Jimmy Fallon delivers graduation address to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.

Jimmy Fallon didn’t surprise students in Parkland, Fla., on Sunday, so much as he made good on a promise he’d made to some of them following a meeting with them during the March For Our Lives protest for gun reform. Fallon showed up on Sunday to deliver a special commencement address to the Class of […]

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Bridget Everett helps Hank Azaria reach rock bottom in the season finale of “Brockmire”

Hitting rock bottom has never sounded so good. Inspired by IFC’s hit comedy Brockmire, the one and only Bridget Everett… MORE

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Vicki Barbolak auditions for America’s Got Talent 2018

The 2018 season of America’s Got Talent kicked off tonight, and Oceanside comedian Vicki Barbolak enjoyed her first moment in the spotlight with this winning audition, in which she charmed the judges and audience with a bit about conjugal visits at prison, the problems with finding a proper bra in middle age, therapy and drinking. […]

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Pauly Shore pays tribute to his mother, The Comedy Store’s Mitzi Shore, in memorial video

Sadly, I couldn’t make it out to Los Angeles this Mother’s Day for the all-star comedy tribute to The Comedy Store’s Mitzi Shore, who passed away in April after a long illness. Thankfully, though, her son, comedian Pauly Shore, has shared this video he put together for her memorial. I did this memorial video for […]

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Puppets get all kinds of dirty in the redband trailer for “The Happytime Murders”

If you’ve ever wanted to know what it would look like if The Muppets weren’t warm and fluffy, then Melissa… MORE

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Carol Burnett tells Conan about defying sexism to launch The Carol Burnett Show

In 1967, Carol Burnett launched The Carol Burnett Show because she had an option in her CBS contract that allowed her to do 30 episodes of a comedy-variety series. Problem was, CBS executives never expected Burnett to use her option. And they couldn’t imagine her fronting a variety series. As the comedy legend recalled on […]

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Carol Burnett tells Conan about defying sexism to launch The Carol Burnett Show

In 1967, Carol Burnett launched The Carol Burnett Show because she had an option in her CBS contract that allowed her to do 30 episodes of a comedy-variety series. Problem was, CBS executives never expected Burnett to use her option. And they couldn’t imagine her fronting a variety series. As the comedy legend recalled on […]

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SNL spoofs NBC Chicago slate of TV shows with Chicago Improv, a loving tribute to iO

Improv gets a bad rap from stand-up comedians, but when Saturday Night Live roasts its own, it does so like this short video from the 43rd season finale, Chicago Improv. The sketch imagines NBC stretching for ideas after already green-lighting three dramas from Dick Wolf with Chicago in the title and setting, so why not […]

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Alyssa Limperis knows what your mom will tell you this Mother’s Day (and every other day, too)

All of us have a mom, and if you’re lucky to still talk to yours this Mother’s Day, then Alyssa Limperis knows what she’ll tell you. Limperis, a sketch performer with Maude team The Gift at the Upright Citizens Brigade in New York City, and one of two head comedy writers and comedic actresses for […]

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Check Out the Trailer for Tig Notaro’s Netflix Standup Special ‘Happy to Be Here’

Tig Notaro heads to Netflix later this month with her new standup special Happy to Be Here, and today the streaming network dropped the trailer. Taped at the Heights Theater in Houston, the special is also directed by Notaro and counts Ellen DeGeneres as an executive producer. Notaro tackles “the comedic sides of marriage, parenting and […]

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