Dan Whitney had a pretty good comedy career, including a TV appearance on A&E’s An Evening At The Improv. But Whitney’s career as Larry the Cable Guy has been far more lucrative and longer-lasting, going on some three decades since he first st…
Continue ReadingAmy Schumer and her award-winning cookbook husband have cooked up a Food Network TV series from home during quarantine from the coronavirus pandemic. Amy Schumer Learns to Cook premiered Monday night, the first of eight episodes filmed inside the home …
Continue ReadingOn March 12, just before Americans went into quarantine, Stephen Colbert interviewed Maria Bamford in the studio of The Late Show from the balcony, with just the band and crew in attendance. Bamford’s appearance got bumped, as Colbert devoted the…
Continue ReadingProducers/directors Paul Toogood and Lloyd Stanton enjoyed so much access to so many comedians over the last several years to make their documentary, This Is Stand-Up, which premiered Easter Sunday on Comedy Central. So much as, that to only have …
Continue ReadingAmy Schumer and her award-winning cookbook husband have cooked up a Food Network TV series from home during quarantine from the coronavirus pandemic. Amy Schumer Learns to Cook began production in April inside the home the comedian shares with husband/…
Continue ReadingDid you hear the one about the Brooklyn Jew who married an Irish Catholic, performed with a legendary improvisational troupe, went on to have a successful multi-decade career as a comedy duo, give birth to more comedy legends, and also have a late-care…
Continue ReadingThe Feeding America Comedy Festival, presented by Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group with Funny or Die, aired Sunday night on NBC to raise money for Feeding America, with tons of big names in comedy lending their support via appeals or short sketche…
Continue ReadingSunday night’s Feeding America Comedy Festival, broadcast by NBC and brought to you by Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group and Funny or Die, included a little bit of everything over the course of two hours. If you missed the telecast, you can w…
Continue ReadingSaturday Night Live ended its 45th season with a third “At Home” episode, but not without pulling out some of its historically Mother’s Day all-star stops, too. Such as surprise! Kristen Wiig hosting with a silly dance and sincere mon…
Continue ReadingThe 45th season of Saturday Night Live wrapped over Mother’s Day weekend 2020 with a surprise host in former SNL star Kristen Wiig, musical guest Boyz II Men, and appearances by other famous SNL alums including Tina Fey and Martin Short. Wiig del…
Continue Reading