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Awards Shows

Billy Eichner's Nighttime Show Gets Nominated for a Daytime Emmy

by | May 2nd, 2013

Billy Eichner, host of Fuse's comedy game show Billy on the Street, received a much-deserved Emmy nomination yesterday. Eichner was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Game Show Host," despite the fact that his show airs at night (the Primetime Emmys don't have a category for game shows, so all game show people receive recognition by the Daytime Emmys). Billy on the Street, which is produced by Funny or Die, features Eichner ambushing New York pedestrians with silly trivia questions and challenges. In March, the series wrapped up its second season on cable network Fuse, featuring guest appearances from Will Ferrell, Maya Rudolph, Rashida Jones, and Zachary [...]

showdowns

Watch a Preview of Will Ferrell and Billy Eichner's Face-Off Tonight

by | December 21st, 2012

Will Ferrell is guest starring on tonight's episode of Funny Or Die's Billy on the Street (which he also produces). It airs at 10/9c on Fuse, but you can watch this preview clip of his face-off with host Billy Eichner, which is sure to be the television event of the year.

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'Billy on the Street', TV's Only Funny Game Show Is Coming Back December 7th

by | October 24th, 2012

Mark Pearl Harbor Day down on your calendar this year because Season 2 of Funny or Die's Billy on the Street is debuting on December 7th, reports The New York Times. The Fuse network game show, in which host Billy Eichner bombards people on the street with pop culture trivia questions, will have a 12-episode second season featuring big-name guest stars like Funny or Die co-founder Will Ferrell, Maya Rudolph, Nick Kroll, Zachary Quinto, Rachel Dratch, and by accident, Larry from Three's Company.

Here's Billy Eichner on Conan last night, covering the election but getting distracted by news of Madonna coming to town:

Programming Notes

Billy's Staying on the Street

by | February 28th, 2012

Fuse has ordered 12 more episodes of Funny or Die's Billy on the Street. So never fear, Billy Eichner will be back on your screen yelling at innocent passersby for their ignorance about Ryan Phillippe by later this year.

Previews

Billy Eichner Gabs With Old Ladies About Sexy Crooner Threesomes

by | December 19th, 2011

This new preview of Funny or Die's Billy on the Street is the elderly lady edition! Elderly ladies know all about Brad Pitt and they are clearly dying to get it on with Michael Buble and Josh Groban even if they won't admit it. But who isn't? LADIES? GENTLEMEN? God I can't wait till Thursday when we can watch Billy Eichner screaming in people's faces about Jewel while brandishing dollar bills like nunchucks in full half-hour increments.

game shows

Billy Eichner Plays "It's Spock! Do You Care?" with Zachary Quinto

by | February 1st, 2013

Here's a segment from tonight's episode of Funny or Die Presents Billy on the Street on Fuse. In the clip, host Billy Eichner runs around the streets of New York accompanied by actor Zachary Quinto (Spock from the Star Trek movies), shouting the question "It's Spock! Do you care?" at pedestrians. A surprising amount of people either don't believe it's Spock and/or don't care.

Contests

Billy Eichner Challenges a Woman Named Peaches to List Sex Moves in Front of Mr. Rogers

by | December 14th, 2012

Here's a preview from this week's Funny or Die's Billy on the Street, in which host Billy Eichner asks a woman named Peaches quiz questions about disgusting sex acts in front of a portrait of Mr. Rogers. The episode airs tonight at 10/9c on Fuse and features super special guest star, Billy Eichner's Funny or Die boss Will Ferrell. It's not like when your boss comes to visit you at work because your job probably isn't running around the streets of New York, screaming at strangers about pop culture like a maniac.

Celeb Sightings

Billy Eichner Should Constantly Be Accidentally Meeting 70s TV Actors

by | August 28th, 2012

Hahaha. Classic Richard Kline. All kidding aside, who is more talented: Al Roker or Flo Rida? Both their names have a similar cadence to them: Al-Roke-ER, Flo-Ride-Ah. Mr. Rida earns points for being able to turn the name of the state he's from into a completely serviceable Hip Hop name that evokes the image of someone riding flows. Mr. Roker was able to turn his only two skills – reading a teleprompter and being generally pretty affable – into a legitimate career. I think ultimately Roker wins because have you ever heard Flo Rida's music? Listening to it feels like lying on the floor during an earthquake and being [...]

Late Night

Billy Eichner Is the Only One Who Truly Understands About Madonna

by | February 7th, 2012

Billy Eichner did a report for Conan on the big Madonna concert in Indiannapolis this weekend, but a lot of the people attending – even the ones who call themselves "giant fans" – didn't even seem to CARE that she was performing. Plus, the big guys everyone was interviewing were in some kind of locker room for the entire performance. This country really needs to work on its apathy problem. (Side note: The lady who shows up at 0:44 sounds exactly like Vanessa Bayer's impression of Miley Cyrus. "Madonna? Oh, yeah, I like her. She's pretty cool.")

Previews

Check Out A Preview of Funny or Die's Billy on the Street

by | November 2nd, 2011

The first full look at Funny or Die's Billy on the Street, the game show on Fuse is here. Much as I don't usually enjoy man-on-the-street interviews, pop culture, or quizzes, Billy Eichner makes the combination not so bad. His frantic intensity makes it seem like he's doing something much more important and time-sensitive than asking strangers questions about pop culture! Watch him foist deep-fryers on unsuspecting citizens and tells teenage girls to shut up and see if you agree.

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Billy Eichner Puts Rachel Dratch Through a Julia Roberts Obstacle Course

by | January 23rd, 2013

Here's a clip from Funny Or Die's Billy on the Street, in which host Billy Eichner sends guest Rachel Dratch through the show's first-ever Julia Roberts-themed obstacle course. It's just as exhausting (and funny) watching Eichner scream at Dratch for five minutes as it probably is running through the actual obstacle course.

Interviews

Talking to Billy Eichner about the New Season of His Crazy Game Show 'Billy on the Street'

by | December 6th, 2012

One of the most unconventional and unique comedies on TV, the absurd man on the street game show Funny or Die's Billy on the Street, returns tomorrow night on Fuse. Inspired by a series of web videos host Billy Eichner made, in which he bombards New York pedestrians with music and pop culture questions, the show is now about to begin its second season. Big stars like Will Ferrell, Maya Rudolph, and Rashida Jones will be appearing on the show this year, joining Eichner to run around the streets like maniacs. I recently had the chance to talk to Billy Eichner about the new season, the ins and [...]

International Relations

Billy Eichner Reports on Madonna and the Issues Facing Israel (but Mostly Madonna)

by | June 29th, 2012

There are a lot of pressing issues facing Israel but Billy only cares about one: Madonna. OK, so Madonna might not be an issue but the people need know what her five hairstyle changes are going to be. (Maybe cornrows, regular hair, and ponytails in three directions?) If anything, it's impressive that even in Israel, where crazy shit happens all the time, Billy is still able to frighten old ladies.

Late Night

Billy Eichner Miraculously Doesn't Burst a Blood Vessel Talking About Johnny Depp

by | January 11th, 2012

Billy Eichner really doesn't like Johnny Depp. (I wonder if Billy Eichner's friends are dicks to him in real life on purpose just because he's so funny when he gets angry? Nah, he's got enough to go off about.) This level of rage about nothing is refreshing, is what it is. I haven't seen any other Conan guests call Conan an idiot to his face.

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