Hari Kondabolu first aired his beef with Simpsons character/stereotypical caricature Apu Nahasapeemapetilon on Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell. Kondabolu called Apu’s voice “a white guy doing an impression of a white guy making fun of my father.” Apu has always been personal for Kondabolu: an insult to his immigrant parents, a lazy joke for […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers presents a commercial for a new drug called Pervatol for sexual predators who are currently in such fear of their actions being publicly and inevitably exposed that they can’t sleep at night. Late Night writer Amber Ruffin provides the voiceover to the ad, which […]
Continue ReadingAnother day, another TV reboot. According to Variety, CBS has put into development a single-cam series adaptation of the 1981 film Stripes, which originally starred Bill Murray and was directed by Ivan Reitman. Trevor Moore, Sam Brown, and Zach Cregger of The Whitest Kids U’ Know are attached to write and executive produce the series, and Reitman […]
Continue ReadingNote: Spoilers for the first season follow. Search Party’s first season began over brunch, in Brooklyn. Its core cast, four friends in their twenties dealing with privileged ennui, learned that an old college acquaintance Chantal had gone missing. Dory, played by Alia Shawkat, was particularly shaken, though she couldn’t articulate why. Working a soul-crushing job […]
Continue ReadingBack in March, Patton Oswalt appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to deliver some Mike Huckabee-style standup, and since then Huckabee has written a lot more terrible material just waiting to get the Oswalt treatment. So during last night’s show, Kimmel invited him back for a brand new round of Huckabee punchlines. As usual, Oswalt tries his […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Full Frontal, where Samantha Bee explores how Republicans have responded to the allegations against Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore as well as the voters who still support him despite the mounting evidence against him. Then, unlike most late night hosts, Bee shows how the Roy Moore story relates to […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Full Frontal, where Samantha Bee explores how Republicans have responded to the allegations against Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore as well as the voters who still support him despite the mounting evidence against him. Then, unlike most late night hosts, Bee shows how the Roy Moore story relates to […]
Continue ReadingThe end is near for You’re the Worst. According to Variety, FXX has handed out a season 5 renewal to Stephen Falk’s comedy series, and they’ve “jointly decided” to end the show after the next batch of episodes. The news comes ahead of tonight’s season 4 finale airing at 10:00pm. “Making You’re the Worst has […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers takes “A Closer Look” at Trump’s trip to Asia and the recent news regarding Donald Trump Jr. communicating with WikiLeaks during the campaign (“Of course it was Don Jr. He’s the dumbest member of a family in which there is stiff competition”). Meyers also […]
Continue ReadingEarlier this year, Comedy Central added an hourlong special starring Ed Helms called The Fake News with Ted Nelms, and today the network revealed the premiere date. Here’s the full logline for the special from Comedy Central’s press release: The Fake News with Ted Nelms is exactly what it sounds like; ridiculous, made-up news that closely […]
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