Lead-writing rule: It's good to open with conflict, right up top. Thus Edward Wyatt on Sarah Silverman: LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30 -- Those who know Sarah Silverman only from her much discussed star turn in the 2005 comedy film "The Aristocrats" and from her one-woman concert movie, "Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic," might bristle Read More
The 78th Annual Academy Award ceremonies started off as a standoff between “niche” host Jon Stewart and the old, tired Academy audience with its nervously glazed smiles—a far cry from the perpetually hysterical banshees at Comedy Central to which Mr. Stewart is normally accustomed. But then the Comedy Central banshees never have to worry about Read More
The 78th Annual Academy Award ceremonies started off as a standoff between “niche” host Jon Stewart and the old, tired Academy audience with its nervously glazed smiles—a far cry from the perpetually hysterical banshees at Comedy Central to which Mr. Stewart is normally accustomed. But then the Comedy Central banshees never have to worry about Read More
Some Yuks In a North Carolinian drawl, his eyes sparkling, Bobby Tisdale yelled “Yaaaayyyyy!” into the microphone. Mr. Tisdale must say “Yaaaayyyyy!” 15 times a night; it’s the “yay” of an overly zealous camp counselor. Each week, Mr. Tisdale emcees “Invite Them Up,” an hour and a half of comedy at Rififi, an East Village Read More
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In a North Carolinian drawl, his eyes sparkling, Bobby Tisdale yelled “Yaaaayyyyy!” into the microphone. Mr. Tisdale must say “Yaaaayyyyy!” 15 times a night; it’s the “yay” of an overly zealous camp counselor. Each week, Mr. Tisdale emcees “Invite Them Up,” an hour and a half of comedy at Rififi, an East Village Read MoreTime to hit the blogs: Bloomberg's voters were wildly outnumbered... by registered voters who didn't cast ballots, laments Andrew Friedman at DMIBlog. Doug Forrester, the failed Republican candidate for New Jersey governor, blames his defeat on Bush. But over at the New York Young Republican Record, Rick Brownell doesn't buy it. Forrester's finger-pointing, Read More
Based on his planned spending on cable TV, Anthony is planning what The Politicker's outside expert considers the upscale white guy vote: He's planning to spend about $500,000 over the last two weeks on these networks: Comedy Central, CNBC, CNN, ESPN, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, TNT, YES (including 11 Yankees games), and USA. The Read More
During a recent performance at Caroline's Comedy Club in Times Square, Dave Attell-the 37-year-old stand-up comic and host of Comedy Central's late-night carousing show, Insomniac -told a joke about the time he was playing a nightclub and started riffing on shark attacks, and a woman in the audience cried out in pain.
"This woman-let's call her Read MoreWednesday, Aug. 14
Comedy Central is cashing out on Win Ben Stein's Money . The network confirmed on Tuesday, August 13 that is ceasing production on the 5-year-old game show-one of Comedy Central's longest-running original series -in which contestants went head-to-head with the bespectacled former Nixon speech writer turned actor. " Win Ben Stein's Money has Read MoreWednesday, May 22
Gird, Sixth Avenue, gird: Here comes Connie Chung! Ms. Chung, who recently joined CNN, is set to blast live in New York from a brand-spankin'-new fishbowl studio in the Time Inc. building on Sixth Ave. and 51st Street. Ms. Chung is just one of the high-profile puppies soon to be in the window Read More"This may make me sound like a dickhead," said Jimmy Kimmel, "but I am not surprised at all. In fact, I was disappointed that it took this long."
It was Monday, May 13, and Mr. Kimmel, 34, was talking from his office in Los Angeles, where in a few hours he would hop a plane bound Read MoreWednesday, June 20
You want your New York Times TV! Well, listen here, smarty-pants: Unless corporate America ponies up the big bucks, you ain't getting it anytime soon. Late last year, the nation's Maureen Dowdies and Paul Krugmanoholics were gleefully tapping their Rockports at the prospect of an 11 p.m. New York Times -run newscast Read More"Hi, my name is Griffin. You know, the other day I was
walking into a toy store and I saw they had a Jesse Ventura doll, and I was thinking to myself, 'If they made a Jesse Ventura doll, are they going to make other political toys?'" Griffin Newman, a 12-year-old boy with light brown, wavy Read MoreWednesday 4th
If you're a young Ivy Leaguer who was always the "class clown," maybe toiling now for Modernhumorist.com and looking for a job that actually pays money, crash Comedy Central's 10th Anniversary party tonight. Crash strategy : be male ; three days of face stubble ; ironic corduroy blazer . Whose rumps to smooch: the Read MoreOne thing that you can say about hip-hop these days is that it's full of drama queens.
It's not just that Jay-Z (né Shawn Carter) wrangled ubiquitous hits out of Swizz Beatz–produced melodies from the Broadway productions of Annie and Oliver , it's that he's taken the Biggie Smalls method of tear-filled, mama-worshipping thuggery Read More
