Subject: TV Comedies

• Miss Pop Rocks: Sarah Silverman Makes Abortion Hilarious!

  September 28, 2007

• Miss Pop Rocks: I Can’t Handle More Daily Show Reruns!

  December 14, 2007

• Main Street Improv

  8 p.m. Thursdays

  January 2, 2003

• 30 Rock Takes Another Little Piece of Port Arthur

  One of the only things Rocks Off loves as much as Tom Petty and chicken-fried steak is NBC's brilliant, multiple Emmy-winning 30 Rock, which he thinks is the best TV comedy since The Larry Sanders Show. Now he loves it even more after last night's deliciously twisted episode, "Senor Macho Solo." Besides baby-crazy lead Liz Lemon's (Tina Fey) ill-fated romance with a dwarf (Peter Dinklage, The Station Agent) after mistaking him for a child, and her boss Jack Donaghy's (Alec Baldwin) t

  January 9, 2009

• Upcoming Texas Twists on 30 Rock

  Regular readers may be aware that Rocks Off has become somewhat obsessed with NBC's 30 Rock lately. Actually, that's not true. He's been obsessed with the show since the first time he saw it - Alec Baldwin is a comedic genius, and oh, that Tina Fey - but its recent tendency to insert plotlines about Janis Joplin and allusions to ZZ Top has really driven him around the bend. Like the guy at the end of the bar still convinced Martians killed JFK, Rocks Off is sure there's a red-blooded

  January 22, 2009

• Come Blow Your Horn

  June 4, 2009

• To Bloom Again

  December 24, 1998

• Tonight: Will NASA Discover A Sense Of Humor?

  Photo courtesy The Colbert ReportTonight's the night!On tonight's Colbert Report, the nation will learn whether NASA has a sense of humor or not.They famously had a contest to name the new node on the space station; they didn't take any of our suggestions. But Colbert's fans put him over the top through write-in votes, and the space agency will declare tonight just what the name will be.Of course, some are outraged. There was this painfully earnest op-ed in the Chron.But NASA has not always been

  April 14, 2009

• Larry Wilmore

  February 19, 2009

• Colbert Doesn't Get His Node, But Doesn't Go Away Empty-Handed

  The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cSpace Module: Colbert - Sunita Williamscolbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorNASA Name Contes In case you missed it, the new node to the space station is not going to be named after Stephen Colbert, even though he won the write-in vote in the naming contest.Astronaut Suni Williams went on the show last night to announce the node will be named Tranquillity, in honor of Apollo 11 and spell-checkers everywhere."We don't typicall

  April 15, 2009

• Dan Cummins

  November 20, 2008

• Single File

  October 23, 2008

• Good Cop, Bad Cop

  Denis Leary is on The Job, but can ABC find him an audience?

  March 8, 2001

• Wayne Brady

  Actor/Comedian/Singer fronts Houston Symphony

  October 9, 2008

• Norman Mitchell

  Friday, January 17

  January 16, 2003

• Clinton Jackson

  August 28, 2008

• Lewis Black

  The angriest comedian in show biz thinks Houston is tops

  July 24, 2008

• The Wedding Singer

  The Adam Sandler film comes to the stage, sans Sandler

  May 8, 2008

• Tig Notaro

  Spanish translations keep this comedian tossing in her sleep

  May 8, 2008

• Norm MacDonald

  This former SNL cast member continues his comedy — sans his greatest hits

  May 1, 2008

• Chris Rock

  The comedy giant rolls through Houston

  March 27, 2008

• Donnell Rawlings

  Chappelle Show‘s Ashy Larry stops at The Improv

  December 20, 2007

• Hot Rod, Waitress, Futurama: Bender's Big Score, The Namesake

  November 29, 2007

• Seasons in the Sun

  September 6, 2007

• A Little Finesse

  January 26, 2006

• Charlie in Charge

  March 16, 2006

• Mooney's tha Man

  June 22, 2006

• Never a Blue Mood

  August 10, 2006

• John DiResta

  This NY comic’s got two TV shows and lots of shtick

  July 19, 2007

• Elephant's Memory

  New releases from the Apples In Stereo and Of Montreal pick up the thread of a legendary collective

  February 15, 2007

• Where's the LOL, Yaar?

  That Banned Show is a good idea -- but it better be funny

  September 14, 2006

• Why Did You Mispronounce the Word Paciencia on TV?

  The Mexican replies

  June 29, 2006

• Our top DVD picks for the week of May 23

  May 25, 2006

• Dave to the Rescue!

  Dave Chappelle

  November 17, 2005

• Walking Paradox

  The dazzling Evita makes a stop in Houston

  September 15, 2005

• Ace of Race

  Chappelle's Show star Paul Mooney brings his colorful commentary to the Improv

  July 7, 2005

• The Latino Dave

  Tired of waiting for Chappelle's Show? Pick Carlos Mencia's Mind.

  May 12, 2005

• Suzanne Westenhoefer

  Friday, February 14

  February 13, 2003

• The Shannon Brothers Family Christmas

  Thursday, December 19 through Sunday, December 23

  December 19, 2002

• I'm Crushing Your Head!

  The Kids in the Hall

  February 3, 2000

• Jay Mohr

  September 3, 2009

• Slim Thug Laments the Recession's Impact on His Entourage, Video Hos on The Daily Show

  The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cSlim Thug Feels the Recessionwww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorRon Paul Interview Houston's own Boss of All Bosses, Slim Thug, got six minutes of face time on The Daily Show Wednesday night, in correspondent Wyatt Cenac's report on how the recession is affecting the economics of making it rain and other perks of the baller lifestyle. Some of the things Thugga has had to adjust to, he says, are downsizing from a tour bus

  October 8, 2009

• The Week In TV: Seriously. You Need to Watch Community

  I know you think the only event of note last week in TV Land was the sad departure of Tom DeLay from Dancing With the Stars. But Dazzle Me Dreamy's punk out was only the beginning. NBC canceled Southland, which is officially the first victim of uber-hack Jay Leno's primetime talk show. Granted, the cop show wasn't stellar, but it was consistently good; it was basically The Wire: Lite with prettier and whiter people. But it had solid stories, and more importantly, it was the kind of quasi-su

  October 12, 2009

• TV Land: 30 Rock Is Back! And Some Other Stuff Happened Too

  It was a long week in TV Land, so let's get some Cheesy Blasters and do it to it: • 30 Rock is back! 30 Rock is back! I know that some of you -- most of you? -- probably thought that Texas' victory was the best thing on TV this week, but that's because you're young and don't know much yet. Trust me: Skillful works of art will outlast the games, no matter their glories. Because seriously, 30 Rock is the new Arrested Development, and its fourth-season opener was jammed with quick jokes, great

  October 19, 2009

• The Office: Meet Blind Guy McSqueezy

  I'm running out of ways to say just how great The Office still is, six seasons in. This week's episode, "The Lover" -- written by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky and directed by Eisenberg -- was a textbook example of how to make a great half-hour comedy feel fresh even while relying on characters that have been doing the same things for years now. Michael has had awkward relationships before, and Dwight has done quasi-Machiavellian things, and etc., but the episode was still a strong install

  October 23, 2009

• The Week In TV: The World Series Ruins Everything

  Parks and Recreation, yet another reason to love NBC​The weather is cool, Halloween is in the air, and I just redesigned the Pontiac Aztec. This is the week in TV Land: • For being a weak network overall and the home to some truly awful medical dramas, NBC can bring the funny. This week it handed down full-season pickups for Parks and Recreation and Community, both solid shows that have been holding fairly steady in the ratings while also being, you know, entertaining. This week's Comm

  October 26, 2009

• The Week In TV: Trauma Dies On the Operating Table

  It's a beautiful weekend, the rain has stopped, and my Batman voice sounds like Cookie Monster. This was the week in TV Land: • I take nothing but pleasure in the misfortune of the untalented, which is why it's my pleasure to pass along the news that ratings for Comedy Central's The Jeff Dunham Show dropped 55 percent in their second week. The show had set a ratings record for the network when it bowed the week before, the kind of debut that forces you to think about the morality of a chaotic

  November 2, 2009

• This Week In TV: Miracle Cures From Alien Civilizations

  The Yankees won, Doug Hoffman lost, and I'm thinking of joining a neighborhood dad garage band. This was the week in TV Land: • 30 Rock continues to be the quickest comedy on the air and the spiritual descendant of Arrested Development. This week's episode was stuffed with more meta-jokes than ever, including Liz and Pete's multiple looks into the camera, Jack's dismissal of the Olympics as pointless just before plugging NBC's impending coverage, and the hilarious use of Cisco Systems tagline

  November 9, 2009