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Comedy Central has announced that The Daily Show with Jon Stewart will hit the road this summer to cover both the Democratic and Republican national conventions as part of its Indecision 2008 coverage. Shows during Democratic National Convention will tape at The Byron Theatre in the Newman Center for the …
A tip of the cap to friendly funny blogger Max Silvestri for picking up on this new video offering from fellow friend in funny Kyle Cease (and as always, a co-starring mustachioed role for his comedy roommate, Bob Bledsoe). Here are some secret card trick tips! Also, very much NSFW. …
The folks at MTV liked the "Jewno" parody so much (starring Anya Garrett, with a stunning casting coup for her dad) that they invited it to compete for an actual MTV Movie Award. You can compete, too, if you have a three-minute PG-rated movie spoof up your online sleeves and …
Al Franken’s senatorial campaign in Minnesota hit a setback yesterday when Franken announced he’d pay $70,000 in back taxes and penalties for reporting errors across 17 states. And that’s just his best guess for the past few years. It’s the latest in a string of business-related troubles for the satirist …
The folks at Just For Laughs announced part of its 2008 slate for Montreal yesterday (proving once again, that a blogger cannot take a day off!)… This year, Montreal introduces its first "industry conference" — Just Comedy — with Ivan and Jason Reitman talking father-son comedy shop on July 17, …
Guests at last week’s fund-raising benefit for City Green at Gotham Comedy Club didn’t know that Jerry Seinfeld would be a last-minute addition to the bill. Laughter ensued. The connection? Tom Papa, Seinfeld’s friend and often his opening act on the road, hosted the benefit for his sister’s non-profit.Photo by …
The presidential hopes of Barack Obama seem to have slipped recently, at least if you believe the media. But Obama’s campaign has a secret weapon: Campaign operative Daniel Phelps. Two of several things I love about this video, after the jump! And it’s not a song parody from the 1980s. …
Tuesdays typically are Tim and Eric Nite Live days and nights on Super Deluxe, but the boys are on tour, so here they give us their first behind-the-scenes installment of Tim and Eric Not Live. It’s exactly as groundbreaking as you might expect. And not suitable for work.
HBO Comedy features an early-morning treat at 5:25 a.m. Tuesday with the rebroadcast of Rodney Dangerfield’s 1987 young comedians’ special, "Nothin’ Goes Right." What makes this special special? How about an early look at what would become Andrew "Dice" Clay, on the same lineup with Bill Hicks, Carol Leifer, Dom …
The early words are all good surrounding Mike Birbiglia’s sitcom for CBS. L.A. Weekly’s Nikki Finke reported last week that the network suits were "very happy with how reading went" and thought the pilot looked strong, though that they’d like change the name of the show from its initial title, …