Here’s a clip from last night’s Tonight Show, where Will Ferrell debuts his glorious summer ‘stache for Jimmy Fallon and the audience. “I’ve been growing this for like a week, at least,” he says. “It’s full of wisdom. It’s a wise mustache. I look like a guy you don’t wanna sit next to on an […]
Continue ReadingNetflix just revealed the premiere date for one of its new comedies. Ordered to series last year, Atypical stars Keir Gilchrist, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Michael Rapaport and centers on Gilchrist as Sam, “an 18-year-old on the autistic spectrum and his search for love and independence. His funny yet painful journey of self-discovery upends his […]
Continue ReadingNetflix just revealed the premiere date for one of its new comedies. Ordered to series last year, Atypical stars Keir Gilchrist, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Michael Rapaport and centers on Gilchrist as Sam, “an 18-year-old on the autistic spectrum and his search for love and independence. His funny yet painful journey of self-discovery upends his […]
Continue ReadingNBC just announced a round of fall premiere dates, including the season 2 premiere date for The Good Place and Great News, the season 3 premiere of Superstore, and debut of the Will & Grace revival. According to The Hollywood Reporter, all four shows will make up the network’s fall Thursday night comedy block starting on September […]
Continue ReadingWe’ve now reached the pun solstice, the verbal equinox. The Henry Pun-Off is six months away, a comfortably far-off X in next year’s calendar. That’s five more Punderdomes for anyone who plans on heading to Austin in the spring. My performance at the December Dome was an improvement so marginal it would take nanotechnology to […]
Continue ReadingNetflix has a new comedy series in the works starring Tony Danza. According to Variety, Danza is slated to produce and star in an upcoming series for the streaming network called The Good Cop, in which he’ll play Tony Sr., “a disgraced, former NYPD officer who never followed the rules. He lives with his son, […]
Continue ReadingPod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. I finally caught up with the zeitgeist-capturing surprise blockbuster Deadpool for the Lukewarm Takes column on my website, and though I enjoyed it for the most part, it most assuredly did not live up to all the hype. How could […]
Continue Reading‘Structurally Sound’ is a recurring feature where each week a different structurally unusual, rule-breaking anomaly of an episode from a comedy series is examined. “What’s good?” “How about a cup of the best piping hot apple cider on this side of the Mississippi and a slice of cinnamon pie that may just bring tears.” At […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Last Week Tonight, where John Oliver takes a closer look at the coal mining industry and why Trump has made promises he know he can’t keep by claiming to care about miners and bringing their jobs back. Oliver also explains why one of the biggest threats to coal miners is […]
Continue ReadingNatasha Leggero and Moshe Kasher are following up last year’s Honeymoon Tour this summer with a new round of tour dates together called The Endless Honeymoon Tour. The tour makes stops in New Orleans, Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago, and more from late July through early August. Check out the trailer for the tour above, plus the […]
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