Bar Rescue: Cheers
Haven’t enjoyed a great mashup in ages, so thanks to Robert Dean for making one for the ages, taking Spike’s Bar Rescue and having Jon Taffer tackle the bar from Cheers. That’s all you need to know to enjoy this. Roll the clip!
Category: TV
First look at the new 2016 sitcoms from ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC
Welcome to Upfronts Week, when each of the broadcast networks march into New York City to meet with advertisers and present their new fall lineups for primetime and hope that advertisers keep buying 30-second spots for the TV, on the TV. So, without further ado, here are the synopses and …
Nick Griffin on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Nick Griffin has performed several times on the Ed Sullivan Theatre stage and the Late Show, but Friday marked his first performance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Griffin put a new spin on adulthood and what it means to be grown-up, observing: “It’s hard to be an adult…you’re …
Drake acknowledges his memes, impersonates Rihanna in his SNL monologue
In his second time hosting Saturday Night Live, Drake went meta for his monologue, not only acknowledging how much of his work inspires memes, but also giving meme-makers more to work with thanks to a brief impersonation of memes as he delivered a rap on memes. Roll the meme!
Upfronts Follow-Up: How did the rookie class of 2015 broadcast network sitcoms fare?
It’s Friday the 13th on your calendar, which marked a dark day for several network TV series awaiting their fates for renewal or cancellation. But even for those sitcoms fortunate enough to earn a second season — or those pilots looking for their initial season orders by ABC, CBS, FOX, …
Matt Donaher on Conan
Matt Donaher is back on Conan, but this time, he and his girlfriend are going to have a baby. Pretty exciting! Narrowing down the name can be trying, too. But if you think he’s his worst critic, then you haven’t heard the heckles he receives from his therapist. Or from …
Joe Pera on Late Night with Seth Meyers
We all have family members offering us jokes or advice on jokes, and Joe Pera is here to share some of his relative humor with us. How many jokes does he have in his back pockets? We all found out at least a few when Pera performed on Thursday night’s …
Gad Elmaleh on Conan
Gad Elmaleh is still learning how to deliver comedy in English, as he explained in his American TV debut doing such on Wednesday’s Conan. The French Moroccan star is touring America, and he jokes about visiting the Statue of Liberty and trying to rent an apartment in New York City. …
Comedy Central’s 17 comedians recording The Half Hour in New Orleans from June 1-4, 2016
Comedy Central’s “The Half Hour” moves from Boston to New Orleans and officially announces the 17 comedians recording their stand-up specials this June 1-4, 2016. Congrats to Cy Amundson, Erik Bergstrom, Ahmed Bharoocha, Matthew Broussard, Naomi Ekperigin, Nate Fernald, Noah Gardenswartz, Emily Heller, Martha Kelly, Joe Machi, Drew Michael, Aparna Nancherla, …
The jokes on them: Art imitating apps on HBO’s Silicon Valley
Pied Piper returned to Austin for SXSW 2016, with billboards and T-shirts boasting how the app at the heart of HBO’s Silicon Valley is “Helping Humanity Thrive.” The app might be a joke. But so, too, seem the actual tech people at both the massive March festival in Texas as …