Grace Schoeppner looks as if she has just stepped out of a dictionary, the one she occupies as the definition of the word “chic.” Floating in, she casually peels off a red pashmina of smooth Japanese silk and ties it around her waist, much like how the LAPD has recently tied a string of late […]
Continue ReadingNorm Macdonald fielded questions from fans today in a Reddit AMA assisted by The Washington Post, and he dropped some pretty big news for fans of his podcast Norm Macdonald Live when asked why he seems “embarrassed” or like he hates to host the show. “I did my podcast in order to see if I could host […]
Continue ReadingKevin Hart’s Irresponsible Tour continues this year, and today, a pile of new tour dates were revealed. After the tour’s previously announced batch of dates wraps up in late March, the tour will make over 100 stops in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia throughout 2018 including Baltimore, Atlanta, Chicago, Louisville, Cincinnati, Denver, Vancouver, Montreal, […]
Continue ReadingDoug Kenney flamed out early. A child of the 1950s, he produced comedy in print, radio, and film from the late ‘60s through his death in 1980 that has become classic, either through its enormous influence on the comedy that followed or as works in their own right (“People really like Caddyshack,” Martin Mull intones, […]
Continue ReadingWas it ever in question that a Will Ferrell episode of Saturday Night Live was going to be good? Ferrell was good on SNL for seven years, then was a good host. Three times. This was good TV done by competent people who are good at their jobs. Even the animal actor seemed like a […]
Continue ReadingOver the weekend, TBS aired Conan O’Brien’s new remote special from Haiti, and in case you missed it, TBS uploaded a bunch of clips from the episode online. In the above clip, O’Brien meets some of the students at an elementary school in Port-au-Prince, including a very smart young girl who says some wise words […]
Continue ReadingBen Rosen is a writer and cartoonist in Los Angeles who has contributed to The Onion, BuzzFeed, and McSweeney’s. In 2015 he wrote and directed Steve’s Jobs, a comedy pilot that screened in the New York Television Festival. You can visit his website here and, for the record, his favorite Simpsons episode is “Summer of […]
Continue ReadingDavid Wain is no stranger to disrupting an unsuspecting comedy mainstream. Before solidifying himself as a household name as the writer-director behind cult classics (Wet Hot American Summer, The Ten) and commercial hits (Role Models) alike, Wain and his pioneering sketch comedy troupe The State staged a comedic coup at MTV back in the early […]
Continue ReadingIn addition to the eighth and final season of Portlandia currently airing on IFC, Fred Armisen has another comedy project coming out next month. Netflix just released the trailer of Armisen’s new special called Standup for Drummers, in which Armisen “explores a variety of topics including his inability to truly understand jazz, the subtle differences […]
Continue ReadingSNL alum Will Ferrell hosts tomorrow night’s episode with musical guest Chris Stapleton, and the show released a bunch of promos this week, plus some vintage Ferrell sketches to hold you over. In the above clip, Ferrell takes us on a tour of Studio 8H for an interactive 360° video and reveals some fun trivia […]
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