December 1, 2014
This month two major comedy movies will be coming to theaters, The Interview, starring Seth Rogen opens on December 25th. Chris Rock’s Top Five opens on […]
December 1, 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. This week, Jeffrey went to a Friar's Club Event, and saw Dave Attell, and Brad Williams. Plus find out where your comedy friends spent their Thanksgivings.
November 30, 2014
Bob Hope rose to the top of every format in comedy; vaudeville, Broadway, radio, movies and TV. So why doesn't his name pop up when listing the all time greats? Was it because of VietfuckinNam?
November 24, 2014
"The Comedians" is Billy Crystal's return to television coming to FX next year.
November 24, 2014
Jay Leno received the highest honor in comedy that the country has to give, the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in a ceremony on PBS that was pre-taped last month at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC.
November 20, 2014
November 18, 2014
Finally the world is finding out the story behind rap artist Wale's infamous phone call to Complex magazine about being left off their 50 best albums list for 2013.
November 18, 2014
November 17, 2014
Over the past 4 years, Will Arnett has starred in 5 series; "Running Wilde", "The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret", "Up All Night", "The Millers", and the limited series of "Arrested Development" (after that 10 year break). "The Millers" was the only one to have a second season. And yet, since 2006, he’s received 5 Emmy nominations, once for the third season of "Arrested Development" and the other four as guest actor for "30 Rock". So why is an actor as talented as Will Arnett, not making hit TV series? What is the divide? What isn’t working?
November 13, 2014
Bob Dylan had plans for what he wanted to do in the 90s, and it had nothing to do with music.
November 13, 2014
November 12, 2014
This week, the Farrelly Brothers sat down for an episode of "Unmasked" on SiriusXM to talk with host Ron Bennington about the new movie, and their incredible careers. Peter and Bobby talked about the sequel to "Dumb and Dumber", working with Bill Murray on "Kingpin" and the films that inspired them when they were younger.
November 11, 2014
Kim Kardashian's ass is shiny and bare on the cover of this month's Paper Magazine. This is way more entertaining than a thousand Keeping Up With The Kardashian episodes. Of course it's also better than watching any Seinfeld episode too. This will most definitely break the internet.
November 10, 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 […]
November 7, 2014
In an interview with Brian Williams on NBC Nightly News, Jerry Seinfeld thinks he belongs somewhere on the Autism spectrum.
November 6, 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 each week in comedy, and who Jeffrey Gurian ran into this week in and around New York. This week, continuing updates all week from the best shows at the New York Comedy Festival. On Wednesday night, Jeffrey hit up
November 3, 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, Jeffrey attends a taping of the new Jack and Triumph show, attends a comedy benefit, and reports on himself!
November 1, 2014
You thought Halloween had become lost forever to the sexy cop, the sexy boxer and the sexy mailperson. No, there's still creativity out there, you just have to look for it. We found 20 people who decided that the scariest thing they could be this year-- was a stand up comedian.
October 30, 2014
We loved the Pete Holmes Show. It had a unique voice and energy, great recurring bits, and showcased some of our favorite comedians on a regular […]
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.
October 27, 2014
The New York Comedy Festival is coming to town and New York is ready, planning FIVE spectacular days, over ONE HUNDRED shows, nearly TWO HUNDRED performers. Stay tuned for our Editors Picks and more names to be added as the New York Comedy Festival approaches.
October 24, 2014
Let's get into the weekend with Tenacious D finishing up their late night tour and a brand new Saturday Night Live with Jim Carrey hosting for his third time.
October 24, 2014
Huh? What? Crackle ? Where's the cars? Where's the coffee? What the hell are they talking about?
October 20, 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, find out where Jerry Seinfeld did a surprise set, what Andy Kaufman's brother thinks about Bob Zmuda's new book, who was at Nate Bargatze's Comedy Central taping and Lisa Lampanelli's ephiphany! Visit Jeffrey’s website at comedymatterstv.com, where you can watch his interviews with everyone in comedy who matters!
October 16, 2014
The Daily Show's Jon Stewart will be back as host and master of ceremonies for Night of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together For Autism Programs".
October 11, 2014
The story featuring the mullet wearing custodian who makes good is getting another chapter.
October 10, 2014
Dan Perlman is a young writer and comic, who has been performing comedy for 4 years . He performs nightly in New York City, and tours around the country at festivals, clubs and colleges. "Before I Forget" is a series of articles by Dan, which chronicles some of his thoughts and stories along the way, keeping notes of some of the high notes, and the low notes of a young comedian just getting started in his career. This week, he writes about being in middle school, writing to his comedy heroes, and getting a letter back, from Bob Newhart.