A lot of people have probably heard about the Upright Citizens Brigade by now. They know about Amy Poehler as an original member, seen Paul Scheer, Jason Mantzoukas, or Jack McBrayer perform in a recent show at the LA theater, and heard about the origin stories that began there for people like Donald Glover, Aubrey […]
Continue ReadingAs if his starring role on Silicon Valley, critically acclaimed movie The Big Sick, and upcoming Saturday Night Live hosting gig weren’t enough to keep Kumail Nanjiani busy, now he has a new starring movie role opposite the always hilarious John Cena in the works. According to Deadline, Nanjiani and Cena are teaming up for an untitled […]
Continue ReadingSeason 43 of Saturday Night Live begins this weekend, with Ryan Gosling hosting and Jay-Z as the musical guest. It’s a strong lineup, combining an A-list actor with one of the best rappers of all time who just released his best album in years. This is what we come to expect from the season premieres […]
Continue ReadingI touched the olive-colored olive icon and was in: Pitch, the invite-only joke-writing app developed by Funny or Die. It was the first day of its wide release, in late July, when there were about 900 users. Everyone, but especially the app’s creator, Matt Klinman, and the app’s editor, Tim Racine, were curious to see […]
Continue ReadingNetflix has a new movie in the works with Chevy Chase set to star. Variety reports that Chase, Richard Dreyfuss, Lewis Black, Andie MacDowell, Kate Micucci, and Chris Parnell have all joined the cast of The Last Laugh, an upcoming Netflix original movie. Here’s the logline for the movie, which is written and directed by Greg Pritikin: […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers takes “A Closer Look” at how Trump chose to spend the weekend attacking athletes turning down invitations to the White House and protesting police brutality during the national anthem instead of dealing with important issues like tensions with North Korea and the devastation in […]
Continue ReadingComedy Central debuted Jordan Klepper’s new show The Opposition last night, and for fans of Klepper’s work as a correspondent on The Daily Show, the premiere was a very promising start. In the above clip, Klepper connects the character he played on The Daily Show with the new show, gets ahead of all the mainstream […]
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Continue ReadingVeep creator Armando Iannucci has a new show in the works at HBO. According to Deadline, the network has given a pilot order to a show created, written, and executive produced by Iannucci tentatively titled Avenue 5. Not a whole lot of details about the show have been revealed, but the pilot is reportedly set on a […]
Continue ReadingPod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. They say that if something exists, there’s pornography about it. I suspect it’s also true that if you see a flamboyantly terrible movie that’s not entirely obscure, there’s probably a podcast about it. Podcasts have done wonderful things for the bad […]
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