When Michel Atieh decided to go to school in the United States, he chose the University of Michigan for a specific reason – it was close to Chicago, the home of Second City. Atieh, a Syrian national, was a regular performer at the Courtyard Playhouse, one of the premiere performance venues in Dubai and the only […]
Continue ReadingBack in September, ClickHole did something a little different when they uploaded a video featuring Conan O’Brien called “Absolutely Beautiful: Watch This Woman Tell Her Husband She’s Pregnant While Conan O’Brien Pours Good Milk Down The Sink,” and now they’ve added another celebrity clip to their collection. Today’s new video starring George Saunders, “A Master […]
Continue ReadingPod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. When I was a guest on Harris Wittels and Scott Aukerman’s Analyze Phish podcast Harris invited me to be part of the gang when they saw Phish perform at the Hollywood Bowl. I wasn’t able to go due to poverty […]
Continue ReadingAhead of tomorrow night’s premiere of The President Show at 11:30pm, Comedy Central welcomed a group of reporters this morning — or as Anthony Atamanuik’s Trump called them, “the crooked media” — for a press conference with Trump and his TV sidekick Mike Pence (Peter Grosz) and a sneak peek of the President Show set, […]
Continue ReadingA lot of digital ink has been spilled on how the world’s biggest musicians of the streaming era treat albums — both the traditional release of music and the concept of the album itself. But it’s ultimately meaningless. Drake can call his newest projects “mixtapes” or “playlists” to offset expectations or to downplay critiques of […]
Continue ReadingA lot of digital ink has been spilled on how the world’s biggest musicians of the streaming era treat albums — both the traditional release of music and the concept of the album itself. But it’s ultimately meaningless. Drake can call his newest projects “mixtapes” or “playlists” to offset expectations or to downplay critiques of […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers attends another Sean Spicer press conference to ask him questions about the White House Easter Egg Roll, when Trump will inevitably cause the end of the world, where Spicer lost his virginity, and — as Meyers asks during every Spicer press conference — how […]
Continue ReadingAdam Sandler is working on his next movie for Netflix, and a rumor about the project that Sandler would star alongside Chris Rock has been confirmed today. Deadline reports that Sandler’s final comedy from his original four-movie deal with the streaming network will be titled The Week Of, which Sandler co-wrote with Robert Smigel, who […]
Continue ReadingThis month Criterion is releasing Woman of the Year on DVD and Blu-ray. The 1942 film remains beloved in many circles for a number of reasons. It was directed by award-winning filmmaker George Stevens and has a witty script by Ring Lardner, Jr., Michael Kanin, and John Lee Mahin. This was also the first Spencer […]
Continue ReadingAnthony Atamanuik’s new show The President Show debuts on Comedy Central this Thursday, and the network found a way to make sure that the real Donald Trump doesn’t miss the big premiere. Today, Comedy Central tweeted the below image of a real billboard they purchased to promote the show, which is located just three miles […]
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