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So, yes, Britney Spears avoided the fake cameras long enough to act in front of legitimate TV cameras in a special hyped guest appearance on Monday night’s episode of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. The CBS team wisely gave her multiple scenes but kept each scene mercifully …
The following listings include comedians and comedic actors scheduled to appear/perform on the late-night TV talk show circuit this week. Check with the TV shows and local listings for last-minute changes. For the week of July 18-23, 2011 Conan (TBS) — Monday: Chris Hardwick; Tuesday: Marc Maron; Thursday: Lisa Kudrow …
Still time to enter the "Human Giant Loves Threadless" T-shirt contest, with prizes that include a new Sanyo Xacti Digital Camcorder, a custom Let’s Go tracksuit signed by the Let’s Go guys, an autographed Human Giant poster, answering machine messages by the guys, signed bonafide T-shirt gun, sweatbands from the …
Ochi’s Lounge, the basement venue of Comix, had its final weekend shows this past weekend, with a new schedule of shows running Mondays-Thursdays only. I don’t have the full story yet, but cannot say that this news exactly surprises me. Fridays and Saturdays are the big nights for the main …
The 92Y has announced its spring slate of funny and topical discussions about humor on the Upper West Side. So let’s see what they’ve got lined up… April 9: Garrison Keillor April 27: Richard Lewis, interviewed by Keith Olbermann April 28: Norman Lear May 13: Andy Borowitz on politics and …
Standing room only the other night at the UCB Theatre for the latest edition of The Dave Hill Explosion, one of the more unique talk show experiences you can, well, experience. What sets Dave Hill apart? He’s from Cleveland. No. That’s not it. True, though, it may be. Onstage, Hill …
The latest episode of the NSFW soap opera satire Horrible People is available for your viewing pleasure and/or disgust and/or mock outrage: P.S. Andrea Rosen, nice credit!
Kirk Fox told me he felt more than a little weird about the taping of his Comedy Central Presents half-hour, which debuts tonight on Comedy Central. After all, his mother had just died before his taping in August. And he mentioned it onstage, too. One secret you didn’t know about …
Just in time for the holidays, Heather Fink meets the Easter Bunny.
Speaking of Super Deluxe, it’s Friday, which means another look at the new movies and DVDs, courtesy of comedian Doug Benson and this week’s NSFW installment of "I Love Movies." Also, duly noted, the theme songs provided by Hard ‘N Phirm.