49 posts tagged ‘comedy’
Chris Fleming’s Experimental New Play Won Late Night This Week
Vulture,
Plus, quick-change BTS on The Tonight Show and Stephen Colbert and Josh Brolin’s book fight.
Pop Troll to Perform on SNL
Dakota Johnson will host with musical guest Justin Timberlake.
Taran Killam’s SNL Memories
Catching up with one of the show’s most versatile performers after his recent run on Broadway.
After Midnight, the Emmys, and the State of Late Night
It’s been a crazy week for late-night TV.
A 1962 attempt at a Claymation Marx Brothers TV show
Boing Boing,
From Mark Evanier's very fine blog News from ME: In 1962, Screen Gems, the television division of Columbia Pictures, tried to produce a Marx Brothers television show. The fact that Chico had passed away in 1961 did not deter the project, as it was intended to be done in Claymation animation (called Tri-Cinemation by the production). — Read the rest The post A 1962 attempt at a Claymation Marx Brothers TV show appeared first on Boing Boing.
Shecky Greene, Legendary Las Vegas Comedian, Dead at 97
The comedy icon spent decades performing in Sin City, and was even the headliner for Elvis Presley’s Vegas debut.
Year-end roundtable: What's next for television after a weird 2023?
AV Club,
In a series of special year-end roundtable discussions, The A.V. Club looks back at some of the stories that made the biggest impact on pop culture in 2023. Read more...
Maria Bamford: The Artist Is a Comedian Bear
Local Act explores what the stand-up values most in her work: being onstage and making fun of what’s important to her.