It is a rare From the Archives article that covers something that not only was made in the last fifteen years, but something that was released within this year. However, when a documentary is released that digs deep into 1996’s subversive and hilarious Dana Carvey Show I must do my duty and spread the word. […]
Continue ReadingComedy Central just announced the next batch of half-hour standup specials as part of its series Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents. Like the last round of specials, the series will tape at The Civic Theatre in New Orleans. Here’s the lineup: Emmy Blotnick Tim Dillon Devin Field Megan Gailey Chris Garcia Langston Kerman Mike Lawrence Ryan […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s episode of The Chris Gethard Show, where Gethard was forced to put together a final act for the show with no budget after he and Murf gambled it away in Atlantic City a few weeks ago. With only 13 cents of the budget left, TCGS had to make do […]
Continue ReadingTransparent guest star Trace Lysette is the latest woman to come forward with sexual misconduct allegations against a Hollywood figure, this time fellow Transparent cast member Jeffrey Tambor. In a statement released to The Hollywood Reporter, Lysette – who plays a yoga instructor in the Amazon series – details allegations that Tambor not only sexually harassed her […]
Continue ReadingHari Kondabolu first aired his beef with Simpsons character/stereotypical caricature Apu Nahasapeemapetilon on Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell. Kondabolu called Apu’s voice “a white guy doing an impression of a white guy making fun of my father.” Apu has always been personal for Kondabolu: an insult to his immigrant parents, a lazy joke for […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers presents a commercial for a new drug called Pervatol for sexual predators who are currently in such fear of their actions being publicly and inevitably exposed that they can’t sleep at night. Late Night writer Amber Ruffin provides the voiceover to the ad, which […]
Continue ReadingAnother day, another TV reboot. According to Variety, CBS has put into development a single-cam series adaptation of the 1981 film Stripes, which originally starred Bill Murray and was directed by Ivan Reitman. Trevor Moore, Sam Brown, and Zach Cregger of The Whitest Kids U’ Know are attached to write and executive produce the series, and Reitman […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from tonight’s episode of Hulu’s I Love You, America, where Sarah Silverman addresses the recent news about her longtime friend Louis C.K. “I’ve of course been asked to comment, and in full honesty, I really really really don’t want to. I wish I could sit this one out. But then I remembered […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from tonight’s episode of Hulu’s I Love You, America, where Sarah Silverman addresses the recent news about her longtime friend Louis C.K. “I’ve of course been asked to comment, and in full honesty, I really really really don’t want to. I wish I could sit this one out. But then I remembered […]
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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