By Carl Unegbu, Comedybeat | Look who just joined Twitter: Mel Brooks. “This is my first tweet – watch me with carlreiner&@JuddApatow live at 5E/2P for #comedyfest P.S. Carl made me do it. New.livestream.com/comedyfest/mel…” With that, the 86-year-old comedy legend used the occasion of Comedyfest, the weeklong collaboration between Twitter and the humor hub Comedy Central, to signal to the [...]
By Patrick Kevin Day, Los Angeles Times | We all knew it was coming, and now there’s a date: Jon Stewart will be absent from “The Daily Show” beginning June 10. He’ll be replaced by correspondent John Oliver for eight weeks. What’s Stewart going to be doing during that time? Directing his first feature film, titled “Rosewater” and adapted from [...]
By Hillary Busis, Inside TV | Comedy Central just scribbled another line onto Chris Hardwick’s jam-packed dance card. The 41-year-old comedian, who got his start hosting MTV’s dating show Singled Out in the mid ’90s, already produces his weekly Nerdist podcast, hosts AMC’s Walking Dead companion talk show Talking Dead, hosts a weekly Nerdist chat show on BBC America, runs [...]
By Bradford Evans, Splitsider | On his new Comedy Central series The Jeselnik Offensive last night, comedian Anthony Jeselnik discussed the recent death of a New Zealand man who was killed by a great white shark and then proceeded to introduce a segment called “Shark Party!” in which he joked around about being excited about the tragedy and held a [...]
By Carl Unegbu, ComedyBeat | Comedy can be pretty fascinating stuff, and it is especially so nowadays that comedy is such a big influence on the pop culture. Yet, it can also be pretty controversial. At the time of this writing the New Jersey Supreme Court was set to rule on whether a guy who serves as a judge can [...]
By Cort Tafoya, AmericasComedy.com |If you’re reading this, I’ll just assume you’re a Daily Show junky, and you’re already familiar with the show’s Senior British Correspondent, John Oliver. My question – and I’m sure everyone else’s – is why was he picked to replace Jon Stewart during Stewart’s movie directing hiatus? What about Jason Jones, Sam Bee, Wyatt Cenac or [...]
By David Bauder, AP Television Writer | Sirius XM Radio and Comedy Central are teaming up to create a new channel on the satellite radio service devoted to showcasing the television network’s stable of stand-up comics. The companies said Tuesday that they are hoping to launch the channel this spring, preferably around April Fools’ Day. Sirius already has eight channels [...]
By Carl Unegbu, ComedyBeat | Comedy Central star Anthony Jeselnik has just added a new feather to his industry cap with the recent release of his stand-up special Anthony Jeselnik: Caligula, an extended and uncensored DVD. The one-hour special, which premiered on Sunday January 15, 2013 on Comedy Central, was released by Comedy Central Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment. [...]
By Daniel Lehman, Backstage.com | Carolines on Broadway, the Hollywood Improv, and Cobb’s Comedy Club are among the venerable comedy venues that have just been given “certified” status by Comedy Central as part of its newly created Certified Club program, the cable network announced Jan. 10. Certified comedy clubs earn the network’s seal of approval as well as opportunities for [...]
By Marketwatch.Com | The United States may have been born out a fight over taxes, but to hear Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett talk about it, today’s low tax rates may be choking off the lifeblood needed to grow the economy. Higher tax rates have been a staple of growth and prosperity in America, Buffett argued Tuesday evening on Comedy Central’s [...]
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