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A Funny Thing: Kate Tellers Gets Handsy During Thanksgiving Dinner

by | November 21st, 2012

This week on A Funny Thing, a story from comedian and storyteller Kate Tellers about the time she put on a corset, impersonated an Astor, and tried to give her boyfriend a handjob during Thanksgiving dinner with her family. Just like the pilgrims did!

Kate will be hosting the MOTH slam on Dec 27th. and you can follow her on twitter @katadudle. She told her story at the comedy storytelling stalwart Oh Hey Guys! This week please remember that all of us here at A Funny Thing wish you a happy and safe thanksgiving. HJ's for everybody!

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Christmas

A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas Trailer Is The Greatest Gift Of All

by | August 11th, 2011

Ho Ho Homygod, you guys, I could not be more excited to see this movie. The A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas trailer has everything: Claymation, Party Jesus, a toddler so high she apparently acquires supernatural powers, a show-stopping Neil Patrick Harris music number, and, of course, John Cho somehow getting the end of his dick frozen to a pole, A Christmas Story-style. If only Santa could take a shot-gun blast to the face every day of the year.

Team Coco

Conan and She & Him Play "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"

by | December 10th, 2010

Expect this one to get REBLOGGED about a million times on TUMBLR as it contains two of that blogging service's favorite things: Conan and Zooey. If they only had a fat cat on there (or were performing on some high-end Danish furniture), it'd be a home run.

Adult Swim

Tim and Eric Chrimbus Special Brings a Needed Dose of Batshit Craziness to the Holidays

by | December 1st, 2010

This Sunday, December 5th, the Tim and Eric Chrimbus Special will be airing on Adult Swim. Like everything Tim and Eric do, it promises to be aggressively insane, surreal and best viewed while high. Here's a little taste of what you can expect.

Adorable Things

Get Ready For The Cutest Muppet-Based Gift Guide of The Holiday Season

by | November 14th, 2011

Are these Muppets planning on stopping their adorableness anytime soon? Their unabating, rampant cuteness is just pounding away at all of our shriveled, embittered, bronze-encased hearts. And it hurts. Their latest crime is this gift guide from the Secret Santa between Muppet and human Muppets co-stars, including Sarah Silverman, Rashida Jones, Kristen Schaal, and Whoopi Goldberg. They all love each other so much! I really can't wait for November 23 so the movie comes out and I can go back to my regular cynical, bleak existence without all this stupid joy in the way.

Announcements

It's Memorial Day

by | May 30th, 2011

So, today is Memorial Day, so we won't be publishing. Instead, Halle and I will be drinking out of doors, just as America/God intended. But we'll be back tomorrow in full force, albeit probably a little sad that the long weekend is over. But don't worry! We're true professionals, so you won't see any of that post-long-weekend malaise seeping into our posts. In any case, enjoy the holiday, and we'll see you tomorrow.

Outrage

Merry War on Christmas, Everyone!

by | December 7th, 2010
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It's December, so you know what that means: it's time for the War on the War on Christmas! On last night's Daily Show, Jon sets his sights on Fox News' Gretchen Carlson and her personal battle against December secularism. They then tell the story of [...]

Comedy Central

Stephen Colbert Grossly Misunderstands the Meaning of "Black Friday"

by | November 30th, 2010
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Helpful Advice

We've Got Your Comedy-Related Halloween Costumes Right Here

by | October 27th, 2011

Halloween is on Monday, but all the Halloween parties are this weekend. Have you chosen your costume yet? No? You need to hurry! Don't you know that if you don't have the best, most clever costume, no one will ever love or respect you? You've got a lot riding on the line here! You need something amazing to get wasted in on Saturday!

Well, we're here to help. We've gathered up a whole slew of comedy-related costume ideas for you, ranging from the ambitious and work-intensive to the insanely lazy. No matter how committed to this whole night of dress-up you are, you'll find something here your speed.

Christmas

Get Into the Holiday Spirit with "Maria Bamford's One-Hour Homemade Christmas Stand-Up Special"

by | December 13th, 2010

Maria Bamford is one of the coolest, weirdest, most uniquely talented comediennes around right now. As you may have seen from her stand-up or her time starring in Comedians of Comedy, Maria is half extroverted entertainer and half introverted crazyperson with an intimidating vault of voices and characters ready to come out at any notice. Maria chills out on her couch alongside her pugs Bert and Blossom to give fans one uncut hour of material, gracefully navigating through one-upping family members, telephone operator therapy sessions, living in gravy boats, and a host of other mental illness-related hilarity in her holiday gift to you, "Maria Bamford's One-Hour Homemade Christmas Stand-Up [...]

Good Deeds

Comedy Death-Ray's LA Food Bank Charity Auction Offering Up Some Incredible Comedy Experiences

by | December 3rd, 2010

Want to do something good for the LA Food Bank while also selfishly getting a really awesome and unique comedy-based experience? Good news! Comedy Death-Ray's Xmas Nativity Pageant Benefit 2010 has a whole slew of amazing things up for sale on eBay, and all of the proceeds are going to the LA Food Bank! It's the best possible way to be selfishly selfless.

Some of the stuff available includes a private in-home standup performance by Maria Bamford, a private tour of Pixar, a guest spot on Doug Loves Movies, Nerdist, Never Not Funny, Sklarboro Country or Comedy Death Ray, and more! Seriously, right now the bidding for "Thomas [...]

Survival

Your Guide to Distracting Yourself From Your Family with Comedy This Weekend

by | November 24th, 2010

It's the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, which means lots of travel and lots of family time. It's a double-edged sword: it's always nice to see family, for a time. But when you're sleeping in your old bedroom for a few nights, waking up to and going to sleep after spending the day with the family with few opportunities to take a breather, things can get tense. Here, allow me to give you some things to do when you need a break from all of the forced family fun of Thanksgiving.

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