Here’s a clip from last night’s Tonight Show, where Mike Myers tells Jimmy Fallon all about his new book Canada, the difference between the US and our northern neighbor, and what it’s like being a Canadian who has a kid with a New York accent and a father with a British accent. “There’s nobody more […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers welcomes back writers Amber Ruffin and Jenny Hagel for a new round of “Jokes Seth Can’t Tell,” where the two writers cover all the punchlines about black people, gay people, and women that Meyers just can’t get away with. Jokes like: “The Department of […]
Continue ReadingMike O’Brien has a comedy pilot in the works at NBC. Deadline reports that the network has ordered an untitled single-cam pilot written by O’Brien and produced by Seth Meyers and Lorne Michaels that follows “a hilariously cynical Ivy League professor who loses out on his dream job and goes to work as a high […]
Continue ReadingIn 2011, comedians/writers/improvisers/friends Erin Gibson and Bryan Safi were left without a place to speak on important social justice issues after the show they were correspondents on, InfoMania, went off the air. Luckily the freedom of the internet means that nobody is left without a place to speak their minds, so Gibson and Safi teamed […]
Continue ReadingYesterday, SNL made headlines after it was announced that writer Katie Rich has been suspended “indefinitely” from the show over a joke she tweeted out Friday that referenced Donald Trump’s 10-year-old son Barron. While not everyone is defending the joke in question — and Rich was quick to offer a public and sincere apology — […]
Continue ReadingIn a conversation celebrating Tom Brokaw’s 50-year career with NBC News, Jon Stewart told the veteran newscaster that social media has “democratized abuse.” More specifically, here’s the exchange: JON STEWART: Social media, I think, has democratized abuse. As well as, brought community. You’ve seen so many technological advances, has there ever been one that was […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers takes “A Closer Look” at Donald Trump’s first day as POTUS, his “nightmarish dystopian hellscape” inaugural address, the massive Women’s Marches in DC and around the world, and how Trump and his team decided to spend their first few days lying about the inauguration […]
Continue ReadingIf you’re curious what it was like on the ground at Donald Trump’s inauguration in DC last week, look no further than this brand new report filed by Triumph the Insult Comic Dog during last night’s Conan. Triumph interviews a bunch of Trump supporters, drops a bunch of sick burns along the way (“Look at […]
Continue ReadingLate Show host Stephen Colbert just landed another major hosting gig. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Colbert has signed on to host the 2017 Emmys, which will air on CBS Sunday, September 17th. It will mark the first live awards show hosting gig for Colbert (aside from the Kennedy Center Honors), who was clearly inspired by […]
Continue ReadingA writer at SNL has been suspended over a tweet about Donald Trump’s son Barron. According to The New York Times, writer Katie Rich has been suspended from the show due to a joke she tweeted on Friday mocking Trump’s 10-year-old son, which received immediate backlash on the internet. The tweet in question — “Barron will […]
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