Mar. 30, 2012
A Sequel to a Week in Comedy - We introduced you to SNL’s new cast member Kate McKinnon.
- We guided you through the vast world of Los Angeles comedy.
- Ron Burgundy […]
Mar. 30, 2012
Five Reasons Ricky Gervais Deserves to Die Just kidding! This is my goodbye post. I’ll be taking off after today for other, sadly less wearing-pajamas-all-day work opportunities. It’s […]
Mar. 30, 2012
Eagleheart Is Back in Full Bloody Form on April 12
Eagleheart returns to Adult Swim on April 12 at midnight, and with it comes the return of suspenseful music, Michael Gladis’ deep Orson Welles […]
Mar. 30, 2012
Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater Will Air on FX Louis C.K.’s last standup special Live at the Beacon theater was wildly successful and paved the way for other comics to release their own […]
Mar. 30, 2012
Community Remains Thrust Into Unfamiliar New Role as NBC’s Thursday Night […] Community topped NBC’s Thursday night ratings again last night, holding steady with a 1.7 rating with adults 18-49 even though it was up […]
Mar. 30, 2012
Schwarzenegger, DeVito, Murphy to Make an Unholy Trinity in Triplets “Guys, I’ve got it. You know how we’ve been wondering whether it would be too strange to make a sequel to Twins, the 1988 comedy starring […]
Mar. 30, 2012
Ben Affleck Lends His Mug to a Political Comedy From the Writer of Crazy, […] …and it’ll be called Crazy, Stupid, Politics. Wait, that’s already a Bill Maher show. But politics are definitely getting a comedy boost in […]
Mar. 30, 2012
Up All Night Recap: ‘Letting Go’ Baby dogs within the first minute of the show? A Stevie Nicks musical number to close it out? You are crafty, Up All Night. You know what […]
Mar. 30, 2012
Tracy Morgan Explains His Sundance Collapse
Last night Tracy Morgan told an understanding David Letterman all about his recent collapse at Sundance. I always knew there was some sinister […]
Mar. 29, 2012
Avery Jessup Is Returning, Or Else Is Still Kidnapped Avery Jessup is coming back to the US a free woman! Or possibly she will continue to be held hostage by Kim Jong-un. But either way, she’ll be […]
Mar. 29, 2012
The World’s Population May Die With Excitement Over a Charlie Kaufman Novel Charlie Kaufman is writing a novel, and considering the power of his movies to make people go, “Whoa, that’s an inventive way to articulate […]
Mar. 29, 2012
Judd Apatow and Lena Dunham Get to the Bottom of Judaism and Boobs Amid the hubbub about HBO’s Girls, which premieres April 15, we still all have some important lingering questions. Like: Is Lena Dunham Jewish? […]
Mar. 29, 2012
Ansari, Holmes, Schumer, Wright, Maron & More to Crush Bonnaroo With Comedy Bonnarooooo: not just a fun thing to yell when you’re drunk and pretending to be a wolf! It’s also a good source of comedy. The festival has […]
Mar. 29, 2012
Ronna & Beverly Are On Their Way Across the Atlantic With Paul Feig Beloved web series Ronna & Beverly didn’t get picked up after its 2008 pilot in the US, but Sky Atlantic HD in the UK has ordered six episodes […]
Mar. 29, 2012
Barack Obama Is the Aziz Ansari of Presidents
Aziz Ansari’s account of meeting the president (after getting a public shout out from him) is really, really wonderful (although surely not […]
Mar. 29, 2012
Dana Carvey Bats Our Emotions Around Like a Ball of Yarn
When you’re Dana Carvey and you go on Conan immediately after Will Ferrell announces an Anchorman 2 in character, there’s really only one […]
Mar. 29, 2012
I Assure You, Clerks 3 Will Be a Stage Play
First comes Anchorman 2, and now comes the news that Kevin Smith wants to make Clerks 3 - as a stage play. It sounds like a fun idea, since […]
Mar. 29, 2012
Get Ready for the Idiot Abroad Bike Tour Spinoff According to Ricky Gervais, An Idiot Abroad’s Karl Pilkington and Warwick Davis of Life’s Too Short will star in The Short Way Round, in which […]
Mar. 29, 2012
Anchorman 2 Is On the Way, Says Ron Burgundy
It’s been a long road to get here, but Ron Burgundy visited Conan last night to announce that there will indeed be an Anchorman 2. He also […]
Mar. 28, 2012
Aziz Ansari is a Lady Magnet in This American Express Commercial
Before we go any further, it’s important that you know this is not a Parks & Rec webisode, but an American Express commercial starring Aziz […]
Mar. 28, 2012
If Only the Safety Not Guaranteed Trailer Could Time Travel Us to June 8
I don’t know if it’s the blend of comedy with a magical element, the combination of Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass and Jake Johnson, or the […]
Mar. 28, 2012
Galifianakis, Wilson, and Poehler Are Practically Gonna Be on Mad Men Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner has cast Zach Galifianakis and Owen Wilson to star in his upcoming dramedy film You Are Here, and Amy Poehler is […]
Mar. 28, 2012
Chris Rock Is Producing a New FX Series Starring W. Kamau Bell Chris Rock’s newest project is a half-hour weekly series for FX premiering this August, starring comedian W. Kamau Bell. Based on Bell’s […]
Mar. 28, 2012
What Do You Think of Bill Burr’s Rant Against the Alternative Comedy Scene?
Whoa. Bill Burr took a controversial stance on alternative comedy on his Monday Morning Podcast, blaming The Office for the rise of “awkward” […]
Mar. 28, 2012
The TV Guide Network Is Getting Into the Comedy Mix With StandUp in […] Let’s put aside the fact that the TV Guide Network’s new female standup show hosted by The Office’s Kate Flannery is called StandUp in […]
Mar. 28, 2012
Samantha Bee Journeys to the Holy Land of the Park Slope Co-op
Last night’s Daily Show saw a special report from Samantha Bee on the most pressing, dramatic theater of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the […]
Mar. 28, 2012
The Modern Family Cast May Triple Their Paychecks Before Season Four The ten cast members of Modern Family are re-negotiating their contracts, and they’re looking for a seriously gigundo raise before the next […]
Mar. 28, 2012
Rich Pregnant Teenager’s Eugene Mirman Is Always Named Gene First things first: Eugene Mirman’s production company is called Rich Pregnant Teenager, which is the premier A+ best name for anything. Second […]
Mar. 28, 2012
Simon Pegg Faked His Own Greek Ghost Abduction on Twitter
Simon Pegg visited Conan last night, and after he and Conan figured out how to refer to the part of a house that’s on the top floor, he […]
Mar. 28, 2012
New Dictator Trailer Drops General Aladeen in the Real World
Steer clear of this Dictator trailer if you don’t want to learn too much about the plot. For the rest of us, it’s a pretty fun departure from […]
Mar. 27, 2012
Gain IQ Points Easily Via a TED Talk on the Power of Comedy
Stick it out through a few minutes of talk about comparative literature and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and you’ll get to the good stuff in this […]
Mar. 27, 2012
Well, I Know What Nightmare I’ll Be Having Tonight
Voila! It’s been 13 years, but that apple pie finally enacted its disgusting, horrifying revenge on Jason Biggs. Thank you, American Reunion […]
Mar. 27, 2012
Listen to This Interview With Mitch Hedberg From Five Months Before His […]
This week marks seven years since Mitch Hedberg’s death. In between repeated listens of his standup albums, you might take a break to listen […]
Mar. 27, 2012
Who’s Your Favorite Will Ferrell Character? If you’re not wiped out by March Madness yet, go vote in the championship round of this Best Will Ferrell Character Tournament. One of the […]
Mar. 27, 2012
Moshe Kasher on His Deaf and Jewish Parents
Moshe Kasher performed on Conan last night to promote his new book Kasher in the Rye and to tell the world about the tragedy of growing up […]
Mar. 27, 2012
Louis C.K. on the Details Behind the ‘Louis C.K. Deal’ Everyone knows by now about “the Louis C.K. deal” - a holy grail for comedians in which they’re given total freedom by a network to make a show […]
Mar. 27, 2012
Former Senator Arlen Specter Is Amazing at Standup Comedy Meet your new favorite standup comedian, former Pennsylvania senator Arlen Spector. He demolished New Talent Night at Caroline’s Comedy Club […]
Mar. 27, 2012
Anna Faris on Sacha Baron Cohen’s Scarily Dogged Improvisational Skills Did you know that Anna Faris grew up acting in Arthur Miller and plays about the Holocaust? This profile details how she moved from those roles […]
Mar. 27, 2012
Jay Baruchel Has Barely Met James Franco Okay, I know this shouldn’t be the takeaway from this interview with Jay Baruchel, in which he talks about writing roles for women and for […]
Mar. 27, 2012
Tenacious D’s New Music Video Has Explosions and Gunfights and a Training […]
Here’s the new music video for Tenacious D’s comeback album Rize of the Fenix. Or rather, the comedy video that features Val Kilmer leaping in […]
Mar. 26, 2012
Will Ferrell Will Get You Into College In Crazy U Did Will Ferrell pay for that fancy-ass SAT tutor so you could not get into college, son? No sir. Did he spend all those hours working on […]
Mar. 26, 2012
Oh Lord, Britta Is Going to Start Wearing Glasses Well, well. The remainder of this season of Community will not only see Britta Perry’s continued attempts to “therapize” her friends, it’ll […]
Mar. 26, 2012
Watch the Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23 Pilot This Instant
It truly is the best time of the year to be an unproductive employee. The first episode of Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23 is available […]
Mar. 26, 2012
Bob Odenkirk on Directing & Being a ‘Dictator Without Being a Dick’ This interview with Bob Odenkirk gets into his hopes for the future of his Adult Swim pilot Let’s Do This!, the techniques he’s learned for […]
Mar. 26, 2012
Cheyenne Jackson Is Returning for the New Live 30 Rock Cheyenne Jackson will be back on 30 Rock as Danny for the show’s second live episode this April 26. That’s exactly one month from today, if […]
Mar. 26, 2012
You Don’t Wanna Miss These Descriptions of The Chris Gethard Show Here are a few ways The Chris Gethard Show is described in this great love letter: “an anime nightmare,” “a shambolically ambitious, oddly […]
Mar. 26, 2012
Gallagher’s Watermelon-Smashing Days Are Behind Him Even before suffering another heart attack yesterday (his second in 11 days and third in a year), Gallagher said last week that he’s retiring […]
Mar. 26, 2012
Jimmy Kimmel Is Hosting the Emmys Jimmy Kimmel will host this year’s Emmy Awards on Sept. 23, his second big hosting gig of 2012 after the White House Correspondents’ Dinner […]
Mar. 26, 2012
Everything You Are Feeling About Girls Phew. If you’re going to read one review of HBO’s Girls, make it this one. It admits to the “unstable blend of worship, envy, and disdain” that […]
Mar. 26, 2012
Amy Poehler and Rachel Dratch’s Sons Are Going to Own the Comedy World Fun! Amy Poehler interviewed Rachel Dratch about her new book, Girl Walks into a Bar …: Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife […]
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