Patton Oswalt is heading to Netflix this fall with a brand new standup special. According to Entertainment Weekly, Oswalt’s new hourlong standup special Patton Oswalt: Annihilation will debut on the streaming network Tuesday, October 17th. Filmed at Chicago’s Athenaeum Theatre, the special follows Oswalt as he covers “social media, robocalls, and, yes, the political climate” […]
Continue ReadingSaturday Night Live alum Taran Killam heads to theaters this fall with his directorial debut costarring Arnold Schwarzenegger Killing Gunther, and today the trailer was released. The movie debuted at Cannes earlier this year and follows “a group of eccentric international assassins who become fed up with Gunther, the world’s greatest hitman who also happens to […]
Continue ReadingThe morning I talked to Jay Mohr he had just returned from fishing in the ocean: “I am drunk on catching perch with a spinning lure.” He spoke about how he used to fish with his father as a child and how he recently returned to the sport, often bringing his own son along. “It’s […]
Continue ReadingIt’s been almost three months since Kathy Griffin tweeted a photo of herself holding a bloody mask made to look like a beheaded Donald Trump — which resulted in a huge online backlash pushed in part by the POTUS himself on Twitter – and in a new interview with The Cut, Griffin gets candid about […]
Continue ReadingPod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. I was such a big fan of The Complete Woman, Amanda Lund’s brilliant satire of 1950s and 1960s-style institutional misogyny and cultural repression, that I not only wrote about it for this column, but I wrote about its sequel Complete Joy as […]
Continue ReadingTig Notaro’s Amazon series One Mississippi returns for its second season next week, and today the season 2 trailer was released. Renewed back in November, the show will follow Tig’s character this season as she lives the small-town life at her family’s home in Mississippi, and as the trailer reveals, is told it’s possible to […]
Continue ReadingBroken Lizard’s crowdfunded movie Super Troopers 2 doesn’t premiere in theaters until next year, but to get you excited, they released the first teaser trailer for the sequel today featuring a special appearance by Jim Gaffigan (watch his appearance in the original 2001 film here). Earlier this month, Broken Lizard revealed that the movie will […]
Continue ReadingTim and Eric’s 10th anniversary special airs on Adult Swim this Sunday, but thankfully there’s more new T&E TV goodness planned for next month too. Adult Swim just released the very disturbing season 2 trailer for Tim & Eric’s Bedtime Stories, which will feature guest appearances by Will Forte, Rhea Perlman, Ray Wise, Jorge Garcia, […]
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 ReadingHidden camera pranks entered the zeitgeist back in 1948, courtesy of Allen Funt’s then-groundbreaking television program Candid Camera. The premise was simple yet universal: trick everyday folks with lighthearted gags, film their reactions, then watch the laughter wash over them when the hoax is revealed. Although comedy aficionados aren’t typically invested in the “televised pranks […]
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