July 2, 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 […]
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July 2, 2015
On Saturday, June 27, Joe, Antony, and I went to Milk Studios to see the replica of Seinfeld: The Apartment. Hulu built this installation to promote their acquisition of every Seinfeld episode for their streaming service.
June 30, 2015
The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail opens its second season on Comedy Central this week, as it continues its fifth year as the preeminent independent comedy show in Los Angeles. We talked with producer Emily Gordon and co-host Jonah Ray about the live show’s accidental magic and the intentional decisions on how to capture that magic for TV.
June 30, 2015
There are some movies where a sequel would be dang-near impossible to make, because the filmmakers were just plain dumb. Damn! To help Hollywood, we've brainstormed potential sequels of films that you might think were destined to stand on their own. Not so fast.
June 29, 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 visited The Stand, UCB Chelsea, the theater at FIT and more!
June 27, 2015
Owen Smith's name is familiar to comedy fans on both coasts and his face is familiar to television viewers, who may still just know him as a “Hey, it’s THAT guy!” thanks to his numerous guest roles and memorable commercial appearances (he was the guy who did a choreographed dance with his State Farm agent on the jumbotron). He’s also a prolific writer who contributed to Are We There Yet?, Deon Cole’s Black Box, and 2013 reboot of The Arsenio Hall Show.
June 25, 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 […]
June 25, 2015
Lisa Lampanelli went "Back to the Drawing Board" for her new special, and she wants to help others do the same.
June 25, 2015
Comedies, above all movies, are often difficult to predict in terms of their staying power and how they will age over time. A lot of the […]
June 24, 2015
Monday night Lisa Lampanelli appeared at the infamous 92nd Street Y in conversation with radio host Ron Bennington, to promote her new special, Back to the Drawing Board. It was an important and meaningful night for Lisa, not only because of the history of incredible speakers who have sat down in conversation at the 92Y, but also because it was her first time speaking frankly, in front of a live audience about everything that's happened in the past two years.
June 24, 2015
Last week MTV2 premiered its newest show, Not Exactly News. Each week the MTV2 news team promises to cover everything important in the viral video-verse from […]
June 22, 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 visited Gotham, The Cellar, The Creek and the Cave and the 92nd Street Y.