In case you missed it, here it is online. From the PBS American Masters description: "Mel Brooks: Make a Noise journeys through Brooks’ early years in the creative beginnings of live television — with Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows — to the film ge... [Read More]

Is the world ready for Mel Brooks to join the Twitter conversation? Ready or not, here comes @MelBrooks later today in an event coordinated for Comedy Central's first-ever online #ComedyFest -- that starts today and continues through May 3, 2013 -- w... [Read More]

Here's the latest episode of filmmaker Scott Moran's PBS documentary web series Modern Comedian, in which he follows comedian/author/public access host Chris Gethard around with a camera for a day. It's an in-depth, serious look at what The Chris Gethard Show means to its fans and to Gethard himself. The only thing it's lacking is some deep introspection from the Human Fish. [Read More]

The most recent episode of the PBS Off Book webseries, "What's the deal with Internet Comedy?" invited three comedians to discuss three facets of comedy that reaches you over the series of tubes we call Internet. You are using them now. Good job. Jon... [Read More]

The "Funny Ladies" hour of the PBS documentary series, Pioneers of Television, debuted this week. Narrated by Ryan Seacrest? Oh well. Can't win 'em all. Unless you consider Seacrest an out-and-out funny lady, too. "Funny Ladies" zeroes in quickly on ... [Read More]

Proof that one man can do it all, Modern Comedian is a weekly web series shot, edited, and produced by Scott Moran. The series features comedians in their homes and on-stage, sharing stories that are both intimate and hilarious. In October, Moran ink... [Read More]

In case you missed it Tuesday because you were watching post-tropical storm Sandy coverage on TV, or because you didn't have enough electricity to watch a TV -- Ellen DeGeneres received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, 2012 edition, in a cere... [Read More]

Scott Moran's documentary series about the lives and work of stand-up comedians, "Modern Comedian," will live on with a new distribution deal with PBS Digital Studios. Moran told The Comic's Comic: "Yeah! It's true. They approached me and made a grea... [Read More]

Some of the nation's top comedians hailed Ellen DeGeneres as a trailblazer Monday night as she received the highest U.S. humor prize. The Kennedy Center is awarding DeGeneres the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The show will be broadcast Oct. 30 on Public Broadcasting Service stations. "Thanks to everyone at PBS. I am so happy to be part of your farewell season," DeGeneres joked in accepting the prize and taking a jab at Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's plans to stop fu... [Read More]

I still miss Johnny Carson. The older I get, the stranger it feels to say that. It's hard to describe to anyone under 30 how significant he was. He bid farewell as host of The Tonight Show twenty years ago next week, a date that serves as a hook for an American Masters special titled Johnny Carson: King of Late Night (PBS, May 14, 9 p.m. Eastern/8 Central). [Read More]