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In a conversation celebrating Tom Brokaw’s 50-year career with NBC News, Jon Stewart told the veteran newscaster that social media has “democratized abuse.” More specifically, here’s the exchange: JON STEWART: Social media, I think, has democratized abuse. As well as, brought community. You’ve seen so many technological advances, has there …
A few minutes after Donald J. Trump took the inaugural oath to become our 45th president of the United States, Saturday Night Live writer Katie Rich mocked the president’s youngest child, writing on Twitter that 10-year-old “Barron will be this country’s first homeschool shooter.” By Saturday, Rich was gone from …
Saturday Night Live opened its first show under the era of President Trump — a confusingly vocal critic of SNL, even though he has other more pressing matters to attend to — with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, topless and crowing over installing Trump atop our federal government. Aziz Ansari, guest hosting …
It’s no secret that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and its host are not fans of the incoming Trump Administration at the White House. But what about Colbert’s former alter-ego, that conservative blowhard “Stephen Colbert” who raged and raved for a decade on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report? Well, …
Billy Wayne Davis grew up in a small town in the South. How small? Davis will tell you in this stand-up performance from Thursday’s all-comedian episode of Conan (the other guests were Andrew Dice Clay and Jen Kirkman). Going back to his hometown, Davis also joked about realizing that some …
Nick Kroll and John Mulaney will bid a fond farewell to their Broadway run this weekend of their elder alter-egos, Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland, when Oh, Hello puts on its final performance Sunday. But for any of you who missed their hilarious two-man tour de farce, there’s hope, …
With his new HBO series set to premiere Feb. 19, 2017, Pete Holmes will spread the good word and laughs galore next month so you’re more than aware of Crashing. Just as Judd Apatow did for Amy Schumer’s Trainwreck movie, Apatow is supporting Holmes on this promotional performance blitz, along …
While you’ve been enjoying the “Regionals” coverage of Roast Battles Sunday nights on Comedy Central, the series has announced the 16 stand-up comedians still in the running for the Roast Battle II title. Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle II will tape the head-to-head competitions with celebrity judges across the street …
Netflix has new stand-up specials already this month from Jen Kirkman, Jim Gaffigan, Neal Brennan, Cristela Alonzo and Bill Burr, with specials forthcoming in 2017 from Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Amy Schumer and Louis C.K., who taped his over the weekend in D.C. So why not Jerry Seinfeld, too!?! Netflix …
Before IFC’s Portlandia, and before NBC’s Saturday Night Live, Fred Armisen showed up on your TV screens in unusual ways and sometimes even without credit. Armisen performed a number of short videos for HBO in the late 1990s, for instance, that ran as interstitials between movies. He’d take one of …
