To say comedy -- especially stand-up comedy -- is a rough, mostly thankless business, would be a severe understatement. Any comedian, even the hugely popular ones, will tell you they've experienced many more embarrassing failures than they have had unmitigated successes. Great comedians are able to harness those awful experiences and perhaps create better comedy. Such is more...
To properly induct Justin Timberlake into the Five-Timers Club last night, Saturday Night Live invited back a teeming handful of all-time favorite hosts. Already-christened members of the club Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Alec Baldwin, Candice Bergen and Tom Hanks all appeared during Timberlake's monologue (which really wasn't a monologue). Joining them was Paul Simon and more...
What’s up, turkeys? It’s Thanksgivingtime! Community is seriously playing with our minds this season: First it’s Halloween in February, now it’s Thanksgiving in March. Sandwiched in between there was a fun trip back to Nazi-era Germany. OR WAS THERE? Allow me a small digression to last week’s episode before we delve into Thanksgiving high jinks, won’t you? more...
Last weekend news broke that Jimmy Fallon would replace Jay Leno in 2014 as host of The Tonight Show and that NBC would make the announcement as early as May. Although the network denied the story in the Hollywood Reporter, who cited “two high-level industry insiders” and Leno’s camp refused to comment, the piece explained that NBC was fearful that with Jimmy more...
In this just-released video, Community star Joel McHale, who plays former lawyer-turned-smarmy-college-student, opines about the evolution of his character Jeff Winger, what a huge comedic force co-star Gillian Jacobs has become and why veteran actor James Brolin is the perfect choice to play Jeff's dad. Check it out! There's an all-new episode of Community this more...
NBC will announce in May its plans to replace current Tonight Show host Jay Leno with the increasingly popular Jimmy Fallon. This, according to the Hollywood Reporter, who cite "two high-level industry insiders," despite NBC's denial and a rep for Leno who said, "we don't speculate on rumor." The Hollywood Reporter piece goes on to say the following: Sources more...
We start with the gang wandering the halls, kvetching about having gotten shut out of the History of Ice Cream and having to take a class that sounds like it’s probably called the History of Everything Other Than Ice Cream. Instead it’s off to class with their new hard-ass, degree-having British teacher. Oh, and you know who else with? Those German foosball jerks who more...
Thursday is always a huge night for comedy on television, thanks to offerings from NBC and FX. However, tonight – based on my viewing of the first two episodes of each show -- I’d highly suggest you DVR your go-to programming and tune in live to Comedy Central’s two new offerings, The Ben Show with Ben Hoffman and Nathan For You. Comedian and writer Ben Hoffman more...
Let’s just get to it, shall we? Inspector Spacetime! Yay! In bed with Britta and Troy. Yay? I don’t know. Still undecided. I don’t hate them as a couple, per se, they’re just unexpected. And have questionable chemistry. Uh-oh, a knock at the door. It’s Abed: He and Troy have to plan for the Inspector Spacetime convention. Cut to a Britta stunt double with a more...
