The weekend leading up to Andy Kindler’s return as host of Sunday Night Live was in itself a solid sketch premise. With near-capacity houses for his four standup performances, and a memorable turn hosting the weekly sketch show in 2009, Kindler had every reason to approach the gig with confidence. But well-meaning conversation-makers at Comedy [...]
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What’s that? You want more Andy Kindler? Happy to oblige. Saturday’s late show, the final of his four-show standup engagement at Toronto’s Comedy Bar, brought out a packed house of troublemakers. Oh, things got wild.
View Post Andy Kindler, Andy Kindler - FeaturedMonday, January 23 Jimmy Fallon: Tina Fey (repeat) Rosie: Kathy Griffin
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“The laughs came fast and furious last night at Comedy Bar…” Alright, those aren’t my words, but Andy Kindler’s tongue-in-cheek self-review of his two sets at Comedy Bar in Toronto, his first shows there since 2009.
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One of Third Beat’s new year’s resolutions is to hip you to comedy podcasts that my not have made it on your radar (yet). The full roundup of those recommendations is to come, but here’s one to get you started.
View Post Andy Kindler, Debra Digiovanni, Nile SeguinBecause occasional useless trivia about the Colbert Report is one of the things Third Beat does best, it would be negligent not to mention that the Stephen Colbert / James Taylor duet from Thursday night’s show was actually recorded in 2008, and never aired until now.
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