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Last night whilst watching NBC’s Thursday-night comedy lineup, this holiday commercial for Target appeared and brought Chris Gethard into my home (and probably yours). Roll it! In related news, Gethard has a new memoir/autobiographical book of essays coming out in January 2012, titled A Bad Idea I’m About to Do: …
Did you think that Marcel, the shell with shoes on, was completely adorable? Of course you did. So, now what? Creators Jenny Slate and Dean Fleischer-Camp have expanded Marcel to a book, and here is the second video of Marcel in action. Roll it! The book is kid-friendly, kid-approved!
Lookie here, comedy fans. Maria Bamford went to Powell’s Books for her birthday, and decided to share her haul with you in her very own “haul” video. Because that’s a thing now. Roll it and find out what she’s won! Books!
The Thurber House has announced its finalists for the annual Thurber Prize for American Humor, and the trio represents a wide spectrum of comedic writing, although two of them share a propensity for telling stories on public radio’s This American Life, while one has a longtime history as a sportswriter …
You may know Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon from Reno 911! or their earlier collaboration with The State, but did you know that they also have co-written screenplays that have earned more than a billion dollars in global box-office receipts? They not only want you to know this, but …
Demetri Martin has a new book out this week, titled simply, This is a Book. Of course Martin designed the cover himself. You can buy his book now via Amazon.com. Also, Funny or Die has excerpted a few pages of charts and graphs from the book.
Gilbert Gottfried's career has not stalled in the wake of his AFLAC/Japan kerfuffle. In fact, Gottfried has a new book coming out later this month, "Rubber Balls and Liquor," which is part memoir, part excuse to publish more dirty and offensive jokes. Like this one. This one is titled "Joke …
Funny or Die is expanding in two different ways that help currently working comedians. Yesterday, the site announced its first Funny or Die Sketch Comedy Challenge. And no, you cannot enter the challenge, because they've already selected the three sketch troupes competing for cash and prizes from T-Mobile, plus a …
Michael Showalter has a new book out called "Mr. Funny Pants." It's funny! And Showalter is wearing pants! At least he is during the winter, because it's too cold not to. C'mon, people. Think about it for just a second, would you? Back to Showalter now. He's celebrating the release …
The Bell House in Brooklyn was packed to capacity and even beyond, with gawkers spilling out past the doors to hear readings from Jon Glaser's new book, My Dead Dad was in ZZ Top. It didn't hurt that the book party was free. Oh, and that among those reading included …
