by Matt on February 1, 2012
Featured player Paul Brittain is out at Saturday Night Live. News broke that "effective immediately" Brittain is leaving the show to pursue other projects. What projects those are is unclear at the moment as neither SNL or Brittain have yet to comment.
So after a little over a year, the show is down a featured player. Is this the beginning of ...
The Grio.com is the first African-American video news site, specifically geared towards bringing stories of interest to that community. Launched by NBC News, it's editorial mission is to be the primary news source for the Black community on a national level. Being that February is Black History Month, they are interviewing 100 people who they feel are ...
by Matt on January 31, 2012
Other than that headline, there's not much to add here other than a hearty YES! Amy Schumer is taping a TV pilot. So there's a chance to get some free last minute tickets to see Amy in action taping for Comedy Central.
The show tapes tomorrow (Wed, Feb 1st) at 1pm and 3pm in New York so you must live nearby ...
by Matt on January 31, 2012
Austin is becoming a fully fledged comedy town. In addition to SXSW beefing up it's comedy programming the Paramount Theatre is launching its inaugural Moontower Comedy and Oddity Festival. The 3-day festival will run from April 25th-28th.
Their lineup is already an impressive list of comedic voices including Seth Meyers, Aziz Ansari, Steven Wright, The Amazing Johnathan, ...
by Matt on January 31, 2012
One thing I find myself digging about Kevin Smith is that he's always trying something new and different. Whether it be making movies, working for TV, launching podcasts or now, coming out with a new one-man show, Burn In Hell is set to have a television premiere (on EPIX) February 11th. The show is available on demand beginning February 3rd ...
The same designer responsible for the metal comedians released another two shirts in a similar vein. This time, they meld Louis C.K. with The Dead Kennedys and Sam Kinison with Samhain. While you can buy them at the designer’s website. However, seeing both shirts reminded us how metal and comedy truly go together splendidly. In fact, the worlds ...
by Matt on January 30, 2012
Network TV is now taking interest in Louis C.K. as he, along with former Seinfeld writer—late night host Spike Feresten are putting together a half-hour sitcom for CBS. The network has green-lit a currently untitled sitcom whose premise is about a group of creative twentysomethings trying to make it in the world. The pair has writing history together ...
by Matt on January 30, 2012
Last Tuesday we left the TLB Towers and met up with comedians Robert Kelly and Joe DeRosa to record an episode of Kelly's podcast, You Know What Duuude. Robert invited us onto the show to talk about his upcoming first ever live podcast taping we are presenting at Gotham Comedy Club on February 8th. As that was gotten out ...
