Archive for October 22nd, 2006

'Awesome Friends' wins Comedy's b'band nods
Hollywood Reporter, United States - 4 hours ago
By Carly Mayberry. Comedy Central has named the winner of its first-ever broadband competition "Test Pilots," which honors the best in user-generated content.

The Sad Comedy Situation - The Moscow Times

Posted by on October 22nd, 2006

The Sad Comedy Situation
The Moscow Times, Russia - 10 hours ago
But back to reality: If Russian viewers can't have cutting-edge comedy, do they have to take a babbling Suzanne Somers clone with a Kafkaesque laugh track

A whole lotta "Sex" in Hungarian comedy - Reuters

Posted by on October 22nd, 2006

A whole lotta "Sex" in Hungarian comedy
Reuters - 10 hours ago
A hit in Hungary, this frothy contemporary comedy should titillate the same funny bones and stimulate the same emotional chords as "Sex and the City" and
Just Sex and Nothing Else Hollywood Reporter
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'THE MERRY WIDOW' : Franz Lehr's romantic comedy opens Mobile
Mobile Register, AL - 19 hours ago
By THOMAS B. HARRISON. Franz Lehr was "the Andrew Lloyd Webber of his day," according to Matthew Boyden's "Opera: the Rough Guide.".

Famed comedy writer Belson dead at 68
Jordan Falls News, Iowa - 21 hours ago
LOS ANGELES - Jerry Belson, an Emmy-winning comedy writer for "The Tracey Ullman Show" whose wit graced numerous other films and TV shows, including "The Odd

Comedy delivers the news - Indianapolis Star

Posted by on October 22nd, 2006

Comedy delivers the news
Indianapolis Star, United States - 21 hours ago
Fox analyzed how the networks and Comedy Central's "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" covered the 2004 national political conventions and the first presidential

ReView: For insightful comedy, catch 'Bull Durham'
Arizona Daily Star, AZ - 22 hours ago
Crash believes his life is agony, oblivious to the fact that almost anyone watching the comedy would gladly trade places with him.

A lone, meek voice of reason - Kansas City Star

Posted by on October 22nd, 2006


The Herald-Times (subscription)
A lone, meek voice of reason
Kansas City Star, MO - 22 hours ago
By FRAZIER MOORE. AP. Comedians are sadistic, he writes in his new book. Also self-absorbed, perverse, thin-skinned and prone to exhibit multiple personalities.
Voice of reason Bob Newhart makes the ordinarily extraordinarily Belleville News-Democrat
A lone, meek voice of reason Long Beach Press-Telegram
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Deseret News
Music, comedy, drama on local stages this week
Deseret News, UT - 22 hours ago
3445). NUNSENSE, the off Broadway musical-comedy about the five nuns of the Little Sisters of Hoboken, will run Thursday through Nov.
'Secret Garden' grows at the Grand and a chic 'Witch' lands in Salt Lake Tribune
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Dickens' Christmas Carol Comedy Auditions
Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck, North Dakota - 23 hours ago
Brian Brady, director of "Dickens' Christmas Carol Comedy", is looking for actors to fill roles for Dakota Stage's second show of the 28th season.