Stand-up comedian Kyle Kinane has a singular pursuit in life: fun. “The time that I have on this earth should just be filled with good times,” he says. The Illinois native...

American television has a hard time remaking British comedies. For every rare success story, such as “The Office,” there’s a graveyard of failures: “Spaced,” “The ...

Now that we know who Mitt Romney’s running mate is, it’s time to address the more pressing matter at hand: Who will play Paul Ryan on “Saturday Night Live”? Politics �...

Whether he’s grilling PETA on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” about where orcas fit in with the history of slavery or noting in a stand-up riff that, at a tea party ra...

When I think of Twitter, the first thing that comes to mind is jokes. That’s because my feed is filled with funny people who spend hours cracking wise on the Internet. Comed...

What’s a “Comedy Bang! Bang!”? Los Angeles comedians know it as a perennially sold-out stand-up showcase at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. Comedy nerds will tell ...

“Seinfeld” will run in syndication until the end of time. And, when the aliens sift through what’s left of our civilization, “yada yada yada” will be remembered as h...

Whatever you think you know about Tracy Morgan’s life is probably true. This is a guy who keeps sharks as pets, owns one of Michael Jackson’s famed gloves and says his sum...

From the outside, the DC Improv looks like any other downtown office building. Head down the stairs, however, and you’re transported back to the ’90s. Neon pink lights han...

As a student with the legendary Chicago-based improv-comedy troupe the Second City, Nicole C. Hastings learned that sometimes it’s best to let your face do the talking. “...

Last week, on the “WTF With Marc Maron” podcast, British comedian John Oliver mentioned his college writing partner, Richard Ayoade. Maron asked if he should know who that...

AMC’s “Breaking Bad” (Sun., 10 p.m.), about chemistry teacher-turned meth dealer Walter White, is easily the most tense and shocking show on television. But it’s also ...

You haven’t heard the Black Eyed Peas until you’ve heard the Black Eyed Peas as performed by Jeff Tweedy. At a Chicago party last year for Dan Sinker’s book “The [Expl...

Aisha Tyler has a résumé that won’t stop growing. The 41-year-old comedian co-hosts CBS’ daytime chat show, “The Talk”; hosts her own weekly podcast, “Girl on Guy"...

Rachel Feinstein is coming home. The New York-based comic grew up in Bethesda, Md., and spent her youth skateboarding around Metro stations and going to hardcore shows in D.C....