by Matt on November 10, 2011
The second year for The Comedy Awards is happening. Deadline reports that producer Don Mischer will once again bring the awards ceremony back this Spring.
There's a slight difference this time around as the awards will air on just Comedy Central as opposed to across all of Viacom's brands (Spike, TV Land, Nick At Nite) this should help ...
by Matt on November 4, 2011
This past week, Conan O'Brien returned to New York City the city where he first kicked off his late night comedy decades ago. He famously moved the show to the West Coast for his job on The Tonight Show and did not return once he ended up on TBS. That was, until this past week where he returned to Gotham ...
by Matt on October 31, 2011
Well, this weekend the East Coast got nailed by an unseasonably early snow storm. It cancelled the plans of many who ended up staying in their domiciles instead of trekking out into the abyss for weekend Halloween festivities. What it allowed me to to was flip through Entertainment Weekly's comedy issue. One with currently en vogue funny lady, ...
We recently had the distinct pleasure to meet up with and ask wrestling legend Mick Foley a couple questions. Topics included his new career as a stand-up comedian, if he thinks comedy is harder than wrestling, and a pretty amazing item he’s putting up for charity. Hint, the item was given to him by Jon Stewart during a ...
by Matt on August 30, 2011
Man, I'm old... Nirvana's seminal album Nevermind is turning 20 this year. It's basically old enough to drink. And as Don Draper once put it, nostalgia is the most powerful drug of all. So next month Jon Stewart will host a Q&A with surviving members of the band, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic as well as the album's producer Butch ...
When the news of NY congressman Anthony Weiner's "Weinergate" broke, Jon Stewart found himself in a bit of a dilemma. The story was ripe for the mocking on The Daily Show but the host, being friends with Weiner (post-college, Stewart was roommates with the congressman's then girlfriend) was put in the conundrum of how to defend his buddy ...
The Daytime Emmy nominations have come down the line and the massive DC rally thrown by Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's, The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear got four nominations. Spreading the two's Emmy dominance into times when it's daylight.
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear was nominated this year in four categories: "Outstanding Special ...
I love it when it's the day after a huge news story happens. Mainly because I can't wait to hear Jon Stewart and The Daily Show's take on said event. So upon learning of the death of public enemy #1 Osama Bin Laden, I pretty much was giddy excitement to hear Stewart and crew's slant because of two reasons 1) ...
