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It’s Friday, folks, which means it’s time for us to let you in on who will be guesting on Marc Maron’s podcast WTF next week.
As a sponsor of the show and dedicated fans of the WTF cause, we’re proud to do it. So here it is. Janeane Garofalo makes her second ...
Movies
Janeane Garofalo
Sunday marks a bittersweet day in the world of comedy, as HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm brings its seventh season to an end. It’s been a special one, of course, because of the addition of the entire cast of Seinfeld . Well, in the final episode, we finally see the official Seinfeld ...
Television
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Seinfeld
Jerry Seinfeld
Larry David
Jason Alexander
On another installment of “Who Cares What They Think?” on the Jay Leno Show last night, comedian Jim Norton, along with Adam Carolla, screenwriter Diablo Cody and Meghan McCain share their thoughts on everything from homosexuality on Sesame Street , a violent female college soccer, ...
Television
Jay Leno
Adam Carolla
Diablo Cody
Sesame Street
Fans of Never Not Funny , rejoice! The high-profile podcast in its fourth year, hosted by comedian Jimmy Pardo, will be running a staggering nine hour live “Pardcast-a-thon” on Friday, Nov. 27 from 9pm to 6am Pacific time.
But this isn’t just rambling – indeed, the ...
Other
Getting stuck in customs is the worst and Mary Van Note isn’t afraid to let those Canadians know how she feels about it.
Other
Remember a few weeks ago when we reported on a series of stand-up tapings being hosted by John Oliver? You’re about to see the fruits of those tapings, and then some. Comedy Central has ordered six one-hour episodes of the series, which is appropriately titled John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up ...
Television
Janeane Garofalo
Mary Lynn Rajskub
Pete Wentz
Katie Holmes
Mike Epps has introduced a neat little Facebook widget for fans to share and experience bits from his newest DVD Under Rated & Never Faded . The application has some interactive features that allow fans to watch clips, read his Twitter feed, purchase the DVD from iTunes or Amazon.com, and ...
Movies
Mike Epps
If you like your holiday cheer laced with redneck humor from one of the country’s most popular comedians, you might want to mosey on over to CMT on Friday, hunker down with a bottle of moonshine and check out Larry Cable Guy’s Hula-Palooza Christmas Luau . Starting at 9 pm and ...
Television
Saturday Night Live
This is a bit of a departure from our usual stand-up clip, but I thought it was too fun not to share. Here is Zach Galifianakis on his web series Between Two Ferns with Andy Richter, Conan O’Brien, and Andy Dick.
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis from Between Two Ferns
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Celebrities
Andy Richter
Conan O'Brien
Andy Dick
Being touched by the hand of Oprah is no small thing; in fact, it’s not too far removed from clutching the hem of Christ’s robe. And now, the queen of the bookstore is turning her attention to the world of stand-up comedy, in the hopes of discovering comedy’s next big ...
Television
Oprah Winfrey
There’s about to be a lot more stand-up on cable TV, and it isn’t relegated to HBO or Comedy Central. Starting Nov. 19 , TBS will air The Very Funny Show , a series consisting of stand-up sets featuring headlining comics from around the country.
The show will be hosted by Tim Meadows, and ...
Television
Tim Meadows
Pete Wentz
It’s that time a week again when we proudly announce who’s going to appear on Marc Maron’s new-ish podcast WTF . I guess you can call us a sponsor of sorts– or at the very least an occasional financial supporter and tremendous fan of the show.
Regardless, this week ...
Celebrities
Janeane Garofalo
The Daily Show
We reported earlier this week that comedian Katt Williams was arrested for burglary after allegedly stealing a few thousand dollars worth of jewelery from a home in suburban Georgia, where he’s shooting a movie. After the owner of the house explained to authorities that Williams was ...
Celebrities
Katt Williams
Kicked Out
I had the honor to help judge one of the MANY rounds of the Seattle International Comedy Competition last night and was wholly impressed by the 16 talented comics who turned out. Among them though, only Mike Baldwin (who went on to take first in the final five for the night) was able to make me ...
Other
Have you ever seen one of those comics who tells really long stories, that might have been funny when they happened, but don’t really go anywhere onstage? Those people should see Patton Oswalt . Over the years, the short (look how tiny he looks in that not-so-great pic to the right), ...
Celebrities
Patton Oswalt
Finally, somebody who agrees that Red Bull and alcohol should never be mixed together. Check the clip below of Chris Porter at Skyline Comedy Cafe.
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In the States, we’re not so familiar with
the stand-up comedy of Micky Flanagan, who has seen
some somewhat mainstream success as of late. No matter. What’s going on with his career now is relevant to all of us who love comedy and respect the craft ...
Did this television ad steal a comedian’s bit?
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Hey, remember when television show seasons seemed to last for almost a whole year? Maybe there were twenty-something episodes? These days, networks crank out five or six episodes and slap a “season” label on it. Which brings us to this. Tosh.0 , a Comedy Central show we love, seems ...
Television
Comedy Central Studios Arabia is the name of the new venture between MTV Networks International and twofour54 Located in the United Arab Emirates. Besides focusing on original content like stand-up, sketch shows and sitcoms, the network will also adapt some of Comedy Central’s library of ...
Television
MTV
The Middle
The Brits have done it again! The wildly popular island nation that offered up fabulous originals for fabulous Yank rip-offs like The Office , The Weakest Link , and Coupling (okay, maybe not Coupling ) have now given us Have I Got News For You , a quiz show chock-full of political ...
