The Other Belushi Biographer Breaks Down 'Wired'
Journalist Bob Woodward's journalistic tactics were called into question a couple weeks ago over a dispute with the White House, and Tanner Colby has taken this as an opportunity to analyze Woodward's...
View ArticleA Trunk Full of Criticism: What Carrot Top Gets Right
At times Carrot Top’s life seems like some sort of Faustian deal with the devil gone wrong (not that most deals with the devil go right). Carrot Top is one of the most recognizable comics working today...
View ArticleBo Burnham's MTV Show 'Zach Stone' Will Debut May 2nd
MTV has set a premiere date for Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous, a new sitcom co-created by and starring comedian Bo Burnham. The show will kick off its first season on Thursday, May 2nd, at 10:30pm...
View ArticleSaturday Night's Children: Dan Aykroyd (1975-1979)
Saturday Night Live has been home to over a hundred cast members throughout the past 37 years. In our column Saturday Night’s Children, we present the history, talent, and best sketches of one SNL cast...
View ArticleNick Offerman Made a Crazy Video with Famous People and Did a Reddit AMA
To promote a new indie comedy he's starring in called Somebody Up There Likes Me, Nick Offerman made this ridiculous video with Adam Scott, Megan Mullally, Amy Poehler, Alison Brie, and Friday Night...
View ArticleA Funny Thing: Streeter Seidell Loves Dogs, Re-animation of Dead
Our story this week: Streeter Seidell (CollegeHumor) takes us down his twisting path of pet ownership, from the truth of how horrible cats are to the inevitable dark magic ritual that brought a colony...
View ArticleWatch a New Animated Video from 'Superego'
Here's a new animated video the guys from the hilarious podcast Superego made for Thing X, the newish comedy website from Adult Swim and a bunch of ex-Onion writers. It also features the voice of Rob...
View ArticleCraig Ferguson and Zach Braff Starred in a TV Pilot 25 Years Ago
Zach Braff went on Craig Ferguson last week to promote Oz, The Great and Powerful, and it was apparently the first time they'd seen each other in 25 years. Back in 1989, the two starred in High, a...
View ArticlePaul Scheer's First Comic Book 'Aliens vs. Parker' Is Out Today
Paul Scheer, of NTSF, The League, and Human Giant fame, wrote his first comic book, and it's out today. Called Aliens vs. Parker, Scheer co-authored the four issue comic miniseries with Nick...
View ArticleToday's Best Tweets by Comedians
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View ArticleThis Week in Podcasts: Steve Carell, Pete Homes, and Hugo Chavez
The comedy podcast universe is ever expanding, not unlike the universe universe. We're here to make it a bit smaller, a bit more manageable. There are a lot of great shows and each has a lot of great...
View ArticleJason Sudeikis and Charlie Day Are Starring in a Thriller Together
SNL's Jason Sudeikis and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia's Charlie Day are branching out into a new genre and starring in their first thriller together. THR reports that Sudeikis and Day have signed...
View ArticleWatch Will Arnett Induct Ron Howard Into the TV Hall of Fame
Here's Will Arnett giving a funny speech to induct his Arrested Development narrator Ron Howard into the TV Hall of Fame. Don't worry, there's a good Clint Howard impression in there somewhere.---See...
View ArticleNYC's Big Terrific Celebrates Its Fifth Anniversary Tomorrow
Influential NYC stand-up show Big Terrific is celebrating its fifth anniversary tomorrow with a big ol' show featuring Pete Holmes, Nick Turner, the return of co-host Gabe Liedman, and surprise guests...
View ArticleRicky Gervais Signs a Deal to Make Original YouTube Content
Ricky Gervais just signed a deal with ChannelFlip, a UK online video company that runs over 140 million YouTube channels, to produce his own content that will be released via his YouTube channel,...
View Article'The Shield' Creator Shawn Ryan Writes About How Great 'Cheers' Is
"Cheers represented writing, acting, and directing at the very highest levels, and Sam and Diane remain the gold standard for a complicated, fascinating relationship on TV. Many have tried to equal...
View ArticleToday's Best Tweets by Comedians
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View ArticleWatch Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake Sing Toto's "Africa" as Summer Camp...
Here's a sketch from Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night, the fourth night in Justin Timberlake's one-week residency at the show, which concludes tonight – unless Timberlake just wants to hang out...
View ArticleSteve Carell Stops Being a Nice Guy and Start Smashing Things
Here's Steve Carell on Conan last night finally shirking his "nice guy" image and trying out a new persona: guy who breaks mugs.---See more posts by Bradford Evans0 comments
View ArticleIt's That Episode BONUS! Justin Tyler Watches Cyndi Lauper's 'Goonies' Video
A special "It's That Episode" bonus episode. Justin Tyler (Comic Book Club) watches the two-part music video for Cyndi Lauper's "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough." Listen for tons of wrestlers, tons of...
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