December 22, 2016
Comedians keep really busy these days with stand up, television, and podcasts, and then some comics even find the time to write a book. Comedian authored […]
October 31, 2016
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 […]
September 23, 2016
The New York Post released a video on Thursday of one of America’s funniest filmmakers trying to yank down the President’s pants. Why would the 90 […]
September 6, 2016
When diehard Mel Brooks fans walked into the legendary Radio City Music Hall on September 1, 2016, we were greeted with the soundtrack from “Young Frankenstein” […]
August 31, 2016
Tuesday, on the Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, Mel Brooks was a guest to promote his upcoming book release, "Young Frankenstein: A Mel Brooks Book: The Story of the Making of the Film".
August 30, 2016
On Thursday September 1, SiriusXM is debuting a never-before-heard album from George Carlin– eight years after his death. Immediately before airing the album, an original audio documentary, […]
August 29, 2016
The loss of Gene Wilder today at the age of 83 is another sad loss suffered in the entertainment world in 2016. He hadn’t appeared in […]
July 13, 2016
Comedy legend Mel Brooks celebrated his 90th birthday two weeks ago, and the man is showing no signs of slowing down. In recent months, Brooks has hosted a few live screenings of his 1974 hit Western parody,
September 25, 2015
Thursday night was a great night for comedy fans on the Late Late Show. Old and young, black and white, short and tall, comedy legend Mel Brooks shooting the shit with hilarious newcomer Jerrod Carmichael. It was pandemonium with spittakes, random loose cats walking around the set, it was really funny.
September 21, 2015
What do you do before you go to sleep? You watch a lil late night. Here’s who to watch if you want to see comedy. Warning, […]
July 27, 2015
Mel Brooks has had a lot of success with The Producers since 1968. The Washingtonian is reporting that one guy's still real mad about Mel making Hitler jokes.
May 25, 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 Soho Film Festival, Gotham Comedy Club, The Stand, The Actor's Temple and More.
March 2, 2015
Judd Apatow has a new book coming out this June and he's just released the book cover art for it. So, now you'll know what to look for in bookstores and online.
January 31, 2015
Tonight there will be jokes, stories, songs and a lesson in comedy history from the legendary Mel Brooks in his new HBO special, "Mel Brooks: Live At The Geffen".
December 19, 2014
Last night Mel Brooks was on Jimmy Kimmel, and Kimmel took the chance to ask him what he thinks about making movies about killing dictators.
December 14, 2014
Mark Malkoff has become famous for his stunts and challenges, like living on a plane for a month, but this year, he's been up to something completely different but just as entertaining. He's hosted a narrowcast -- a podcast on a narrow topic-- called, simply enough "Carson." Each week he interviews people about only one subject-- their experiences on The Tonight Show, with Johnny Carson.
December 14, 2014
The comedy legend and EGOT winner (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony), Mel Brooks is returning to HBO with a brand new special.
October 27, 2014
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. In today’s column, we get an update on what comedian Ardie Fuqua has been dealing with since he was in a terrible car crash with Tracy Morgan this summer, plus news from the George Carlin Way dedication ceremony, what's Rick Newman doing these days, and a Mel Brooks update.
September 8, 2014
A new week starts off with an impressive list of talented comedians on late night TV on Monday.
August 17, 2014
President Obama's episode of "Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis on Funny Or Die won the Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program.
June 28, 2014
It’s Mel Brooks’ 88th birthday and I’ve been a fan since the 80’s (when most of his jokes went over my head). In today’s overly-sensitive, apology-ridden society (when the words you use mean so much more than who you are as a person and what you feel in your heart), we should remember what Mel Brooks taught us: that’s a lot of bullshit.
May 14, 2014
Carl Reiner performs a poem he wrote seventy years ago about buttocks, and explains the birth of the famous "2000 Year Old Man."
May 4, 2014
Mel Brooks 40th anniversary of Blazing Saddles has a Blu-ray edition out Tuesday, May 6. He made a recent appearance at the Turner Classic Film Festival to give everyone the inside poop of what he thinks is the funniest movie of all-time.
April 30, 2014
Max Brooks- Mel Brooks' son, tells war stories about his dad on Conan.