Here’s a clip from last night’s Late Show, where Stephen Colbert chats with Steve Martin about his new album, comedy heroes, his upcoming Broadway show Meteor Shower, and performing with Martin Short. “I’ll tell you one thing I love about touring around with Marty Short: no paparazzi,” he says. “My wife thought that Marty and […]
Continue ReadingTom Hanks’s beloved SNL character from last season, David S. Pumpkins, is getting his very own NBC special. According to Variety, the network will air a half-hour animated Halloween special this year starring Hanks as Pumpkins called The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special. The voice cast will also feature fellow SNL host Peter Dinklage, Bobby […]
Continue ReadingYou know those talented, hilarious actors that constantly pop up in so many of your favorite comedies? The ones where you go, “Man, where else do I know them from?” Edi Patterson is one of those actors and she’s moving closer and closer to broader recognition. Over the years she’s brought her strong improv background […]
Continue ReadingIf Bad Moms can lead into Bad Dads, then surely The Nice Guys can lead to The Nice Girls, right? According to The Hollywood Reporter, Shane Black’s 2016 buddy action-comedy starring Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe is getting a “contemporary, female-centered” TV reboot at Fox with women in the starring roles. The project has been […]
Continue ReadingA sequel to the 1988 Eddie Murphy comedy Coming to America is in the works at Paramount. According to Variety, the studio has hired Black-ish creator Kenya Barris to rewrite the script by original writers Barry Blaustein and David Sheffield, and Jonathan Levine (50/50, Warm Bodies, Snatched) is attached to direct. While Eddie Murphy is […]
Continue ReadingThe comedy podcast universe is ever expanding, not unlike the universe universe. We’re here to make it a bit smaller, a bit more manageable. There are a lot of great shows and each has a lot of great episodes, so we want to highlight the exceptional, the noteworthy. Each week our crack team of podcast […]
Continue ReadingDana Gould’s IFC horror-comedy Stan Against Evil returns for its second season later this year, and today the network gave us a short but wonderful clip from the season featuring John C. McGinley’s Stan Against Evil character watching his Office Space character on TV. Check out the clip above, and watch the rest when season […]
Continue ReadingI spoke with Casey James Salengo fresh off his return from taping his Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents, set to premiere tomorrow. From what I’ve seen of him on shows over the last few years, Salengo has never been someone to either overestimate or underestimate his own comedic talents. He’s never appeared all too concerned with […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s The Opposition, where Jordan Klepper chats with Citizen Journalist Tim Baltz, who is trying his best to be the most effective wingman possible for Klepper. “It’s just like Steve Bannon said: Being a good wingman isn’t about staying on the inside and doing what you ask. It’s about going […]
Continue ReadingTim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim never waste the opportunity to turn a late night show appearance into something as weird as possible, and that was the case again during their time on last night’s Late Show. The two walk out to the desk wearing clown suits and tell Stephen Colbert they’re working on an upcoming […]
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