STREAMING EVENT: Maybe you feel you don’t need, and can’t deal with, one more streaming service or platform during this pandemic – but you do, and you should. The National Comedy Center, a museum and archival organization in Jamestown, NY, is an amazing place to visit, with more than 50 interactive exhibits, curated with an eye (and an ear) for both history and comedy. But now, starting with these hide-at-home times, it’s launched its own online program and platform, called
National Comedy Center Anywhere. And tonight at 8 ET, it presents its first live streaming special under its new
Laughing Matters umbrella. It’s called
Carlin’s Legacy – and it makes sense to start there, not only because this is George Carlin’s birthday, but because Carlin basically is the linchpin of the impressive new museum. Also impressive: tonight’s scheduled guest list, which includes Judd Apatow, Richard Lewis, Lewis Black, Kathy Griffin, Tommy Chong, Jay Leno, Alan Zweibel, Norman Lear, Colin Quinn, Elayne Boosler, and Kelly Carlin, George’s daughter, whose donations to the museum of her father’s meticulous notebooks are the cornerstone of the entire place. Virtually, and in person. You can also watch it live tonight on the National Comedy Center Facebook page.