I’d been to Bonnaroo before, but this year was the first time I tried to attend as many comedy shows as concerts at the annual music and arts festival in Manchester, Tenn. E...

“Burning Love,” a new web series from Yahoo! Screen, takes everything that’s unintentionally funny about the “The Bachelor” and amps up the ridiculousness. The serie...

“Live from New York, it’s Saturday night!” just won’t have the same ring to it without Kristen Wiig, Andy Samberg and — possibly — Jason Sudeikis. The “Bridesmai...

Chris Gethard called his first book “A Bad Idea I’m About to Do,” which might as well be his mantra. Gethard, a storyteller, an improv comic and the host of the bizarre ...

A colleague recently pointed out how some co-workers and I treat “Community” not like it’s a TV show, but as if it were a way of life. And it’s true. “Community” f...

Tenacious D’s comeback album, “Rize of the Fenix,” out this week, isn’t a masterpiece, but there’s something undeniably appealing about Jack Black, left, singing fau...

Reggie Watts doesn’t have a master plan. He has no plan. Period. When the 40-year-old walks onto a stage, he has nothing prepared beyond “Hello.” He may tell some jokes....

HBO has cut short “The Life & Times of Tim,” and this time, it’s for good. After canceling the animated series in 2010, HBO about-faced and brought it back for a thi...

When the Mega Millions jackpot hit a record $640 million last month, I thought as much about what I would do with the money as I did about whether I would take the smaller lum...

Friday is April 20, otherwise known as 4/20, the unofficial holiday for pot smokers. Marijuana has long been fuel for comedians, but no comic since Cheech and Chong has embrac...

When I visited Los Angeles in February, I was at a comedy show a few hours after landing. Jet-lagged and groggy, I sat on stage at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, strugg...

Comedian Chris Hardwick is building a nerd empire. It began with his podcast, “The Nerdist,” which ballooned into a podcasting network that now includes 17 different shows...

Hollywood has a problem with comedy sequels: It can’t seem to stop making them. Last week Warner Bros. announced that “The Hangover Part III” would hit theaters on May 2...

While I’m as excited as anyone for the return of “Mad Men” Sunday on AMC, I’m not sure I’m ready for Jon Hamm to start playing serious again. In the nearly 18 months...

Merriam-Webster defines silly as “exhibiting or indicative of a lack of common sense or sound judgment,” which basically implies that silly is stupid. Silliness may come f...