Jim Norton’s current act finds its focus in two areas: his personal failures and the failures of our country, both politically and socially. The Kneeling Room Only tour is in full swing, running through at least March, as Norton refines what will eventually become his next special. I recently talked to him about the latest […]
Continue ReadingIn addition to starring in a Comedy Central special that airs tonight, Ed Helms also heads to the big screen next year in The Clapper, in which he plays a man “who gets paid to fill seats in infomercial audiences. When he is discovered by a late night TV talk show host who makes a […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers welcomes back writers Amber Ruffin and Jenny Hagel for a brand new round of “Jokes Seth Can’t Tell” covering everything from pro-gay marriage Barbie to a Virginia deputy who attended a party in blackface to lesbian horror films and more. “According to a new poll, […]
Continue ReadingSaturday Night Live has made some changes to its writing staff. According to Variety, Weekend Update co-anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che have been named co-head writers at the show, joining Kent Sublette and Bryan Tucker. (Jost previously served as a head writer from seasons 38-40 but stepped down in 2015 presumably to focus on Update.) […]
Continue ReadingTBS just dropped the trailer for the upcoming season of Jason Jones and Samantha Bee’s series The Detour ahead of its premiere next month. Renewed earlier this year, the series follows the Parkers next season as they move to Alaska in an attempt to “settle down and start rebuilding their lives. But they’re not out […]
Continue ReadingLast week, a Delta flight from New York to Seattle made the news after the plane’s toilets filled up, which resulted in the pilot choosing to reroute the flight to Montana so the passengers could have an “emergency bathroom stop.” But who is the hero pilot who valiantly worked to relieve all those filled-up bladders? […]
Continue ReadingChris Hardwick and Futurama’s David X. Cohen have teamed up to develop a comedy series at NBC. According to Variety, the two are writing a multi-cam comedy together titled Natural History, which centers on a woman who “returns home to become director of a beloved local natural history museum, only to find it has gone […]
Continue ReadingIf you think Judd Apatow married out of his league, might not be cut out to raise two teenage daughters, and makes his movies a bit too long, don’t worry, he already knows. Those are just a few of the topics he approaches head-on in his new Netflix standup special Judd Apatow: The Return, which […]
Continue Reading2017 has been a bumper crop year for Maria Bamford. First she released Old Baby, her hilariously heartfelt hourlong Netflix special that not only packed an emotional punch but also pushed the envelope by toying with the structure of standup specials (the venues in which she performs change and grow, allowing her to deconstruct the […]
Continue Reading2017 has been a bumper crop year for Maria Bamford. First she released Old Baby, her hilariously heartfelt hourlong Netflix special that not only packed an emotional punch but also pushed the envelope by toying with the structure of standup specials (the venues in which she performs change and grow, allowing her to deconstruct the […]
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