Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search

October 11, 2008 5:29:42 PM CDT

Learn about Newser Points »

Stories related to: comedy

Stories

Stories 41 - 60 of 75

<< Prev 1 2 3 4 Next >>
  • May 2008

    • Seinfeld : Still a Classic?

      Newsweek  |  May 4, 08 7:45 PM CDT

      Seinfeld : Still a Classic?

      (Newser) - Does the sitcom "about nothing” still evoke something—like laughs? Two TV critics revisited Seinfeld and emerged with different takes on the nutty New Yorkers. David Noonan argues that great actors—including an awesome string of small-part oddballs—still make the comedy sparkle. "They add a deep and essential layer of psychosis to the show," he writes in Newsweek . More »

      Tags

      television  • comedy  • Jerry Seinfeld  • sitcom  • stand up comedy  • Seinfeld  • Julia Louis Dreyfuss

    • GPS Beams Laughs to British Drivers

      Guardian (UK)  |  May 3, 08 7:32 PM CDT

      GPS Beams Laughs to British Drivers

      (Newser) - The world's first satellite navigation comedy has British drivers chuckling up and down the country's busiest highway, the Guardian reports. The "satcom," called 230 Miles of Love, features audio comedy sketches set to play when drivers reach certain points along the country's 230-mile-long M6 highway. More »

      Tags

      United Kingdom  • comedy  • driving  • GPS  • highways  • satellite navigation

  • April 2008

    • Baby Mama Tickles Box Office Rally

      Variety  |  Apr 27, 08 7:02 PM CDT

      Baby Mama Tickles Box Office Rally

      (Newser) - Comedy sparked a box office comeback this weekend as Baby Mama banked $18.3 million from mostly female film-goers, Variety reports. Also fueling the 17.2% hike over last year's frame were stoner sequel Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay with $14.6 million in second, and Jackie Chan's Forbidden Kingdom with $11.2 million in third. More »

      Tags

      film  • box office  • comedy  • movies  • Tina Fey  • Amy Poehler  • Universal Pictures  • Jackie Chan  • Baby Mama  • Sarah Marshall

    • Harold and Kumar Slacks Off

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Apr 25, 08 10:42 AM CDT

      Harold and Kumar Slacks Off

      (Newser) - Sometimes it's hard not to laugh at the slacker/stoner comedy Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay , writes James Berardinelli in ReelViews. At other times, it's hard not to cringe at the film, a sequel to Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle . That's because the humor in Escape , about the anti-heroes being mistaken for terrorists, "is uneven in the extreme," Berardinelli writes.  More »

    • He Gets Paid So You Can Slack

      New York Times  |  Apr 20, 08 10:55 AM CDT

      He Gets Paid So You Can Slack

      (Newser) - Wasting people’s time is an odd job—but it’s also a big business, writes CollegeHumor.com editor Streeter Seidell in the New York Times . Seidell spends his days wading through an “ocean” of submitted videos and other items, choosing which funny or bizarre selections deserve publication. Yet there’s no method to the madness: every day is a guessing game as to what will draw in time-wasters. More »

      Tags

      Internet  • comedy  • online videos  • web surfing  • CollegeHumor.com

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • Semi-Pro Not Even Semi-Funny

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Feb 29, 08 8:34 AM CST

      Semi-Pro Not Even Semi-Funny

      (Newser) - Semi-Pro , a comedy set in 1976 that stars Will Ferrell as the owner/coach of and player for a losing professional basketball team, is the cinematic equivalent of an air ball, say critics, who call the film erratic, repetitive, and dull. "If you're on the prowl for a Ferrell yuk-fest, you'd do better renting one of his more successful comedies than spending money on this faux sports dud," writes James Berardinelli of ReelViews. More »

      Tags

      basketball  • movie review  • comedy  • Will Ferrell  • Semi-Pro  • sports comedy

    • Huck Funny Where It Counts on SNL

      MSNBC  |  Feb 25, 08 3:19 AM CST

      Huck Funny Where It Counts on SNL

      (Newser) - Ok, so he's not a math guy, but GOP presidential contender Mike Huckabee proved on Saturday Night Live that he can take a ribbing as well as anyone. “Weekend Update” host Seth Meyers pointed out to Huck that even if he wins every remaining delegate, the candidate would still fall 200 short, and a nomination would be a "mathematical impossibility." More »

      Tags

      Election 2008  • Mike Huckabee  • superdelegates  • comedy  • Saturday Night Live  • Seth Meyers

    • Bueller, Er, Bartlett Is a Pill

      Metacritic  |  Feb 22, 08 12:06 PM CST

      Bueller, Er, Bartlett Is a Pill

      (Newser) - Charlie Bartlett , about a charming but troubled high school student who dispenses advice and prescription medication to his classmates, is being given mostly passing grades by critics. Sure, the teen film hits the expected themes of "angst, alienation, loneliness, disenchantment, and drug use," writes the Hollywood Reporter 's Kirk Honeycutt. At the same time, it maintains a deft comic touch through "keen observation." More »

      Tags

      movie  • movie review  • comedy  • teenagers  • high school  • prescription drugs  • Robert Downey Jr.

    • Rewind Spins Out of Control

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Feb 22, 08 8:13 AM CST

      Rewind Spins Out of Control

      (Newser) - The Jack Black comedy Be Kind Rewind isn't predictable, but at times it's not coherent either, critics say. The film—about a guy who inadvertently erases a video store's VHS inventory, then, using a camcorder, re-creates popular movies for the store to rent—"never stops experimenting, even when the experimentation works against the movie's best interests," writes James Berardinelli of ReelViews.com. More »

      Tags

      movie  • movie review  • comedy  • Jack Black  • videotape  • guy movies  • viral video  • movie rentals  • Be Kind Rewind

    • Definitely a Winner

      Metacritic  |  Feb 15, 08 1:22 PM CST

      Definitely a Winner

      (Newser) - Definitely, Maybe, the story of a soon-to-be-div