This is James Taylor with Theatre Talk. Are old jokes really the best jokes? Two productions seen this past weekend give a pretty good answer. UCLA Live's presentation of Arlecchino, Servant of Two ...
Forget the high-performance sports cars, the luxury Rolls-Royces and all those other classic automobiles in which Jerry Seinfeld ushers his fellow comics to the diner on television’s “Comedians in ...
We all love bad jokes. And we'd argue knock knock jokes are exemplary. Part of what makes them so great is their performative nature: There's a volley between two people that requires participation ...
Dr. Newbury, a speaker in the Metroplex, may be reached at 817-447-3872; email: [email protected]. Column audio version at www.speakerdoc.com. Gentle friends, if any such folks are reading, I wish to ...
SAGERTON – It was two years coming, but the 50th annual Hee Haw finally arrived. “Yeah, it's the 50th year that we've done it, but we missed some because of COVID,” Larry LeFevre said. “2020 would ...
Back in the ’90s, Waterworld was one of Hollywood’s most notorious flops. (Although it was only kind of a flop, but we’ll get to that.) The post-apocalyptic 1995 action movie starred Kevin Costner and ...
Jon Stewart has officially apologized for his old jokes ridiculing transgender people. During the season two premiere of his Apple TV+ show "The Problem with John Stewart," the comedian defended the ...
Saying that he wants his shows to be “popular” and for “everyone to like” them, the showrunner carried on, “The more people who like the shows, the happier I am, so if there’s anything in a show that ...
Seth Rogen downplayed the impact of cancel culture by arguing that some comedians are going a bit overboard in reckoning with past jokes that have not aged well. Rogen, 39, appeared on "Good Morning ...