Sentences with phrase «on comedy as»

The debut filmmaker doesn't seem to have a full grasp on comedy as a genre, even if he does a fine job with the horror side of things, and that's not good when trying to tell a story that is supposed to incite laughter.

Not exact matches

Images, particularly when combined with comedy, work well on a visually driven platform, such as social media.

Most people probably know Lena Dunham as the creator, writer, and star of Girls, the HBO comedy series that is loosely based on her life as a twenty - something in New York City.

He wanted to work on films, but those jobs were scarce, so he took a job as an assistant at a small talent - management company called BKEG, owned by former comedian and comedy manager Barry Katz.

Dynamics has since inked deals to create and produce an original unscripted show with Zac Efron for MTV; a comedy show, Wild»n on Tour, with Nick Cannon for MTV2; a scripted show for Animal Planet, starring Anthony Anderson, which Volk - Weiss describes as «The Daily Show for animal lovers»; a comedy special featuring Kevin Hart; and a scripted series for Seeso.

The brothers eventually turned to what they saw as an untapped opportunity, playing on a strength of the East Coast: comedy.

Hourly and half - hourly news bulletins, combined with programs on a host of topics, from sports to culture and cookery to comedy, mean that the radio is arguably still as relevant today as it was in the years before podcasts, the web and streaming.

South African comedian Trevor Noah kicks off his stint as the new host of The Daily Show on Monday night on Viacom's (VIA) Comedy Central.

C.K. was listed as the executive producer on «One Mississippi,» and released Notaro's comedy album in 2012.

Furthermore, Yemenidjian recently hired Brad Garrett, best known as the unloved giant on Everybody Loves Raymond, to host a new comedy club.

According to Comedy Hype, Chappelle was recording these sets as his next comedy special, and their sources have told them it'll be for HBO, although there's no title set in stone just yet, and nor is there a date on when we can hope to sComedy Hype, Chappelle was recording these sets as his next comedy special, and their sources have told them it'll be for HBO, although there's no title set in stone just yet, and nor is there a date on when we can hope to scomedy special, and their sources have told them it'll be for HBO, although there's no title set in stone just yet, and nor is there a date on when we can hope to see it.

But what is clear is while the host no longer plays the ultra-conservative blowhard as he did on the popular Comedy Central show, «The Colbert Report,» he still favor booking guests outside traditional Hollywood circles.

«The Night Before,» a comedy from the same filmmakers as «The Interview» grossed just $ 10 million on a budget of $ 25 million.

Viacom, the owner of MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon, said on Wednesday it was unable to come to a distribution deal with Charter Communications as part of its ongoing negotiations with the cable television distributor.

Sony Pictures» recent success in releasing its comedy «The Interview» through video - on - demand services after threats from hackers was also seen as a blow to big - screen businesses.

His background is impressive, having written 10 books and appearing regularly on CNN Headline News, Fox News, and Fox Business, as well as numerous nationally syndicated radio programs — for financial advice, not comedy.

Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu's dark comedy won acclaim for its biting take on the pitfalls of Hollywood fame as well as some daringly experimental cinematography.

Hulu revived The Mindy Project after Fox decided not to renew the comedy series in 2015, while Netflix has resuscitated freshly - cancelled series such as the western crime drama Longmire (previously on the A&E Network) while also bringing back fan - favorite shows like Arrested Development and Gilmore Girls following long absences.

The entertainment company, controlled by the Redstone family, said earlier Thursday morning that it would focus on its six core brands (MTV, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Comedy Central, BET and Paramount) and confirmed that it would rebrand Spike TV as Paramount Network.

She also uses her Improv comedy skills to blog as a slightly cranky character, Grandma Mary — Social Media Edutainer on her site at www.AndreaVahl.com.

The extent of her contributions as producer - writer - director, for which she's gained respect within the industry, is still unknown to the general public — not to mention her talent for sketch comedy, which is on view in her movies.

What really got Scientology's goat, however, was the November airing on Comedy Central of a South Park spoof of Scientology, called «Trapped in the Closet,» in which a kid named Stan pays $ 240 for auditing and scores off the Bridge as an O.T. IX, which makes everyone think he is the reincarnation of L. Ron Hubbard.

Rev Justin Welby: Various shows He doesn't tend to do comedy panel shows (although frankly, I think that's an oversight on his part), but Welby has not been afraid to defend his spicier ideas (such as Wonga - slaying) to some of TV's fiercest interviewers.

That combination has landed him on a variety of comedy panel shows, as well as several serious news programmes.

It's nice to put on a Passion play every other Easter (using volunteers from the congregation) or to stage a comedy night as «something a bit different».

In comedies as diverse as Shakespeare's and those on prime time television, life progresses from a state of crisis created by some illusion to a harmonious recovery brought about by discovering the true nature of the circumstances.

Bloom's counterweight to this dreary reductionism is the Great Tradition of Western letters from Plato to Tolstoy; and most of the book is devoted to individual chapters on such novelists as Rousseau, Austen, Stendahl, and Tolstoy, with a whole section devoted to the romantic comedies and tragedies of Shakespeare, and a concluding fugue on Plato's Symposium.

@mennoknight, not to be seen as piling on, I didn't read all the responses I admit, but the story of Jesus, if written by the Greeks, would have been a comedy or a tragedy, depending on who wrote it.

The last time Braff held a role as a series regular was on the critically acclaimed comedy, Scrubs.

In a way, writing remotely suits me, because I'm on the road as a stand - up and not many comedy writers are doing stand - up as well.

Jesus Christ is regularly depicted as a supporting character on one of Comedy Central's staple programs, «South Park,» but now he might star in his own animated series.

It does remind me of a public lecture in which Harvard biblical scholar Jon Levenson, who is Jewish, once defined anti-Semitism as «hating Jews more than is necessary», obviously the kind of remark whose success as comedy turns on the context in which it is spoken and the one who speaks it.

The actor (and now director) best known for his work in films including Juno and Scott Pilgrim and, of course, as George Michael Bluth on Arrested Development, will co-star alongside John Hawkes (Winter» sBone) in a new half - hour comedy from creator Charlie Kaufman.

Watch below as the comedy trio perform a superb lip - sync to the song in their car, in what is undoubtedly one of the best videos you'll see on the internet all day!

A professor approached Foreman and appealed to him to tone it down, as he was interfering with a lecture on Blake's illustrations for The Divine Comedy.

Renee Rock, director of operations at ComedySportz Chicago, says comedy teams will be playing lots of interactive games as well as doing a short exhibition match on the stage.

The Croods is a 3D comedy adventure that follows the world's first modern family as they embark on a journey of a lifetime when the cave that has always been their home is destroyed.

Mayim Bialik, Ph.D., is perhaps best known for her lead role as Blossom Russo in the 1990s television sitcom Blossom, and she currently appears on the top - rated comedy The Big Bang Theory.

[209] With few exceptions since that time breastfeeding on television has either been portrayed as strange, disgusting, or a source of comedy, or it has been omitted entirely in favor of bottle feeding.

However, the study's findings indicate that the stereotypical «Mr. Mom,» who leaves the workaday world to become a full - time homemaker as depicted in Hollywood comedy, remains rare, and that fathers have not taken on more child - care duties to the degree that mothers have taken on added work responsibilities.

From Robin Arryn on Game of Thrones to Harvey on Little Britain, extended breastfeeding is often used as either comedy or horror.

The cast is superb: Malkovich as the analyst Cox shows a true flair for comedy, Clooney is on top form here as the sleaze whose life intersects with Litzke almost by accident and Brad Pitt, playing a much younger man than his true age, is brilliantly idiotic and brainless.

Resort to offensive analogies that might just about pass muster at a north London middle - class stand - up comedy gig are not a substitute for serious debate on matters as weighty as the future direction of the Labour Party.

It was an experiment in writing «A Clockwork Orange» - style black comedy and was intended to be a dark satire on the loneliness and frustration that is so often a part of the contemporary male experience, as well as an attack on rape culture.

It reaches such lofty status on the back of its pathos, as much as its comedy.

Nixon is best known for her role as Miranda on the HBO comedy - drama «Sex and the City» and subsequent film series, winning an Emmy for the role in 2004.

A federal court on Wednesday compelled the MTA to allow on its property ads for a film by an Islamic comedy group — saying that such slogans as «Muslims have...

The two women sat next to politics.co.uk seemed to hang on his every word as if they were fully paid up members of a comedy night.

It employs such acts as dancing, singing and comedy on its platform to bring variety to its numerous viewers.

A few years ago, I emceed a comedy show in which one of the performers — a ventriloquist — put on a lab coat and a pair of thick spectacles and then introduced himself as «Professor Feedlefarts from the University of Science and Stuff.»