course

Matt — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:04:03 +0000

Years there a band existed called Uptown Sinclair. The band wrote some pretty boss power pop. But perhaps more memorable was their frontman Dave Hill who was very funny with his words and writing. So much that I got ended up on Hill’s mailing list and got funny emails from him for years. All documenting [...]

Prayers And Condolences For Ardie Fuqua

Jeffrey Gurian — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:14:41 +0000

Hands down there’s no nicer guy than Ardie Fuqua and no one who loved his kids more than Ardie Fuqua. What a shock to hear that he lost his 19 year old son Jamaal in a car accident this weekend. How does anyone make sense of something like that? Jeffrey Gurian with Ardie Fuqua in [...]

5 Reasons To Catch The Beards of Comedy’s Current Midwest Tour

JJ Gordon — Tue, 15 May 2012 10:30:56 +0000

Andy Sandford, Dave Stone, TJ Young and Joe Zimmerman are four funny, furry dudes who host their own show at The Creek and The Cave in New York City, have been featured on the front page of FunnyOrDie.com and recently released their second album, Cardio Mix, on Comedy Central Records. This month they’re hitting the [...]

This Week In Comedy: With Hannibal and Eric

Matt — Tue, 15 May 2012 03:03:02 +0000

NY Magazine wrote a story about why comedians were afraid of Patrice O’Neal. [NY Magazine] Want to hear Sacha Baron Cohen out of character talking to Howard stern? [Youtube] The Tempe Improve is closing after 20 years of business. The couldn’t compete with a new club. [AZ Central] The 10 Most satisfying case of hecklers [...]

Will Ferrell Hosted SNL | A Heavyweight Homecoming

Matt — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:43:20 +0000

Will Ferrell is our second to last host of Saturday Night Live to wrap up the season and May sweeps. Right out of the gate, there’s great excitement for this because 1) Ferrell is hilarious in his comfort zone of sketch comedy and 2) Every returning former SNLer this season has killed (see Jimmy Fallon [...]

Performers at Montreal’s Just For Laughs Festival Announced

Matt — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:31:06 +0000

The Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal will celebrate its 30th year in operation this July 12 – 29th. To celebrate such a big anniversary, they’re relying on Kermit The Frog to draw some star power. Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and the rest of the Muppets gang will join Kevin Hart, Aziz Ansari, Bill [...]

Stand-Up Clip Of The Day: Tone Bell on His Crappy Apartment

Matt — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:06:11 +0000

Hasn’t everyone lived in a terrible place at some point in their life? Tone Bell can relate.

Television Upfronts 2012: CBS Comedies

Matt — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:54:27 +0000

CBS is consistently the most viewed network out there. But at the same time, I read on about its shows and for the most part I’m not terribly interested in them. Their comedies are big, multi-camera shows that seem to defy all conventions of buzz or interest yet perform well for years. Returning 2 Broke [...]

Louis C.K.’s New Old Album “Word” Is Now Available

Matt — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:36:06 +0000

As you may all know by now, Louis C.K just released his album, WORD: Live at Carnegie Hall by himself on his website. The show was recorded a while back before his Live At The Beacon Theater album. In an email to his listserve the comedian stated why it took so long for the album [...]

Television Upfronts 2012: ABC Comedies

Matt — Mon, 14 May 2012 01:12:23 +0000

ABC has a really great crop of sitcoms under its belt and they’ve made some strong moves in the last few seasons to build up a solid Wednesday night comedy block. With renewals with most sitcoms that deserved it, they seem to be in good shape. Their one lingering doubt Cougar Town was jettisoned off [...]

Television Upfronts 2012: FOX Comedies

Matt — Sat, 12 May 2012 02:40:58 +0000

FOX is continuing to support its Animation Domination Sunday nights because if it ain’t broke they why fix it, Amiright? The real problem for them is the ability to launch an animated show that’s not helmed by Seth McFarlane. As of right now, they have hope with Bob’s Burgers. The network scored in the live [...]

Steve Hofstetter’s 5 Reasons To Attend The Devil Festival

Matt — Fri, 11 May 2012 03:43:19 +0000

Beginning this weekend, the comedy club The Laughing Devil will kick off the week-long stand-up comedy festival Devil Festival where you can catch comedy, attend seminars, and watch someone win $2500 in prize money. We caught up with comedian and director of The Laughing Devil, Steve Hofstetter to give us 5 Reasons you can’t mises [...]

Television Upfronts 2012: NBC Comedies

Matt — Fri, 11 May 2012 03:09:59 +0000

The peacock network is making a lot of moves with it’s comedy programming for the next television season. The biggest being giving the struggling shows on its Thursday night lineup short season re-orders which are allowing allowing many of them to finish their series runs instead of abruptly being cancelled (respect). While at the same [...]

The 2nd Annual Comedy Awards: A View From The Red Carpet

Jeffrey Gurian — Fri, 11 May 2012 01:57:10 +0000

After covering the first annual Comedy Awards last year in 2011, I looked forward to covering this year’s as well. I knew it would be exciting, and it was. Exec Produced by legendary producer Don Mischer, directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller, and with a 32 member Board of Directors that included Brad Grey, Adam McKay, James [...]

Stand-Up Clip of The Day: Tom Van Horn’s Fear of Flying

Matt — Thu, 10 May 2012 03:06:30 +0000

Tom Van Horn has some flying phobias.

Kelly Carlin Talks “Companion” As We Near Her Father’s Birthday

JJ Gordon — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:28:11 +0000

Writer, producer, podcaster and SiriusXM radio host Kelly Carlin may have been first-hand witness to her famous father’s “early days as a straight comic through his transformation into a counter culture hero and iconoclastic social commentator,” but her own path to adulthood and enlightenment has been just as tumultuous. Directed by Paul Provenza (The Aristocrats, [...]

Video: Stephen Colbert Pays Tribute To Maurice Sendak

Matt — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:08:11 +0000

Stephen Colbert has done some pretty amazing interviews over the years. One of the best in recent memory are with children’s book author Maurice Sendak. It showed the old man side of Sendak that is quick with the wit and not really scared of speaking his mind. Yesterday when news broke of Sendak’s passing those [...]