Being a fan of stand-up comedy, I always enjoy watching “Comedy Central Presents” in hopes of catching my favorites (Lewis Black, Dave Attell, Jim Gaffigan, Mitch Hedburg, and others) or discovering new up and coming comedians. I’ve become a fan of Patton Oswalt, Demitri Martin, and Brian Regan this way, and a few years ago ...
I’m not ready to make nice. I’m not ready to back down. – Dixie Chicks. The country gals definitely sings their 2007 Grammy winning song of firm defiance a lot better, but two comics, Carlos Mencia and Joe Rogan now loudly warble it more passionately. Dixie Chicks squarely aimed the song in response to a ...
A small storm has been raging in the comedy world after the Feb. 10th incident between Joe Rogan of NBC’s Fear Factor and comedian Carlos Mencia. Rogan is getting attention with strong worded accusations that Mencia steals much of his successful and lucrative material. This type of tumult is nothing new in an industry that ...
South Park’s latest episode, Fish Sticks, was a bizarre riff on late night comedy, the nature of humor, Carlos Mencia, and Kayne West. It seems to have its origins in Akira Kurosawa, American gangster films, with a dash of theater of the absurd. Some spoilers are certainly revealed below. The action starts when Cartman, having ...
Patton Oswalt makes us laugh on stage, in film and on television for years now. As the hapless Spence starring in the CBS hit television sitcom King of Queens, or in movies like Magnolia,Starsky & Hutch and Failure to Launch, he creates uniquely memorable characters. As King of Queens airs the last season, it’s a ...