A few weeks ago, I recommended Nell Scovell’s book “Just The Funny Parts,” in which she not only writes about her career as a TV (mostly comedy) writer, but also about the sexism she encountered both on the job and while looking for more opportunities. One of the personalities she wrote about was David Letterman, […]
To coincide with the 20th anniversary of the final episode of “Seinfeld,” here’s a song parody by Bethany Cosentino and Nick Lutsko suggesting that Elaine and Jerry get married, using actual dialogue from the show (btw, if you’d like some tough “Seinfeld” trivia questions, check out this Harris Challenge category!)
Three quick items… I completely agree with Joe Adalian, TV reporter and Vulture editor, who tweeted: “That Andy Lack had no use for Ronan Farrow but spent tens of millions on Megyn Kelly is an indictment of both Lack’s judgement and the generally misplaced priorities of cable news.” He’s referring to Lack, the head of […]
Carol Burnett is making the rounds promoting her new Netflix series, “A Little Help,” which I haven’t seen, but from the preview looks like it includes her interacting with some kids who help solve adults’ problems. It’ll probably be cute. But as she goes from venue to venue (including Jimmy Kimmel’s show Monday night), I […]
Before tonight’s nerd prom in Washington, here’s a montage of various comedians at the White House Correspondents Association dinner making cracks about C-SPAN over the decades…
“Jeopardy!” contestant and Sports Illustrated journalist Jack Dickey writes about the experience of doing the show — and what continues to make the game so appealing: The show has had such staying power—the Alex Trebek version has aired continuously in syndication since 1984—because it strikes several valuable balances: It is scholarly but not snobby; rigorous […]