June 13, 2016

Jon Lovitz in NYC, A Giant Rap Star at New York Comedy Club and News From Aaron Berg, Jason Scoop

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 covered the scene in at The Stand, the New York Comedy Club and Gotham Comedy Club.
January 29, 2016

Jon Lovitz Joins New Celebrity Apprentice Cast With Host Arnold Schwarzenegger

Saturday Night Live alum, and creator of The Critic Jon Lovitz will be in the board room this year trying to be the next Celebrity Apprentice, and we can't wait to see him battling Jersey Shore's Snookie.
February 15, 2015

SNL 40: Live From New York, It’s Saturday Night…On A Sunday!

Saturday Night Live is celebrating its 40th season with gigantic special Sunday Night on NBC. It's a reunion of players, hosts and performers from the original season to current one and every one in between. So far, no one really knows what to expect when the special airs live on Sunday night. One of the anticipated moments is the return of Eddie Murphy to SNL after 31 years and he didn't know how it was all going to work.
September 19, 2014

Billy Crystal Talks About Robin Williams on the Tonight Show

Jimmy Fallon and Billy Crystal talked about losing Robin on the Tonight Show last night. Billy explained how difficult it was to give a tribute to his closest friend, Robin Williams at the Emmys only two weeks after he had passed away.
June 15, 2014

Out of the Tarpit: The Rebirth of the LA Comedy Club Scene

A few years ago, anyone paying attention to the stand-up scene in Los Angeles would have been within their rights to think that the clubs were aging dinosaurs, sinking slowly to their death in a tar pit they’d never be able to escape. The Big Three (The Comedy Store, the Improv and the Laugh Factory) were not having their better days and it seemed like everything they did to get unstuck just made them sink deeper and deeper. But today, business is booming, with the clubs drawing stronger audiences to watch a broader range of comedians and really reasserting their relevance in comedy and pop culture.