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Tracy Morgan Wants to Take Benihana Behind the Middle School and Get it Pregnant

by | February 27th, 2012

Here is one sample quotation from this slideshow about how much Tracy Morgan likes Benihana:

So, when they first closed for renovations, Morgan says he was pissed off: "Nobody told me! I had to put in a call to the front office." How desperate did the situation get? So desperate that, at one point, he went to the chain's Long Island branch to get his hibachi fix."It's not as noisy. It's not as exciting … This is the Benihana on 56th Street in Manhattan. It is going down. Everybody comes here. L.L. comes here, Busta comes here. The Rock comes here. Everybody comes to this Benihana."

It is [...]

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Check Out Abed from Community's Amazing Cameo on Cougar Town

by | May 26th, 2011

Remember when, earlier this season on Community, Abed had a long monologue about the time he had a background role on his favorite show, Cougar Town? Well, on last night's season finale of Cougar Town, we got to see Abed's moment in the sun. And it's amazing, with him staring right into the camera and running away. How confusing must this have been for Cougar Town fans who have never seen Community? Which is to say, most Cougar Town fans, probably? That just makes it that much funnier.

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Allison Silverman Recreates the Story of Julian Assange, Terrible Houseguest

by | March 21st, 2011

Former Colbert Report head writer Allison Silverman had friends who allowed WikiLeaks head honcho Julian Assange to crash on their couch for a couple of days in what turned out to be a real ordeal. That guy is just not too concerned with how his actions affect other people, it turns out! So naturally, she had them record the story and then reenacted it using friends such as Colbert writers Michael Brumm and Peter Gwinn and Get Your War On creator David Rees as actors. It is really great!

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Holy Shit, the Japanese Intro to 30 Rock Is Amazing

by | January 4th, 2011

Guys. Guys! This is the intro to 30 Rock in Japan. It's really something! It makes the show seem so slapsticky, and there's a closeup of Cerie's butt right at the beginning, and what is that theme song? I love it so much.

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Louis CK Absolutely Kills It on The Tonight Show

by | December 6th, 2010

Louis CK joined Leno on The Tonight Show on Friday night, and he was amazing. Louis' standup is so conversational that he often does new material on a talk show couch that later ends up in a standup special, such as when he debuted "Everything is Amazing and Nobody's Happy" to Conan before bringing it to Hilarious. This is no different. Sure, he has to sort of ignore Leno's lame questions, but man is he funny.

Part one of the interview is above, parts two and three are below. And of course, thanks to NBC for splitting this up into three parts for no conceivable reason.

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Every Ron Swanson Meat Quote, In Convenient Image Form

by | June 3rd, 2011

Ron Swanson is a true lover of meats on Parks and Recreation, with an insatiable appetite for any number of animal proteins. And now Alex Leo has conveniently paired screenshots of every instance of Swanson enjoying some meat on the show with quotes from said scenes. It's a simple thing, but I can pretty much guarantee that you will enjoy them, unless you're some sort of PETA-loving lefty wingnut.

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Super Fun Times Ahead for Ben, April and Andy on Parks and Rec

by | April 21st, 2011

Vulture interviewed Parks and Rec's Chris Pratt, who plays Andy, and he revealed thes little tidbits about what's coming up later this season on the show: This is a spoiler alert, but: Adam Scott's character is going to move in with Andy and April. It's really awesome. Adam's going to come in and try to help us become adults. In the process, Andy and April get to trash a Bed Bath and Beyond. There's more growing up that has to happen for April and Andy, with the help of Ben Wyatt. There's also a burger cook-off between Ron Swanson and Chris Traeger to see if Chris's turkey burger [...]

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The Best Comedic Monologue You'll See Today

by | February 18th, 2011

This comedic monologue by Joe Wengert, performed last night at Dave Holmes and Rob Delaney's Mapping the Heavens show at UCB in LA, is one of my very favorite things. This video is from a performance of the same monologue from last year, but I assume it was pretty similar last night. I wasn't there, but knowing that it happened is a good enough excuse for me to post this, right? Seriously, if you've got 8 minutes to spare, watch this. It's pretty much perfect.

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Ricky Gervais and Jon Stewart Deliver One of the Most Fun Interviews in Recent Memory

by | December 15th, 2010
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Talk show interviews can end up as boring, forced affairs, where a funny host has to make conversation with a vapid celebrity or awkward author on to promote their latest project. That was certainly not the case on last night's Daily Show, where Ricky Gervais and Jon Stewart seemed to be having so much fun just riffing that they could have gone on for an hour. They talk about everything from Jon's audience to Ricky's physique to Gordon Brown's skipping to a [...]

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Yep, This Girl Definitely Looks Like Michael Cera

by | December 2nd, 2010

At first, I was like, "oh, poor Michael Cera." But then it's also sort of, "oh, poor this girl." Really, I guess it's "oh, poor everyone." Also: this is one of my favorite pictures ever. [via]

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Finally, a Christian Sex Comedy Featuring Rev. Ted Haggard and Candace Cameron!

by | June 1st, 2011

Hoooo eeee. This is a trailer for The Waiting Game, a low budget Christian "sex comedy" that is about not having sex. It features a cameo from Ted Haggard, who "resigned in disgrace from the New Life Church after revelations that he had had a drug-fueled sexual relationship with a gay male former escort." Also, Candace Cameron, who you may know better as DJ from Full House.

The filmmakers have taken some inspiration from Judd Apatow, minus all the godless drug use and premarital sex that ruin his movies. Rich Praytor, one of the producers, acknowledged the similarities between The Waiting Game and Virgin. "I love all the [...]

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The Trailer For the Beastie Boys Short Film Features All of Your Favorite People in the World

by | April 7th, 2011

How many comedy crushes can you fit into 22 minutes? The Beastie Boys set out to discover just that, putting pretty much every awesome person ever into their new short film, the trailer for which is above. Just who, you ask? Um, well, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Rainn Wilson, Rashida Jones, Will Arnett, Ted Danson, Roman Coppola, Amy Poehler, Alicia Silverstone, Steve Buscemi, Jody Hill, Jason Schwartzman, Kirsten Dunst, Maya Rudolph, Orlando Bloom, Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Jack Black, Martin Starr, David Cross, Chloe Sevigny, Laura Dern, Milo Ventimiglia, Adam Scott, Mike Mills, Shannyn Sossamon, and Mary Steenburgen. Oh, and the Beastie Boys themselves, of course. The [...]

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A Fully-Validated Kanye Moves to Iowa, and The Onion Photoshop Department Outdoes Itself

by | January 6th, 2011

Today's Onion story, Fully Validated Kanye West Retires To Quiet Farm In Iowa, is excellent, as usual: "My goal all along was to be praised and talked about until I reached a level of total contentment with who I am and where I belong in the world, and on Friday night of last week, I reached that level," said West, standing outside the screen door of his home in a pair of khaki slacks and a plain gray work shirt. "I finally feel satisfied and whole as a human being, which means I can stop being a famous pop star now."

But what really makes it for me [...]

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A New George Saunders Story in The New Yorker Is Cause for Celebration

by | December 13th, 2010

Looking for something to read? George Saunders, hilarious/wonderful short story writer and personal hero of mine, has a new piece in this week's New Yorker, and it's available online. It's called "Escape From Spiderhead," and I'm legit annoyed that I have to work and can't read it right now.

He also has an interview online that ties in with the story, and it contains many gems from the man himself. An example: But yes—this “why so dark?” question comes up a lot, both inside and outside of my head, and, when it does, I always have two opposing impulses. One is: “I know, I know, I’m [...]

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