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Chevy Chase Once Dressed like a Punk and Proceeded to Fight Punks

by | July 9th, 2012

Fast-forward to the 6:50 mark. How crazy is this? How strong must Chevy have been? All those years of physical comedy must've given him super strength. This was from a taping of The Top, a live music show that Chase was supposed to host before he got into this fight. (Andy Kaufman replaced him, which ended up being his last appearance before passing.) Though Chevy hasn't dressed like a punk since, he's surely acted like a punk (meaning a brat, not like he's going around singing Agnostic Front). [Via]

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Old YouTube Clips of the Now Famous: Danny Pudi

by | June 26th, 2012

"Old YouTube Clips of the Now Famous" is a column in which we watch old YouTube clips of now famous funny people.

Before being cast and breaking through as Abed on Community, Danny Pudi was mostly an unknown. After moving to LA in 2005, he was able to get some commercials and some guest spots. Most often, he was playing someone named Sanjay.  He wrote in GQ:

Stereotypes happen. I try not to embrace them or avoid them. My job is to focus on bringing characters to life in an honest and personal way. That being said, I did play three Sanjays in 2007. Yep. Three different Sanjays: [...]

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Old YouTube Clips of the Now Famous: Steve Carell

by | June 19th, 2012

"Old YouTube Clips of the Now Famous" is a column in which we watch old YouTube clips of now famous funny people.

Since he started on The Daily Show in 1999, Steve Carell's career steadily and surely built momentum until a few breakout roles made him one of the biggest working actors in Hollywood. In a time where it's become increasingly hard for a single performer to carry the success of a film, Carell has been able to do so handily. Not to mention, the man is obscenely talented, likeable, and funny. And yet at one point he wasn't famous and YouTube has a record of that. With Seeking [...]

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