I generally try not to timestamp these articles, because who knows? Someday somebody’s going to be searching for information about Woody Allen’s lost short film and the last thing they’re going to want is a bunch of references to Chewbacca Mom in there. However, since America’s interactions with Russia are under such scrutiny right now, […]
Continue ReadingGeorge Saunders’s novel Lincoln in the Bardo is out next month, and if you’re an audiobook fan, this will be one you won’t want to miss. According to Time, Penguin Random House Audio is applying for the Guinness World Record for the most individual voices on a single audiobook now thanks to Lincoln in the […]
Continue ReadingDewayne Perkins a Chicago-based comedian and writer. He’s an alumni of the Second City, where he just finished writing and performing Black Side of the Moon at Woolly Mammoth in D.C. He also hosts a web series called “I Guess I’ll Watch It,” where he reviews movies his white friends always talk about but he’s […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Daily Show, where Trevor Noah attempts to process Donald Trump’s bizarre press conference earlier this week where the president-elect admitted he won’t fully divest from his business while in office, used a phony prop table of blank file folders to prove his point, called a CNN reporter “fake news,” […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers moderates a segment called “Point, Counterpoint” featuring writers Amber Ruffin and Ally Hord. The two cover a bunch of important political topics like Trump changing his plan to make Mexico pay for the border wall, Ivanka Trump and nepotism laws, nuclear arsenals, and climate […]
Continue ReadingMike Judge has a new animated series headed to Cinemax. According to Deadline, the network has given an eight-episode series order to Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus, a half-hour animated comedy that “chronicles the tales of some of country music’s most eccentric characters.” Judge co-created the series with Richard Mullins and Dub […]
Continue ReadingSeason 3 of Simon Rich’s comedy Man Seeking Woman is currently airing on FXX, and during a panel discussion at TCA today, Rich explained why he decided to approach the new season as a reboot and opportunity to “expand the show’s world” instead of a continuation of past seasons. Here’s what Rich said: This season, […]
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 ReadingThe executive producer of the 1980 comedy classic Caddyshack has plans for a remake. In a lengthy interview with The Hollywood Reporter posted today, producer Jon Peters revealed that, after the remake of A Star Is Born starring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper is completed, the next film on the remake list is Caddyshack. THR describes […]
Continue ReadingThe UCB 4 — Amy Poehler, Matt Besser, Matt Walsh, and Ian Roberts — have returned for a second season of the hosting The UCB Show, a comedy variety show featuring the best sketch, characters, and standup from UCB’s NY and LA theatres. Eight all-new episodes dropped today on Seeso, so to get you prepped […]
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