Ahead of tomorrow night’s Nathan for You: A Celebration special on Comedy Central, Nathan Fielder stopped by last night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, where he talked about the upcoming season of Nathan for You but spent most of the time telling Kimmel a story about the time he almost got arrested that involves someone else’s luggage, […]
Continue ReadingDaily Show correspondent Jordan Klepper debuts his own late night series The Opposition next week, and in addition to announcing the show’s team of “Citizen Journalists,” today Comedy Central confirmed the full writing staff with us. Klepper’s fellow Daily Show alum Owen Parsons – who also worked on Klepper’s gun control special that aired earlier this […]
Continue ReadingWelcome to our series On the Verge, where our contributors highlight comedians they feel are ready for their next big break. Whether they’re already working in television or still waiting to land their breakout gig, these are just some of the comedians we’d like to see more of over the coming years — ideally with a show, film, or […]
Continue ReadingLike last season, Saturday Night Live plans to air live across the country this year. The show confirmed the news today on Twitter: Live coast to coast. All season long. #SNL pic.twitter.com/aUvyKsqmNo — Saturday Night Live (@nbcsnl) September 19, 2017 As Variety notes, the episodes will air at 11:30pm Eastern, 10:30pm Central, 9:30pm Mountain, and […]
Continue ReadingThe couple that visits a BDSM dungeon together stays together. At least that’s what Kurt Braunohler and Lauren Cook are trying to prove in their podcast Wedlock with Kurt and Lauren. What started as occasional chats between soon-to-be-weds on Kurt’s multi-format K Ohle podcast became a fully produced audio series from Audible. Today Wedlock has […]
Continue ReadingNot many people can claim that they landed their first post-college job as a 24-year-old speechwriter and joke writer for the President of the United States, which is just part of what makes David Litt’s new book Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years, out today, so fascinating. Now head writer at Funny or Die’s new DC […]
Continue ReadingJordan Klepper’s new late night show debuts on Comedy Central next week, and today the network revealed that he’ll be joined by a round of correspondents – or, as they’re called on The Opposition, “Citizen Journalists.” According to the press release, Tim Baltz, Laura Grey, Aaron Jackson, Josh Sharp, Kobi Libii, and Niccole Thurman have […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Tonight Show, where Jimmy Fallon chats with John Cleese about being what Fallon describes as “very very very old” and the fact that Cleese has no fear of death. “It’s very nice being this old, because when you’re this old you’re gonna die soon, so you don’t give a fuck, […]
Continue ReadingGil Ozeri has long been considered one of the funniest comedians to follow on Snapchat, but in case you haven’t checked it out yet — or you’d just like a convenient place to give it a rewatch — Ozeri recently compiled over a year and a half of his best Snapchat videos into one handy […]
Continue ReadingJordan Klepper makes his late night hosting debut (not counting his turn subbing in for Trevor Noah on The Daily Show last year) a week from today, and Comedy Central just released a brand new promo for the show. In a recent interview with The New York Times, Klepper said that The Opposition takes inspiration […]
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