By John Delery | February 24, 2010 at 4:27 pm | No comments
OMFG! ROFL is back on Revision3.com.
Comedian Alex Koll, a performer in the prestigious “New Faces” showcase at last year’s Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, is now the host of the weekly comedy show, named one of iTunes’ top 20 podcasts in 2009
“No one delivers...
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By John Delery | February 4, 2010 at 4:57 pm | One comment
Looks as if another Daily Show With Jon Stewart alum, former correspondent Rob Riggle, may graduate to prime time.
CBS has greenlit the pilot for Team Spitz, an ensemble comedy about a pompous high school football coach (Riggle), according to the Hollywood Reporter. Tackling...
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By John Delery | February 3, 2010 at 9:37 pm | No comments
With a name like Isaac Witty, you’d have, no, you’d better be funny, especially when telling not one, not two, but three consecutive cell phone jokes, the 21st century equivalent of the 20th century stand-up standby: the airline-food lament.
It sounds like an improbable way...
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By John Delery | February 3, 2010 at 3:28 pm | No comments
America’s favorite stand-up com-hicks, Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall and Larry the Cable Guy (hilarious guys and bright businessmen laughing all the way to the ATM) will reunite to reminisce about 10 years of their comedy phenomenon, the Blue Collar Tour, on two TV specials...
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By John Delery | January 29, 2010 at 6:56 pm | No comments
If you like your comedy broad — and by that we mean women’s snarky take on life, politics and saving yourself for Jesus instead of Him saving you — then consider checking out Broad Comedy, the acclaimed sketch-comedy show coming to the Acme Comedy Theatre in Los Angeles...
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By John Delery | January 29, 2010 at 2:48 pm | No comments
The Sawx haven’t sucked in years, so what’s there to laugh at in Boston now? How about this: the Magners Comedy Festival, which lands at Tommy’s Comedy Lounge and Nick’s Comedy Stop, both on Warrenton Street, for eight shows over three nights, from Feb. 4–6.
The...
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By John Delery | January 21, 2010 at 2:30 pm | No comments
It’s not exactly the Oscars gig, but the always entertaining Paula Poundstone will be center stage when she hosts the Art Directors Guild 14th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards on Feb. 13 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
Young Frankenstein star Gene...
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By John Delery | January 19, 2010 at 11:22 pm | No comments
Although less incendiary than the explosive Lenny Bruce and more homespun than the irascible Bill Hicks, Ryan Singer nonetheless shares DNA with those great comic commandos, each of whom shot from the lip with howitzers.
On How to Get High Without Drugs (Rooftop Comedy...
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By John Delery | January 6, 2010 at 10:18 pm | No comments
People planning to watch John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show may want to reserve their own sofas to assure getting a good seat to this comedy-show equivalent of an all-star game. The lineups for the series, which premieres Friday at 11 p.m. on Comedy Central, are teeming with...
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