Dave Chappelle and Donald Glover Are Performing Together at Radio City Music Hall in August

Dave Chappelle and Donald Glover are teaming up for a joint show at Radio City later this summer. Billboard reports that both comedians have a show in the works at Radio City Music Hall called Dave Chappelle & Childish Gambino: Live From Radio City, which will take place on Saturday, August 19th. Tickets for the […]

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Conan O’Brien and Robert Smigel Look Back on Their ‘Lookwell’ Pilot Starring Adam West

In honor of the late Adam West, Entertainment Weekly recently released an interview with Conan O’Brien and Robert Smigel, where they look back on their 1991 NBC comedy pilot starring West, Lookwell, one of the funniest TV pilots ever made. The interview was conducted before West passed away over the weekend, but it still serves as a […]

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The Complete Oral History of “The Star Spangled Banner” (Fictionalized Slightly for Entertainment Value), by Lucas Gardner

The following is the complete oral history of Francis Scott Key’s “The Star Spangled Banner.” Certain quotes and other elements have been fictionalized slightly for entertainment value. Francis Scott Key (Writer of “The Star Spangled Banner”) I was an amateur poet at the time and I was barely getting by. I was living in this […]

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Bassem Youssef and Sara Taksler Take on Fragile Egos and Authoritarian Regimes in ‘Tickling Giants’

Bassem Youssef has been through a lot. If you aren’t familiar with Youssef, he’s often described as “The Jon Stewart of Egypt,” but that’s more of a convenient shorthand. Youssef created and spent three years hosting the enormously successful Egyptian television show Al Bernameg, a show whose title simply translates as The Show. Al Bernameg […]

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John Oliver Wants Lord Buckethead to Serve as the UK’s Brexit Negotiator

If you’re confused about what’s happening over in the UK lately between the early snap election that backfired on Prime Minister Theresa May and the upcoming Brexit negotiations, you’re in luck, because during last night’s Last Week Tonight, John Oliver broke down what it all means, what lies ahead, and what could happen for the […]

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‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ Won’t Be Back Until Late Next Year

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is already locked in for a 13 and 14 season at FXX, but there will be a very long wait until we get to see it. According to TVLine, season 13 of the show is not expected to debut until “late 2018,” which means it’ll be a year and a […]

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When ‘Bones’ Tried Standup

Many episodes of the long-running procedural Bones follow the same formula: the grossest corpse you’ve ever seen on television is found by two dinguses. Turns out, this dead person was involved in a freaky-deaky subculture. Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan (nicknamed Bones because she works with, um, bones) and FBI investigator Seeley Booth (who is related […]

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When ‘Bones’ Tried Standup

Many episodes of the long-running procedural Bones follow the same formula: the grossest corpse you’ve ever seen on television is found by two dinguses. Turns out, this dead person was involved in a freaky-deaky subculture. Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan (nicknamed Bones because she works with, um, bones) and FBI investigator Seeley Booth (who is related […]

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Maz Jobrani’s Netflix Standup Special ‘Immigrant’ Premieres in August

Netflix just added another standup special to its upcoming premiere slate. According to Deadline, the streaming network has added an hourlong standup special titled Immigrant from Iranian-American comedian Maz Jobrani, which will premiere Tuesday, August 1st. Filmed at the Kennedy Center in DC, the special will feature Jobrani as he covers “political humor about being an […]

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Maz Jobrani’s Netflix Standup Special ‘Immigrant’ Premieres in August

Netflix just added another standup special to its upcoming premiere slate. According to Deadline, the streaming network has added an hourlong standup special titled Immigrant from Iranian-American comedian Maz Jobrani, which will premiere Tuesday, August 1st. Filmed at the Kennedy Center in DC, the special will feature Jobrani as he covers “political humor about being an […]

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