Mar 24, 2021 | Authors, Comedians
A little more than five years ago, I interviewed Kliph Nesteroff about his book, “The Comedians,” a terrific history of the last century of American comedy, from vaudeville right up to today (you can listen to that conversation here). Now Kliph is out with...
Jan 1, 2021 | Comedians, Picture of the Day
For the first Picture Of The Day of 2021, let’s start with something that has nothing to do with current events, but should put a smile on your face. I think the first time I saw Gary Mule Deer was on the syndicated “Don Kirshner’s Rock...
Oct 10, 2020 | Comedians, Picture of the Day
Picture Of The Day: It can be excruciatingly boring listening to comedians discuss how they do what they do. But when the comics are Jerry Seinfeld and Steve Martin, it’s genuinely...
Sep 30, 2020 | Comedians, Picture of the Day, Politics
Picture Of The Day: every word of this John Mulaney bit from last year was true then, and is even more true after last night’s...
Jul 14, 2020 | Comedians, Picture of the Day, Television
I’ve been a fan of comedian Iliza Shlesinger for several years, and have watched with a smile as she has gone on quite a run over the last twelve months, with three projects on Netflix — a sketch series, her standup special “Unveiled,” and a...
Jul 8, 2020 | Comedians, Picture of the Day
For the Picture Of The Day, here’s a pre-Monty Python sketch that John Cleese and Graham Chapman did with Tim Brooke-Taylor and Marty Feldman, from “At Last The 1948 Show.” It was later resurrected by the full Python crew, but this was the original....
