During last night’s show, Conan O’Brien revealed the destination of his next remote special, and this time there’s a very interesting twist. “With all of this week’s negative news about the relationship between the United States and Mexico, I’ve been thinking, and I thought I’d try and do something positive. So here’s the plan: I’m […]
Continue ReadingBen Stiller and Workaholics co-creators Blake Anderson, Adam Devine, Anders Holm, and Kyle Newacheck are teaming up to produce a new comedy for Netflix. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the group is producing a movie for the streaming network called The Eggplant Emoji. Here’s the logline from THR’s report: When a teenager accidentally cuts off […]
Continue ReadingEllen DeGeneres got an extra special birthday present today during the taping of her NBC show in the form of a wonderful standup set by Tig Notaro. In the set, Notaro reflects on politics, taking care of her newborn twin sons, not having sex with babies, chatting with kittens, and those signs at public pools […]
Continue ReadingA couple of months back, our very own Daniel Hurwitz compiled a spot on list of nine comedians worth following on Snapchat. Today, I’d like to cover one of those fine folks in some more detail, in this first ever This Week in Web Videos edition that talks about Snapchat (I know, I’m very late to […]
Continue ReadingJudd Apatow and Lesley Arfin’s Netflix comedy Love just got a season 2 premiere date. The streaming network announced today that the show’s second season will premiere on Friday, March 10th. Netflix gave the show a double-season order back in 2014, and season 1 wrapped up almost a year ago. Watch the season 2 teaser […]
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 […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from the opening of last night’s Conan, where Press Secretary Andy Richter fields some questions from the audience regarding O’Brien’s jokes, crowd size, and yes, even penis size. “What about reports that Conan’s jokes are sometimes met with an uncomfortable silence from the studio audience?” someone asks. “Eh, that’s completely false,” Richter […]
Continue ReadingA divisive refugee crisis. Tensions between state and federal government. Racial conflicts pitting the U.S. public against each other. Citizen militias armed to the teeth. Crumbling infrastructure. A money-grubbing media scrambling for the latest sensationalist story. And, oh yeah, the President is Phil Hartman. Any of this ringing any bells? Let me back up a […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Full Frontal, where Samantha Bee takes a closer look at last week’s inauguration events — not just Trump’s swearing-in on Friday but the delightfully embarrassing concert event on Thursday evening. “Look, I know the concert was days ago, but since then our president has been plopping out scary executive […]
Continue ReadingFormer Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson is headed to SiriusXM. According to Variety, SiriusXM has set a deal with Ferguson to host a live, two-hour, “format-free” show, titled The Craig Ferguson Show, which will be “a mix of long-form interviews, guest visits, viewer call-in segments, sketches, observations from Ferguson and ‘little story pieces’ of […]
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