Some of the most beloved, groundbreaking, and influential television comedy series have been tragically cut short before they even had the chance to reach their prime. The Ben Stiller Show, Strangers with Candy, and Freaks and Geeks all suffered the fate of short runs before later achieving cult success. Occasionally, a “gone too soon” show […]
Continue ReadingDuring his appearance on last night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, Billy Eichner revealed that he’s teamed up with Funny or Die to launch a campaign ahead of November’s midterm elections called “Glam Up the Midterms.” According to Eichner, the aim of the campaign is to raise midterm awareness, register voters, and encourage millennial voters to show up at […]
Continue ReadingRemember how great Kroll Show was? Specifically, how great Pawnsylvania was? It’s been a while since we got to hear from Murph, Don, and crew since Kroll Show ended its run in 2015, but thanks to Christine Nangle, we got a bunch of updates today from lifelong Philly resident Teresa, who is very excited to […]
Continue ReadingTrevor Noah is writing a follow-up to his 2016 memoir Born a Crime. Deadline reports that the Daily Show host has another memoir in the works, which will pick up where the last one ended and follow “Noah’s journey from a young, aspiring comedian in a reborn South Africa to the cusp of global stardom.” […]
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 […]
Continue ReadingLast year, Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams signed on to star in a comedy together called Game Night, and today a new trailer for the film was released. Directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein (who also directed 2015’s Vacation reboot), the movie “tells of a group of couples who gather for their regularly planned […]
Continue ReadingTwo new comedy pilots are in the works at ABC. According to Deadline, the network has given pilot orders to single-cam comedies called Single Parents and Steps. From New Girl’s Liz Meriwether and J.J. Philbin, Single Parents centers on a group of “dysfunctional single parents” who “lean on each other as they raise their kids, […]
Continue ReadingThese days, commercial parodies are a dime a dozen, and so is dad humor, but this dad-centric commercial parody from… The Dad still deserves 60 seconds of your time. Fast and focused, what this piece lacks in commentary, it makes up for with the kind of immediately funny punchline that makes you think “Oh, shit, that’s not bad. Why didn’t […]
Continue ReadingAli Siddiq starred in his own half-hour Comedy Central special back in 2016, and this month he returns to the network with his first hourlong special titled It’s Bigger Than These Bars. Comedy Central announced today that Siddiq’s special, which was taped at Texas’s Bell County Jail, will premiere Friday, February 23rd at 11:00pm. Here’s […]
Continue ReadingThe fourth movie from Adam Sandler’s original four-movie deal with Netflix now has a teaser trailer and release date. Originally announced last year, The Week Of stars Sandler alongside Chris Rock and follows “the week of preparation for a wedding in which Sandler’s character’s daughter marries Rock’s character’s son.” Sandler co-wrote the film with Robert […]
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