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Andy Richter and Conan O'Brien once again will be side-by-side launching a late-night talk show, as NBC announced today that Richter will serve as the announcer and also sketch comedy player for The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien when it debuts on June 1. Richter appeared on O'Brien's final "Late …
If you had romantic plans on Valentine's Day, then, well, God bless you and your loved ones. But if you were like me, and had no one to share in the love and the forced romanticism of Feb. 14, then you were at the UCB Theatre in New York City …
"You know it's Patton's crowd when they boo the L train! It's so refreshing."— Julian McCullough, while hosting the second show Saturday night for Patton Oswalt at Carolines in New York City. Oswalt performs again tonight at 8 p.m.
You might think a movie called Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail, featuring posters of Madea going to jail and a trailer focusing on Madea going to jail, would actually revolve around this central plot point. Of course, fans of Perry's work probably have not been so surprised (well, maybe …
I would tell you what to expect in Judd Apatow's summer 2009 dramedy, Funny People, starring Adam Sandler and Jonah Hill as stand-up comedians, but from the looks of this trailer released today, Apatow's crew did done gone and done it themselves. So if you want the whole plot explained …
Has livetweeting replaced liveblogging as the way to share the experience of watching TV events? If you have no idea what the words in that sentence mean, then, well, let me explain. TV is an abbreviation for television. Oh, comedy. But seriously, Nia Peeples. What happened to her? She was …
"Joaquin Phoenix, Zach Galifianakis called. He wants his f*#&ing Zach Galifianakis back…Now I know how Yakov Smirnoff felt when he saw Borat." — Zach Galifianakis, kicking off a wild, Kaufmanesque set to close Thursday night's Comedy Below Canal showcase at the 92YTribeca. Background reference: Joaquin Phoenix a week ago on …
The elevators open on the sixth floor of 30 Rockefeller Center to reveal a hallway full of activity. We're hours away from another taping of NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien (not to mention test shows underway in an adjacent studio for Jimmy Fallon!). Three floors up on nine, where O'Brien …
And how was your morning? For Tracy Morgan and others who live in his Manhattan apartment building, it was a fiery Wednesday morning as flames broke out in the 30 Rock star's apartment in Trump Place on the Upper West Side, and firefighters discovered it all started with a lamp …
Who does Tim Young from Baltimore think he is…Judy Tenuta? Young spent $700 in a charity auction so he could host Comedy Death Ray, and Patton Oswalt has something to say to the young fella. (Thanks to Videogum) CDR Opening for 2/17/09 from Paul Bartunek on Vimeo. Related: Comedy Death …