In case you missed it, VICE News shipped up to Boston this spring to talk to bookers for three local colleges — Emerson, Simmons and Lesley — about how they decide which comedians to bring to campus, and what kind of expectations they lay down for the stand-ups. It also features some nice moments with […]
Continue ReadingEarlier this year, we announced that Splitsider was acquired by Vulture and that we were working together to launch a new and expanded comedy section on Vulture later this month. Ahead of our big move, we asked the President of Comedy Nerds himself, @TrumpComedyNerd, to release an official statement reflecting on Splitsider’s eight years covering comedy on […]
Continue ReadingDuring last night’s episode of The Opposition, Jordan Klepper came to the defense of a man named Greg Piatek who recently made news after he was kicked out of a Manhattan bar in 2017 while wearing a “Make America Great Again Hat” because he was being verbally abusive to the bar staff, then he had his lawyer […]
Continue ReadingThis year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner host Michelle Wolf has been the target of much outrage and debate since she gave a perfectly scathing performance over the weekend, and one of the many comedians coming to her defense is her former boss and WHCD host Seth Meyers. “She is filthy and she is mean, which […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers takes “A Closer Look” at the long bizarre rant Trump went on during yesterday’s Fox & Friends, or as Meyers calls it, “the first time in history that a TV show had to change its phone number because of a stalker.” During the Fox & Friends interview, Trump also spoke […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Full Frontal, where Samantha Bee offers up a comprehensive introduction to CIA director and Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. “It would be unfair to simply call Mike Pompeo a raging Islamophobe, because he’s also a raging homophobe. It’s what Republicans call intersectionality!” Bee says. “At a time when […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers takes “A Closer Look” at how Trump spent Easter ranting about Mexico and immigration on Twitter, plus the latest Trump administration scandal involving EPA head Scott Pruitt and Trump firing secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin over Twitter. Most importantly, Meyers highlights Trump’s nonsensical speech […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers takes “A Closer Look” at the public spat between Donald Trump and Joe Biden this week (“The last time I saw two old dudes going at it like that, my local Walmart was down to its last bottle of prune juice”) and the growing […]
Continue ReadingFresh off his Daily Beast interview that led to Alec Baldwin freaking out on Twitter and blocking anyone who dared to agree with Adomian’s sentiments, comment on it, or even just tweet the link, James Adomian shared a delightful clip this week from his Town Hall show at SXSW in character as Bernie Sanders. Speaking […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers takes “A Closer Look” at the latest updates in the Stormy Daniels story, the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica news, the Russia investigation, and Trump’s decision to fire FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, who reportedly has handed over detailed memos about his conversations with Trump to Mueller. […]
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