7 family-friendly Netflix comedy specials to watch on Thanksgiving

Hanging with your family on Thanksgiving can be stressful. Whether it be the food prep, discussing politics, or just how… MORE

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Watch David Letterman receive the 2017 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

In case you missed it Monday night on PBS, here is the edited full telecast from last month’s celebration of David Letterman for receiving the 2017 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Edited out: Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), who had introduced clips of Letterman’s “Monkey-Cam” as well as Funny or Die videos in which Letterman […]

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John Mulaney, Michelle Wolf, and Hasan Minhaj perform stand-up at “Night Of Too Many Stars”

A ton of comedic talent showed up this weekend for Jon Stewart’s Night Of Too Many Stars charity event to… MORE

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Bill Murray, Jimmy Kimmel, John Mulaney, Fred Armisen, Bill Hader pay tribute to David Letterman’s award for the Mark Twain Prize For Humor

On November 20th, The Kennedy Center will honor David Letterman with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. As part… MORE

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Inside ‘Big Mouth’ and the Dark Secrets of Puberty with Nick Kroll

Looking at animated versions of middle schoolers’ penises and vaginas would typically get someone put on a watch list, but prepare for it to be the talk of the TV comedy world pretty soon. Netflix’s Big Mouth, starring, co-created, and executive produced by Nick Kroll (The League, Kroll Show), centers around a group of middle […]

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Teenage hormones run amuck on Nick Kroll’s animated Netflix series, “Big Mouth”

We previously reported that Nick Kroll’s new animated series, Big Mouth was coming to Netflix. It’s a coming-of-age (all over… MORE

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Mike Birbiglia talking about old jokes on SiriusXM to promote his current tour of new jokes

Mike Birbiglia will launch a five-part interview series this week on SiriusXM Comedy Greats channel 94 that looks back on the making of his previous stand-up comedy albums. “The Old Ones” kicks off Thursday with John Mulaney talking with Birbiglia about what went into his first album, “Two Drink Mike.” Other special guests include Birbiglia’s brother, […]

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Toni and Candace Meet the ‘Oh Hello’ Guys Next Season on ‘Portlandia’

Oh, hello. Toni and Gil and Candace and George. #portlandia #season8 A post shared by Carrie Brownstein (@carrie_rachel) on Aug 15, 2017 at 7:52am PDT Portlandia is currently filming its eighth and final season for IFC, and despite last year’s falling-out between Portland’s real feminist bookstore and the one depicted on the show, Carrie Brownstein […]

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From Tunatinis to Broadway and Beyond: Where ‘Oh, Hello’ Might Be Headed

Characters that are such out of control embodiments of id like Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland don’t come along every day. In fact, if they did, you could bet that George and Gil would arrange for them to mysteriously end up in the East River. Even when characters that are this oddly memorable do come […]

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From “Book of Mormon” to “Oh, Hello”: Why Broadway needs to embrace modern comedy

With their outstanding two-hander Oh, Hello (based on the recurring sketch from Kroll’s self-titled sketch series) comedians Nick Kroll and John Mulaney… MORE

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