Day: July 14, 2011

IFC has filmed a new round of interstitial bits with Scott Aukerman for IFC’s Comedy Death-Ray, and in this little bit, Aukerman asks his friend and colleague in comedy — Zach Galifianakis — about his experiences in high school. Because they’re supposedly in an ad break during an episode of Freaks and Geeks on IFC. You get it. Hey, look. Here’s a photo of Zach Galifianakis in his high school yearbook in North Carolina from 1988. Can you glean anything from this photo and make a prediction? OK. Now that you’ve formulated 1,000 words from this picture… What did Galifianakis say high school was like for him? Roll the...

Paul Rudd graced the cover of GQ’s August 2010 magazine for its annual Comedy Issue. Remember that? Take a look in case you forgot. OK. Now look at the August 2011 cover of GQ. That’s Mila Kunis. Notice anything different? Well, not really different, considering GQ is a men’s magazine, and anytime they put a woman on the cover, she’s treated as a sexual object of desire. Scroll through the past covers of GQ in case you need a reminder. That’s not a knock on GQ, per se. If fancy men want to fancy themselves a look at beautiful women looking beautiful, then sure, why not, definitely, most definitely. But it perpetuates a thinking in the minds of dumb men (and women lacking self-worth) that funny women are sexy first, and funny second. If you can get past the sexy photos of Mila Kunis and read what she says in her GQ interview, then you’ll find out that she looks up to Lucille Ball. Here’s an excerpt: Mila Kunis: Lucille Ball is perfection‚Äîher timing and her commitment. Sarah Silverman is raunchy and brilliant, and people call her out for saying fucked-up stuff  that they wouldn’t have a problem with a man saying. How dare she? Who else? Tina Fey. She’s a genius. I actually just finished reading Bossypants. GQ: That was good, I thought. Mila Kunis: No! Not good, brilliant. I love Tina...

Looks like the one-night pairing of Nick DiPaolo and Artie Lange on FOX Sports Radio was enough of a success that the duo is looking to make it a full-time deal. TMZ.com caught up with Lange and DiPaolo yesterday and asked what’s up. TMZ says the duo is in talks with FOX Sports Radio and DirecTV for their own show. Lange’s reply: “We’re definitely going to be having some chicken parmesan in 10 minutes, but we don’t know about the air yet.” Asked what Howard Stern would make of this, Lange added: “Howard’s the greatest guy in the world. He’s been supportive of everything that’s happened and he’s been a good man to me, so hopefully he’ll be supportive of this, but you never...