The 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 Reading2017 has been a killer year for Jaboukie Young-White. On top of being a consistently hilarious presence on Twitter, Young-White recently made the move to Los Angeles and was hired to write for the next season of Netflix’s American Vandal, and during last night’s Tonight Show he got another big break by making his late […]
Continue Reading2017 has been a killer year for Jaboukie Young-White. On top of being a consistently hilarious presence on Twitter, Young-White recently made the move to Los Angeles and was hired to write for the next season of Netflix’s American Vandal, and during last night’s Tonight Show he got another big break by making his late […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a great segment from last night’s Full Frontal, where Samantha Bee heads down to Mexico City to meet members of an all-woman rescue team called La Brigada Feminista, who have not only been helping to rebuild the city in the wake of September’s devastating earthquake but risked their lives in their effort to stop […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers welcomes writer Amber Ruffin to respond to the news that, had it not been for 98% of black women voting for Doug Jones, the close election in Alabama earlier this week would have clearly tipped in favor to alleged child molester Roy Moore. “As a […]
Continue ReadingNext month, the Spike TV network will be rebranded as the Paramount Network starting January 18th, and one of the projects in development includes a Latino sketch comedy series. According to Deadline, the half-hour sketch series, titled Browntown, is in the works from Doug Greiff and Beatriz Acevedo. The series will take place “in a fictional, predominantly Latino […]
Continue ReadingLast year, Comedy Central ordered a new scripted series from Jake Weisman, Matt Ingebretson, and Pat Bishop called Corporate, and today the network dropped the first full trailer. Weisman and Ingebretson star in the show as “two junior executives-in-training who are forced to do the dirty work of the higher-ups at one of the world’s […]
Continue ReadingDavid Wain’s movie about National Lampoon founder Doug Kenney has an official premiere date on Netflix. Wain announced on Twitter today that the film, titled A Gutile and Stupid Gesture, makes its Netflix debut on Friday, January 26th: We have a release date for #AFutileAndStupidGesture (our biopic about National Lampoon founder Doug Kenney) coming to […]
Continue ReadingEvery episode of The Office has found a new home at Comedy Central. The network announced today that it’s acquired the rights to all nine seasons of the NBC series, which it will put to use by airing an all-day Office marathon on Monday, January 15th. According to The Hollywood Reporter, The Office will also […]
Continue ReadingJim Norton’s current act finds its focus in two areas: his personal failures and the failures of our country, both politically and socially. The Kneeling Room Only tour is in full swing, running through at least March, as Norton refines what will eventually become his next special. I recently talked to him about the latest […]
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