AnthonyClark-related stories
Posted Nov 2nd 2007 11:58AM by Paul Goebel
Filed under: My Name Is Earl, Episode Reviews
(S03E07/S03E08) Crazy ho! - Earl Hickey
Seeing how the first Cops episode was my personal favorite I was psyched to see another one. I love seeing all the gang back together again; one-legged girlfriend, now-deceased kidnapping victim, throat cancer survivor, gay Kenny and the addition of Billy Gardell as Officer Hoyne was a smart casting move.
The great thing about these kind of episodes is that they seem like a bunch of random jokes and scenes strung together documentary style but when it's over, you realize that an intricately woven plot has just unfolded.
Continue reading My Name is Earl: Our Other Cops is On (parts 1 & 2)
Posted Jun 27th 2006 10:52PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Other Reality Shows, NBC, Talent, Programming, OpEd, Last Comic Standing
(S04E05) What the hell? I used to think that once the choice of who stays and who goes is put in the hands of the audience and not the producers -- who, let's face it, used other factors besides talent to see who made it in -- the choices would make more sense. I mean, everyone's tastes are different, but the audience in that "Last Comic Theater" can clearly tell who's funny and who's not, right?
I guess not.
Continue reading Last Comic Standing: Adam Carolla and a surprise
Posted Jun 7th 2006 11:05AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Other Reality Shows, NBC, Talent, Programming, OpEd, Last Comic Standing
(S04E02) Ever since Season Two, I've taken a bit of a cynical view of the first rounds of
Last Comic Standing. During that year, Drew Carey and Brett Butler went to the press
complaining that Ant was chosen by the producers to go to the house over their objections. It seems that it doesn't matter what the celebrity judges say, the producers are going to pick who they want to pick to go to the house, whether it's because they have a good story, they'll cause trouble, or that they just owe the comic's agent a favor.
This first "semi-final", in which five comics were chosen to go to the house, didn't make me any less cynical. The choices really did smack of compelling story over comedic ability, at least in a couple of cases.
Continue reading Last Comic Standing: The first five finalists are chosen
Posted Mar 3rd 2006 5:00PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Other Reality Shows, NBC

If you tune into the new season of
Last Comic Standing, you won't be
seeing the sly smirk of comedian Jay Mohr. Instead, Anthony Clark, an okay stand-up comedian and star of the horrendous
CBS groanfest
Yes, Dear will be taking over hosting duties on the fourth season of
Last Comic Standing
when it kicks off this summer. I watched the first couple seasons of the show but ultimately gave up on it when I could
no longer justify watching a bunch of mediocre comedians arguing over who sucked the least. Having another lame
comedian host the show pretty much keeps it off my "must watch" list permanently.