Comedy Shows

It’s that time of year again, the infamous New York Comedy Festival is right around the corner with 150 comedians performing at more than 10 venues around the city. The festival has been growing in popularity since it’s inception in 2004 and has been host to the world’s funniest and most respected standup comedians including Dane Cook, Mike Epps, Tracy Morgan, Artie Lange and Ricky Gervais – just to name a few. They’ve brought on co production partners Comedy Central, The Huffington Post and Caroline’s Comedy Club located at the city’s theatre Mecca, Times Square.

2011 New York Comedy Festival Lineup Highlights:

November 10^th, 2011

Wanda Sykes – Town Hall Theatre (TBA)

Louis C.K. – Beacon Theatre (7:30pm and 10:15pm)

November 11^th, 2011

John Pinette – Town Hall Theatre (7:30pm - 2 tickets left)

November 12, 2011

Bill Maher – Beacon Theatre (7:30pm)

Norm MacDonald – Town Hall Theatre (8:00pm)

Louis C.K. – Beacon Theatre (10:30pm)

Check out the complete New York Comedy Festival schedule and ticket prices at Comedy World.

Penn and Teller Magic Comedy

If you are looking to find some of the best entertainment around, then you are going to want to go and book a trip to Las Vegas so you can see Penn and Teller perform live on stage.

These are some of the most entertaining magicians around and they are able to keep you interested with their comedy as well as their magic. They perform some of the best shows and you are able to go and see them almost every night at their own theater in the Rio Hotel. They do tricks that will dazzle and amaze all while making you laugh.

That is the big news you are going to hear about as the recent remaking of the show has been discovered. The show about a couple of brain dead teenagers committing stupid acts that was a mainstay on MTV in the early 1990’s is going to be making a comeback. This show which spawned the beginning of the long FOX show King of the Hill has not been in production for a while. It is not even officially announced that MTV will be bringing it back but all indications are that this is what is going to happen.

This was a show that many parents did not really want their children watching as it was not necessarily what many would call wholesome television. It was a show that simply showed just how dumb and ignorant some people can be as teenagers and was simply stupid humor. Yet it had its followers and many of them will be tuning in again once it hits the airwaves.

If you are planning on attending Comic Con 2010, then you are definitely going to want to spend some time checking out the panels and booths that will be there for Comedy Central. They are going to be represented by both Futurama as well as Ugly Americans. This means that not only will you be able to go and see some of the things that are in store for these shows but you will also be able to meet some of the creative geniuses behind the scenes as well.

However, Comic Con is not only about seeing what is available at Comedy Central. You will be able to see and visit with a large number of cartoon and comic book people and personalities that are out there and openly available for the public, or whoever has tickets to come and see. So make your plans and visit Futurama and Ugly Americans while you are there.

Well it has finally occurred that maybe there is some comedy to be found in the world of David Hasselhoff. One thing is for sure. There is going to be a lot of jokes and a lot of material for people to look at when Comedy Central does its roast of David Hasselhoff in August.

The premiere of the event is going to be August 15 at 10pm. There are of course going to be many celebrities there to poke fun at the Hoff, however there are going to be some concerns about how much focus will be placed on his battle with alcoholism. While it may be a funny topic, where are plenty of others to focus on such as his prolonged Baywatch career as well as his unforgettable role in Knightrider.

Of course there will be plenty of comments made about his singing and how only the Germans can tolerate it as well.