March 23, 2015
Monday night, James Corden becomes the new host of the Late Late Show on CBS.
Featured stories about comedy, comics, comedians, funny people, funny movies, and comedy wherever it exists.
March 23, 2015
Jeffrey Gurian is a writer and comedian in New York who loves to Jump Around. Follow his regular column, right here, to find out what’s happening in comedy, and who Jeffrey Gurian ran into this week in and around New York. This week, Jeffrey reports from Comedy Juice, The Comedy Cellar, The Stand and more...
March 21, 2015
I’m curious about the writing process of others — comedians, authors, musicians. Similar to finding their voice and persona on-stage, a comic has to find a writing process that best suits them.
March 18, 2015
Judah Friedlander is one of the most recognizable comedians in New York. Thanks to his role as Frank Rossiatano on 30 Rock, with his awesome hats and long flowing hair (a look he rocks everyday), people on the street literally stop with their mouths agape, excited to be in his presence.
March 17, 2015
We talk with people in the business of comedy all over the country and find out what's happening, what's happened, and what's coming up soon. This week Jimmy Pardo is celebrating 500 episodes, Judah Friedlander tells us about an upcoming cameo, Kayvan Khalatbari is running for office, and what's new on MTV2.
March 16, 2015
Comedians Jay Wells L’Ecuyer and Eytan Millstone are Brooklyn based comedians who both hail from Ontario Canada. They met in college in Toronto and started working together […]
March 16, 2015
Jeffrey Gurian is a writer and comedian in New York who loves to Jump Around. Follow his regular column, right here, to find out what’s happening in comedy, and who Jeffrey Gurian ran into this week in and around New York. This week, Jeffrey reports from Gotham Comedy Club.
March 14, 2015
Jay Mohr is an extremely happy guy. He's so happy, it might be considered an emotional disorder. Jay talks about all the happiness in his life in his new Showtime special tonight, "Jay Mohr: Happy. And A Lot" tonight at 10pm et. In his brand new one hour of comedy, Jay Mohr may not give you the secret to being happy, but he does share many intimate details about his life including his shortcomings in the bedroom department. It's all in "Jay Mohr: Happy. And A Lot".
March 13, 2015
Our newest column, The Bocchetti Files, features comedian Mike Bocchetti talking one-on-one with his friends and fellow comedians about whatever crosses his mind. His pick for his very first interview, comedian Dave Hill.
March 11, 2015
“That Metal Show” is back for its 14th season, and Eddie Trunk, Jim Florentine, and Don Jamieson are back on stage chilling out with a “Who’s Who” of heavy metal royalty. Jamieson says he’s excited for the new season … but that’s nothing new.
March 11, 2015
March 10, 2015
Mike's comedy is so original, that it kind of defies description, and Mike thinks talking about stand up is pretty boring anyway, so when we got the chance to talk with Mike, we asked him five questions, about his cooking, his comedy, and his Italian grandma.
March 9, 2015
Jeffrey Gurian is a writer and comedian in New York who loves to Jump Around. Follow his regular column, right here, to find out what’s happening in comedy, and who Jeffrey Gurian ran into this week in and around New York. This week, Jeffrey reports from The Stand, Town Hall, Gotham Comedy Club, and more…
March 8, 2015
The old saying goes "a mind is a terrible thing to waste" and thank goodness he took this to heart. The "he" is the hipster doofus himself, Cosmo Kramer. In the nine seasons that Seinfeld was on the air, plenty of plotlines revolved around Kramers schemes. Whether it's smelling like the ocean or teaching a rooster how to cock fight, his mind was always racing. We ranked our 11 favorite schemes made famous by the beautiful mind of Cosmo Kramer
March 7, 2015
Autism is a terrible word. It doesn’t roll off the tongue, it’s uncomfortable to say – both for the sound and the definition. And it affects […]
March 5, 2015
Everyone has to start somewhere. Comedians get their start in stand up of course, but those end up with giant television careers also had their first tv appearance, and it's usually pretty unglamourous. Here are six comedy giants who got their first television appearance in small guest roles on sitcoms. Enjoy these fresh young faces with their entire career ahead of them. These six youngsters had no idea where they would end up when they took these six first television roles.
March 3, 2015
Lesley Coffin takes a critical look at new Will Forte's new FOX series, Last Man on Earth.
March 2, 2015
Jeffrey Gurian is a writer and comedian in New York who loves to Jump Around. Follow his regular column, right here, to find out what’s happening in comedy, and who Jeffrey Gurian ran into this week in and around New York. This week, Jeffrey reports from Colin Quinn's star studded premiere, the Night of Too Many Stars, Gotham and more...
February 28, 2015
The Monkees. To most people the name means a "manufactured" 60s pop group, formed by producers to sell records via a TV show. But that TV show starring Micky Dolenz, Mike Nesmith, Davy Jones (RIP) and Peter Tork was actually funny and on par with some great silly/slapstick comedy of our time
February 26, 2015
The stories people in the business are talking about around the country in comedy...
February 26, 2015
We talked with self proclaimed madman T.J. Miller about comedy and pot, Cannbash 2015, competing on @midnight, and season two of Silicon Valley.
February 25, 2015
We’ve all heard the news and controversy surrounding Paul Feig's 2016 reboot of Ghostbusters featuring an all-female cast, have we really explored what would come of this seemingly strategic casting job? Strong heroic women saving a city from supernatural forces – it sounds agreeable enough, superficially. But what is the motive behind this maneuver? An optimist might assert that studio executives actually trust female performers to carry what was historically a male-centric franchise. This writer, however, can’t help but suspect that it’s all merely a gimmick that producers are using out of desperation because the original cast members are either retired, dead, disinterested, or Dan Aykroyd.
February 24, 2015
Daniel Sloss, 24, performed his first live set before he turned 14, and signed his first deal to record DVDs when he was just 19 years old. […]
February 23, 2015
Jeffrey Gurian is a writer and comedian in New York who loves to Jump Around. Follow his regular column, right here, to find out what’s happening in comedy, and who Jeffrey Gurian ran into this week in and around New York. This week, Jeffrey reports from The Stand, Gotham Comedy Live and Carolines on Broadway!
February 21, 2015
The 87th Annual Oscars are upon us, and with that comes the common debate as to whether the Oscars don’t give comedy their due. The argument can certainly be made that there is a definite type of film which always receives nominations described as “Oscar bait”; the films which seem to have been made with a checklist of “how to get nominated.” But in the 87 years since the Oscars have been around, there have more than a few times that the Oscars genuinely loved comedy. After all, the first film to get nominated in the top five AND the first film to receive nominations in all for acting categories were both comedies (It Happened One Night (1934) & My Man Godfrey (1936)). And despite seeing more than a few times that the Oscars somehow overlooked great comic performances or only nominated comedians when they went serious (Cary Grant’s two nominations were both in dramas), a few times they showed they had a sense of humor.
With that said, here are my picks for the 87 funniest film performances which ever got nominated, ranked.
February 19, 2015
Reese Witherspoon knows. So does Steve Carell. It's an open secret that being funny on film will not bring you Oscar gold. If it did, Steve would have been billed as Academy Award Nominee Steve Carell for the last 10 years. His performance in The 40 Year-Old Virgin was a revelation. The guy you saw on The Daily Show every so often suddenly turned in this nuanced performance that was both hilarious and sweet. The entire movie hinged on the believability of his character Andy, and Carell very subtly had us in the palm of his hand the entire time. If Andy was dyslexic or had a harelip instead of being a virgin, Carell would have been making the rounds on the awards circuit in 2005, the way he is this year for Foxcatcher.
February 18, 2015
Michael Kosta recently released his debut album “Comedy For Attractive People” The LA-based comedian recorded it at San Diego’s Comedy Store La Jolla and released it […]