[caption id="attachment_3539" align="alignleft" width="275" caption="photo by Seth Olenick"][/caption] In the past few years, Aziz Ansari has gone from well-respected downtown New York City comedian to high-profile star of MTVs Human Giant, NBC's Parks and Recreation, and now one of the star's of Adam Sandler's upcoming flick Funny People-- not to mention a guy that more...
Opening the second AltCom show on Friday night in Somerville -- that's in the Greater Boston area -- Eugene Mirman skewered the debate over what’s “alternative” perfectly as he read from a manifesto strictly defining the rules of alternative. The list included items like “art before commerce” and “smash old items and make new ones out of the bones of the more...
Wainy Days, the web series by writer/director/Stella member David Wain, will return for a fourth season on MyDamnChannel.com. The series, which follows Wain’s unsuccessful attempts to pick up women, has been My Damn Channel’s biggest hit since its debut in 2007, and has won a number of Webbys. Season four will premiere on Thursday, May 7. “If My Damn Channel more...
For those of you, like me, who missed the whole David Alan Grier telling one of the judges on Dancing with the Stars to "eat a dick" thing, I wanted to, at this late hour, lazily embed some super-entertaining videos. I was never a huge Grier fan, though I did rather enjoy the ill-fated Chocolate News on Comedy Central this past season. However, if Grier was given a show more...
For those of you, like me, who missed the whole David Alan Grier telling one of the judges on Dancing with the Stars to “eat a dick” thing, I wanted to, at this late hour, lazily embed some super-entertaining videos. I was never a huge Grier fan, though I did rather enjoy the ill-fated Chocolate News on Comedy Central this past season. However, if Grier was more...
He’s been making local headlines since he began down a path in stand-up comedy at age nine. Now 13, Trevor Hattabaugh of Boise, ID is poised to go national, reports KTVB. Simon Cowell, creator and executive producer of NBC’s updated Star Search-esque America’s Got Talent personally invited Hattabaugh to Los Angeles to audition for the show on April 29. more...
Jerry Seinfeld is creating and executive producing a new reality show for NBC. The show will be called “The Marriage Ref,” and according to the show’s press release, will “feature opinionated celebrities, comedians and sports stars who will candidly comment, judge and offer different strategies for real-life couples in the midst of a classic marital [...] more...
Comedian A.D. Miles has been hired as the head writer for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. The Comedy Central mainstay is charged with creating the show’s comedic tone, working closely with Fallon and executive producer Lorne Michaels. Late Night premieres March 2 on NBC. To get a taste of Miles’ sense of humor, check out outtake more...
We're excited to announce Punchline Magazine's top 10 stand-up comedy albums as well as the one, most exciting up and coming stand-up comedian we think you should pay attention to in 2009. This list has nothing to do with record sales. This list simply represents the collective opinions of Punchline Magazine's editors. Enjoy. #10 - TOM McCAFFREY, Lou Diamond more...
