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 ReadingNote: Spoilers for the first season follow. Search Party’s first season began over brunch, in Brooklyn. Its core cast, four friends in their twenties dealing with privileged ennui, learned that an old college acquaintance Chantal had gone missing. Dory, played by Alia Shawkat, was particularly shaken, though she couldn’t articulate why. Working a soul-crushing job […]
Continue ReadingA TV/radio host has come forward with sexual assault allegations against comedian-turned-politician Al Franken, and she’s got the pictures to prove it. In a post on radio station KABC/790 AM website today, Leeann Tweeden has come forward today to share an experience of sexual assault she had with Franken while entertaining the troops during a […]
Continue ReadingMaria Bamford’s Lady Dynamite returned to Netflix with its second season last Friday, and it’s turned up the absurdity on Maria’s world even higher. Now with flashes back to 1987 Duluth and flash forwards to Maria creating a meta version of Lady Dynamite itself, audiences get a deeper look into the various personalities in Maria’s […]
Continue ReadingBack in March, Patton Oswalt appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to deliver some Mike Huckabee-style standup, and since then Huckabee has written a lot more terrible material just waiting to get the Oswalt treatment. So during last night’s show, Kimmel invited him back for a brand new round of Huckabee punchlines. As usual, Oswalt tries his […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Full Frontal, where Samantha Bee explores how Republicans have responded to the allegations against Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore as well as the voters who still support him despite the mounting evidence against him. Then, unlike most late night hosts, Bee shows how the Roy Moore story relates to […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Full Frontal, where Samantha Bee explores how Republicans have responded to the allegations against Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore as well as the voters who still support him despite the mounting evidence against him. Then, unlike most late night hosts, Bee shows how the Roy Moore story relates to […]
Continue ReadingIn September, billboards proclaiming “Netflix Is a Joke” popped up overnight in Los Angeles and New York. While some thought it was a shot by its competitors Hulu or Seeso (RIP), it turned out to be a lame attempt at guerrilla marketing by the tech-entertainment behemoth. Since their industry disrupting blitz began in 2013, Netflix has […]
Continue ReadingThe end is near for You’re the Worst. According to Variety, FXX has handed out a season 5 renewal to Stephen Falk’s comedy series, and they’ve “jointly decided” to end the show after the next batch of episodes. The news comes ahead of tonight’s season 4 finale airing at 10:00pm. “Making You’re the Worst has […]
Continue ReadingThere are plenty of overnight YouTube hits that don’t really deserve their flash in the pan. A backflip gone wrong. A toddler saying something close to the word “fuck” over and over again. We watch. We know. We forget. Comedian Brent Pella’s commentary on Spirit Airlines deserves the heat it’s drummed up over the past 24 hours […]
Continue Reading