Here’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 ReadingWet Hot fans, rejoice, because David Wain and Michael Showalter have something extra special coming out this fall. On Twitter today, Wain announced that he and Showalter will be releasing Wet Hot American Summer: The Annotated Screenplay. The book features a preface by Jesse Thorn as well as a foreward by Michael Ian Black. Here’s the official description: At long last, […]
Continue ReadingMike Birbiglia’s The New One standup tour is turning into a new Off-Broadway show. According to Vulture, Birbiglia’s latest one-man show directed by Seth Barrish will debut at the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York for a limited run, with previews starting on Thursday July 26th and wrapping up on August 11th. The New One makes Birbiglia’s fourth one-man show following Sleepwalk with Me, My Girlfriend’s […]
Continue ReadingI can’t help but root for the mean guy here. Byron Brown’s portrayal of a shitbag co-worker is somehow irresistible. Equally fun is the meandering nature of this piece. There’s no real game except “this guy’s nuts,” but it works. Somehow, Brown’s evil charisma grows The Co-Worker from crazy town roots into a comedy tree with poisonous little flowers I want to […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Show, where Stephen Colbert chats with Hank Azaria about the controversy surrounding his voicing Apu on The Simpsons that was brought to the forefront thanks to Hari Kondabolu’s documentary The Problem with Apu. Azaria also addresses how The Simpsons recently responded to the controversy in an episode that upset many viewers and ultimately seems to agree it […]
Continue ReadingTim Heidecker, Fred Armisen, Jonathan Krisel, and John C. Reilly are teaming up for a new comedy series that sounds pretty fantastic. According to Deadline, A24 is financing the production of a six-episode first season of a series from all four titled Moonbase 8, which would star Heidecker, Armisen, and Reilly with Krisel attached to direct. The series would center […]
Continue ReadingLindy West’s 2016 memoir Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman might turn into a comedy series at Hulu starring SNL’s Aidy Bryant. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Bryant and Lorne Michaels are developing a single-cam comedy based on the memoir, which Bryant would also star in. The adaptation is described as “the story of a fat young woman who wants to […]
Continue ReadingBack in February, Netflix revealed that it added a new comedy special from Steve Martin and Martin Short called Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life, and today the premiere date was revealed. Taped at the Peace Center in Greenville, South Carolina, the special is a mix of […]
Continue ReadingDuring last night’s Conan, O’Brien spent a lot of time catching up with his old pal Dana Carvey. As you might expect, Carvey’s interview was jam-packed with impressions, from his takes on Donald Trump, Barack Obama, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Michael Caine to the return of classic Carvey bits like “Katharine Hepburn trying to start her car.” In […]
Continue ReadingAs a millennial, I’m so frustrated when I see my peers complaining about their circumstances. The idea that my generation is entirely helpless victims to a failed economy is simply untrue. Look at my own story: Even though I’m only 25, I was recently able to purchase my first house through a combination of working […]
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