March 10, 2016
Martin Short is touring with Steve Martin and on Wednesday night on the Late Late Show, he talked about what it's like working with Steve.
March 1, 2016
Steve Martin was on Jimmy Fallon Monday night with Edie Brickell talking music, but he also took a few minutes to talk about doing stand up comedy for the first time in 35 years.
February 29, 2016
Who’s on Late Night Tonight in Comedy? Here’s your guide to comedians hitting up the late night talk shows for this week, February 29, 2016. Everyone’s […]
February 26, 2016
Steve Martin recently performed a mythologically rare opening stand up set at a Jerry Seinfeld show, held at the Beacon Theater in New York on the eighteenth. Martin’s opening set, the first since he left stand up thirty five years ago, was a complete surprise for audience members. Not surprisingly, Martin’s act was well received.
February 21, 2016
As the audience waited patiently for the opening act at the Beacon Theater last week, They had no idea the surprise they were in for. "Please welcome Jerry's very special guest ...Steve Martin."
February 14, 2016
Melissa McCarthy pulls out all the stops to celebrate her fifth time hosting Saturday Night Live.
February 13, 2016
January 5, 2016
Martin Short does a stage show with Steve Martin, where they travel around the country performing together.
December 22, 2015
The next guest on the new season of Jerry Seinfeld's Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee is President Obama. This will be Obama's third time guesting on a comedy show but his first time appearing on a show that only has comedians as guests. He previously appeared on Between Two Ferns and Marc Maron's WTF.
December 21, 2015
2015 was an amazing year for comedy, and a really strong year for books authored by comedians. These ten comedians managed to find time to each write a book despite having busy full time comedy careers. The books range the gamut in subject matter, from autobiographical, to historical, artistic and creative, and even illustrated. We picked ten of the best books of the year to highlight, and now we need you to vote, on who had the #1 book.
November 12, 2015
The Writers Guild of America announced their awards for the top 101 funniest screenplays of all time revealing Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman's Annie Hall topped the list. Annie Hall won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1977.
November 5, 2015
Bob Geldof once asked us, “Where is the filtered excellence!?” It’s right here. Once a week we take a break from comedy to bring you this weeks picks of the best things to watch, the most interesting things to do, great things to try, the best picks to read, our favorite things to listen to and more
October 30, 2015
We focus on everything comedy - and that includes comedy style. Not just their presence or their material, but the fashion sense they rock. Some comics build huge careers while never outgrowing 12-year-old outfits of hoodie, t-shirt, and jeans, and that's fine. But other comedians manage to both be funny and develop a style of their own, and so why not celebrate their individuality and smashing sense of self. Here's a ranking of 12 comics with the best style.
October 26, 2015
This week the Daily Show is on vacation, @midnight is taking some days off, but everyone else is back on live and Kimmel is back on […]
October 19, 2015
Sunday night at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., Eddie Murphy accepted the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, and for the first time in 28 years, told jokes on stage.
October 15, 2015
Edie Brickell and Steve Martin just released a new song, Won’t Go Back off their upcoming album So Familiar. The album comes out October 30th Read […]
September 20, 2015
This Saturday Brian Regan will make history. Regan is headlining at New York’s spectacular Radio City Music Hall to tape his newest comedy special, and his entire performance […]
August 14, 2015
On Thursday SiriusXM launched a new comedy channel called Comedy Greats that will play the legends of comedy around the clock. For their big launch event, Comedian […]
July 31, 2015
David Wain, director of Wet Hot American Summer, and its brand new prequel Netflix series Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp stopped by SiriusXM's Bennington show to talk with hosts Ron Bennington and Gail Bennington about the big Netflix release.
July 11, 2015
David Letterman made his first post retirement appearance and it was a real doozy. Long time late pals Steve Martin and Martin Short are on tour with A Very Stupid Conversation in San Antonio, Texas, and David Letterman shocked the audience with a drop in.
June 22, 2015
On Friday, IFC aired CollegeHumor's Comedy Music Hall of Fame special, hosted by Paul F. Tompkins.
June 12, 2015
Steve Martin has aged well for a guy who looked really old when he was a child. He's the Benjamin Buttons of comedy.
June 11, 2015
Comedian Ian Abramson, who is best known for his highly creative "Seven Minutes in Purgatory" touring comedy show, has announced the passing of legendary prop comedian Virgil Soapfloats.
June 10, 2015
In 1983, a teenage Judd Apatow began interviewing stand-up comedians on their process. Now one of the most influential figures in comedy, Apatow continues to talk to comedians and their process. His new book, Sick In The Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy.
June 5, 2015
All the comedy stars were out last night at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles give love to one of America's greatest comedy heroes. Steve Martin was being honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute.
May 25, 2015
This year, we forgot to put together our new "Summer Reading List" in time for memorial day, but we've got something much better than a new list. We've put all of our old lists in one place including our 2012 and 2013 lists put together by our team of writers, our 2014 list put together by Liberty Hardy, and our Christmas Gift List of great books by comedians put together by Andrew Farignoli. You can order each book by just clicking on them. Enjoy and have a great summer.
May 21, 2015
If you missed the final episode of the Late Show with David Letterman you missed big ovations, lots of thanks, a few looks back, and a celebrity studded Top Ten list. There were no real emotional moments, Dave took the show out in almost exactly the same fashion as he conducted the show for the last few decades-- level and steady, having a good time, and professional as always.