During his time on air, David Letterman was aware that he was comedy establishment, but this knowledge fueled him, becoming fodder to satirize the fanfare and spectacle that now consumes the late night landscape. Jason Zinoman’s recently released biography, Letterman: The Last Giant of Late Night, manages to capture this, and Letterman, in his cutting-edge, […]
Continue ReadingAfter the London terror attack last weekend, Donald Trump thought a perfectly rational response would be to go on Twitter and ask his 32 million followers a loaded question: “Do you notice we are not having a gun debate right now?” In response, many people demonstrated why the tweet was ignorant and completely out of […]
Continue ReadingAfter the London terror attack last weekend, Donald Trump thought a perfectly rational response would be to go on Twitter and ask his 32 million followers a loaded question: “Do you notice we are not having a gun debate right now?” In response, many people demonstrated why the tweet was ignorant and completely out of […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s episode of The President Show, where Anthony Atamanuik’s Trump fields some questions from reporters and responds to yesterday’s highly anticipated hearing with former FBI Director James Comey. “Hit me with your worst, guys. I’m lawyered up, and unlike that tall drink of dog piss James Comey, you can ask […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers takes “A Closer Look” at yesterday’s testimony by fired FBI Director James Comey, Trump’s response, Trump’s lawyer’s response on behalf of the “predisent,” and the Republicans’ refusal to acknowledge the mounting evidence of obstruction of justice. During the hearing, Comey revealed that he wrote […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Show, where Stephen Colbert chats with John Mulaney about attending the Met Gala, his upcoming Oh, Hello Netflix special with Nick Kroll, and having to explain Trump to people during his recent trip to Japan. “To me it’s like there’s a horse loose in a hospital. Like, I […]
Continue ReadingMelissa McCarthy has a Christmas movie in the works that will double as her musical debut. According to The Hollywood Reporter, McCarthy and Ben Falcone are producing a film for New Line called Margie Claus, and McCarthy is also attached to star. The movie is described as “a broad holiday family musical” in the vein […]
Continue ReadingLast year, Jenny Slate teamed up with her Obvious Child collaborators Gillian Robespierre and Elisabeth Holm for a new movie called Landline, and the trailer for the film was released today. The ‘90s-set film also stars John Turturro, Edie Falco, Jay Duplass, and Abby Quinn and was picked up by Amazon after premiering at Sundance […]
Continue ReadingFollowing 2015’s 7 Days in Hell, Andy Samberg has a new sports mockumentary premiering on HBO next month called Tour de Pharmacy, and the network just released the full trailer. Originally announced last July, the new mockumentary was written by Samberg and Murray Miller and is set in the world of professional cycling in the […]
Continue ReadingThe comedy podcast universe is ever expanding, not unlike the universe universe. We’re here to make it a bit smaller, a bit more manageable. There are a lot of great shows and each has a lot of great episodes, so we want to highlight the exceptional, the noteworthy. Each week our crack team of podcast […]
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