david steinberg-related stories
Posted Jun 12th 2007 2:10AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, The Daily Show, Episode Reviews
Jon briefly touched upon the Paris Hilton situation by poking some fun at the media's
extensive coverage. CNN complained a lot about covering it, but then proceeded to do it for the rest of the day. Oh, Anderson Cooper, you're better than this.
"
Albaniacs": President Bush paid a visit to Albania, where he was received like a rock star. Oh, man... Jon had to call Dennis Miller for joke help? Weak. So weak.
The Daily Show has been doing a lot of name-dropping lately, in the form of these silly little phone calls and those Giant Head appearances. I'm not sure I like it very much.
Continue reading The Daily Show: June 11, 2007
Posted Apr 12th 2007 8:03PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Web, Celebrities, Talk Show
You can watch several episodes of the TV Land talk show Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg right at the TV Land web site (full episodes from the second season and highlights of the first). Steinberg has interviewed everyone from Jerry Seinfeld to Bob Newhart, but the show that I'd like to talk about is the one where he interviews Daily Show host Jon Stewart. It's actually one of the best interviews with Stewart I've ever seen.
Continue reading Jon Stewart talks about drugs, Petticoat Junction and eating lightbulbs
Posted Mar 12th 2007 3:56PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Cable, TV Royalty, Celebrities, Talk Show
Veteran comic/director/writer David Steinberg has a lot of stuff going on.
The second season of his TV Land talk show, Sit Down Comedy, began a couple of weeks ago with an interview with Jerry Seinfeld. This Wednesday, Steinberg sits down with Daily Show host Jon Stewart. The show airs at 10pm. The following weeks, Steinberg will interview Garry Shandling and then Ray Romano.
But that's not all: Steinberg also has a book coming out in June, The Book of David. And he's a busy guy in his life as a director too. He's directing his seventh season at Curb Your Enthusiasm, episodes of Campus Ladies, and a pilot for Dane Cook.
There might be a lot of people who aren't familiar with Steinberg since a lot of his work has been behind the camera for a while, but he has quite a resume.
Posted Feb 26th 2007 8:02PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Music and Variety, Watercooler Talk, Celebrities, Awards
One of the things I forgot to mention in
my review of Sunday night / Monday morning's Oscar ceremony was the welcome sight of Jerry Seinfeld presenting the award for best long-form documentary. By the time ol' Jer showed up to give the award, most viewers, including myself, were punchy and tired, but it did seem like he injected a much-needed bit of irreverent humor into the show.
His prepared stand-up bit was short but funny. He talked about how movie theaters shouldn't ask patrons to clean up after themselves because, after overcharging for popcorn and food that he shouldn't even be eating, he should have the right to be able to dispense of his junk by just opening his hand. He then led into the announcement of the nominations by saying: "And now, here are the five extremely depressing films that are nominated for this award."
All of this leads me to wonder: Why has Jerry never hosted this show? He seems to be a natural at it.
Continue reading Jerry Seinfeld should be the next Oscar host
Posted Jan 20th 2007 1:03PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Cable, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show
David Steinberg is back for another season of
Sit Down Comedy on TV Land. Six new episodes will air Wednesdays at 10PM beginning February 21st. Less of a kiss-ass than James Lipton and with more comedy chops than Terry Gross, Steinberg creates just the right atmosphere for his
Sit Down stand-up guests to reflect on their careers, lives and whatever else is on their fertile minds. Best of all, his guests aren't there to plug any products so an actual old school conversation can unfold. Remember those? You might see them on
Charlie Rose from time to time or on those
Dick Cavett DVDs Shout! Factory released last year. Too bad Steinberg's show is only thirty minutes long.
You can check out
Sit Down Comedy's guest line-up after the jump.
Continue reading Steinberg's Sit Down Comedy returns in February
Posted Jul 19th 2006 8:32PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, TV on DVD, OpEd, Retro Squad, Seinfeld
(S03E08) I've never been enamored with this episode, even though it's pretty funny. For some reason, the way everybody acts in this one is just enough out of character that something about it just seems off to me.
Don't get me wrong... the thought of Elaine / JLD breathily speaking the unspeakable into a tape recorder makes me a little weak in the knees. But it just seems like everyone's reaction to the tape was just a little too creepy for my tastes. But, again, it's a pretty funny episode; in fact, it was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Writing In a Comedy Series. So what do I know?
Continue reading Seinfeld: The Tape
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