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Saturday Night Live may have wrapped up its season almost two weeks ago, but cast member Fred Armisen still has some backstage dish to share from the season finale on his NBC blog. He offers that having Steve Carell host meant seeing more than a few of Carell’s co-workers from …
The folks at Just For Laughs announced the lineup for this year’s Toronto fest from July 23-27, which follows the week after Montreal and is geared more for fans than for the industry. A link has been added to my Festivals page. Galas at Massey Hall feature host Martin Short …
If you watched the debut of NBC’s Last Comic Standing, then you also saw a curious contest within the contest called Last Comic Driving, in which 10 stand-up comedians who didn’t get picked for the show somehow (selection process not explained therein) got to compete for $10,000 cash and a …
Gothamist published a new interview with Demetri Martin today that doesn’t get a lot out of the comedian during their limited email correspondence, timed toward Martin’s late-night Tuesday series at Rififi (which continues tonight and June 3, doors at 10 p.m., $5) that has him trying out new jokes along …
Funny or Die now offers celebrity screensavers, and first up is Paul Rudd. Apparently, all you have to do is go to this site and click the appropriate Apple or PC button to download. Just a coincidence perhaps, that TypePad tells me this is post #666?! This video/screensaver is very …
Fresh off her first springtime stint on Saturday Night Live, newest cast member Casey Wilson has started blogging for Funny or Die. Her blog’s initial offerings include her pitches deemed too edgy for SNL and her attempt to answer the creepy crawling masses on the Internets. Thanks, Casey!
Before we get back to the comedy grindstone, let’s recap the comedy news from the Memorial Day weekend… Dane Cook flew into Las Vegas for three shows at Caesars. He told the Review-Journal beforehand that he not only remained well aware of the backlash against him, but was ready to …
Looking for something on TV tonight, I spotted this: Bravo will rebroadcast the debut of season six of NBC’s Last Comic Standing, tonight at 11:30 p.m., Tuesday at 10:30 a.m., and then the Fox Reality Channel will air it at 7 p.m. Tuesday. In case you missed it, or want …
I caught up with Upright Citizens Brigade co-founders Matt Besser and Matt Walsh earlier today, or should I say, they caught up with me (thank you, telephones!). Don’t know how you’re spending your Memorial Day weekend, but Messrs. Besser and Walsh will be among the comedian contingent heading for the …
Stephen Colbert’s spoofy run for the White House continues in comic book land, thanks to various Marvel Comics titles. There’s a roundup here, and also here, and a Comedy Central Indecision blog here. Thanks to Pop Candy for the assist!