It’s finally time for the long-awaited and saliva-inducing Inside Comedy on Showtime, whose first episode, an interview with Jerry Seinfeld and Don Rickles, airs tomorrow at 11. But that won’t be the night’s only new standup-focused television show! Comedy Central is also premiering Russell Simmons Presents The Ruckus at 10, hosted by J.B. Smoove and featuring established black comics (unlike the near-entirely white Inside Comedy). What an evening it’ll be, for those who don’t have outside obligations (who are we kidding, for all of us). First you’ll crack a beer and laugh at jokes from today’s comics, then kick back with a brandy and theorize with the greats while warming your feet by your fireplace and stroking Bertram, your loyal St. Bernard. Ahhhh, Thursday.
