October 12, 2015

Comedians on Late Night TV: Week of October 12, 2015

Conan's in reruns while he is filming in Armenia, but everyone else is live. There are a lot of late night shows these days and some of them like to bring on comedians. You can keep an eye on who is going to guest on your favorite shows, right here.
April 18, 2015

Kevin Pollak’s Hit Doc ‘Misery Loves Comedy’ Looks at Comedy’s Dark Side (Interview)

Kevin Pollak's documentary Misery Loves Comedy may change the way you think about comedians. The 90 minute talking head style documentary doesn't attempt address the importance or the history of comedy like many comedy docs. Instead, director Kevin Pollak goes inside the sausage factory, to find out what draws some men and women to want to get on stage in front of a bunch of strangers, and try to make them laugh. We talked with the documentary's director, Kevin Pollak, about his vision for the film, what he learned from the experience, and what motivated some of the choices along the way.
April 13, 2015

Bill Murray, Steve Martin and Tina Fey Among the Guest List for Last 28 Letterman Shows

It's hard to believe it, but we are only 37 days away from the very last Late Show with David Letterman. On May 20th, 2015, Dave will host his last show, presumably read his last monologue, and share the last top ten list.
March 24, 2015

James Corden and Tom Hanks Cover The Entire Hanks-thology in 8 Minutes

He's off and running. James Corden had a great start last night taking over the Late Late Show. He had Reggie Watts, he had an emotional moment thanking his parents, he had the advice of the greats, he had a huge announcement from Mila Kunis, but what really put him over was this 8 minute re-enactment of every single Tom Hanks movie (yes even Bachelor Party, bet you forgot about that one).
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.