Day: February 18, 2010

You've heard of 2 Girls, 1 Cup, right? I'm not going to link to that viral video shocker that shocked millions with its NSFW depths. But the Upright Citizens Brigade's Ian Roberts, co-star of the upcoming Spike TV sitcom, Players, decided that without a proper marketing budget, he would re-create that video all by himself in "1 Guy, 1 Cup." As UCB co-founder Matt Walsh sat by and told him repeatedly not to do such a thing. You know. These guys are such great improvisers that I fully laughed out loud and even gagged a bit as Roberts does his own very NSFW thing. That's a testament to how good Walsh and Roberts are. So I don't even have to question whether this is real or "real" or outright fake. Because it's just plain funny. Roll the clip! I warned you. This is Not Safe For Work. Earlier: Watch actual previews of...

Atom.com, which became part of Comedy Central and the MTV Networks family in 2008, announced it's getting a bit more TV love from its broadcast partners this spring — a third season of its half-hour "Atom TV" on Comedy Central at 2:30 a.m. Tuesday mornings (or overnight Mondays), and also 15-minute "best-of" collections on MTV2 at 11:15 p.m. Fridays. Nice timing for the announcement, considering HBO's partnership with Funny or Die debuts on TV tomorrow night. Same concept, different Internet/TV partnership. If you're one of Atom.com's comedians with a series or one-off sketch that catches on, it can make the leap to Comedy Central or MTV2. In fact, one original Atom web series "5-On," is showing up as a series March 17 on Comedy Central under a new name, Ugly Americans. ‚ÄúWe are thrilled to return to COMEDY CENTRAL and to start spending our Friday nights with MTV2,‚Äù said Scott Roesch, general manager, Atom.com. ‚ÄúPlaying on both networks is going to give us access to an even bigger audience seeking original comedy on every platform.‚Äù Here's a look at Ugly Americans, which has a voice cast that includes Kurt Metzger, Mike Britt, Pete Holmes and Natasha Leggero. No specific dates have been given for the Atom-compilation series premieres. But if you want to take a look at a new Atom.com video, here's one that just showed up. It's from stand-up...