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Neal Brennan has a new hour stand-up special, his first, debuting on Comedy Central this weekend. You can see some of what’s up Brennan’s sleeves by watching his performance on Tuesday night’s Arsenio. Roll the clip! Brennan also shows off his red socks and Barack Obama impersonation in a second …
Bill Cosby sat down for another stand-up set on Monday night’s Late Show with David Letterman, then sat down with Letterman for a delightful panel chat. This time around, Cos wanted us to know what it’s like for him as a grandfather, thinking that a pinata at a 5-year-old’s birthday …
Gary Owen has a small role in the new Kevin Hart and Ice Cube movie, Ride Along. But on Monday night, Owen had the stage all to himself to perform stand-up on Arsenio. Singing it. Twerking it. Reflecting on performing in Ohio on Election Night when Barack Obama was re-elected …
Adam Hunter was a pothead when he lived in New York. Now that he lives in California, he’s a patient. Hear more of his jokes from Monday night’s return engagement on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Notice his shirt is a slightly deeper shade of blue this year! Roll the …
While others were gossiping about the possibility that Larry David had written a potential Broadway play for Jerry Seinfeld on Showbiz411, the comedy911 bell was ringing today as Seinfeld and Jason Alexander (in full George Costanza attire and without his hairpiece that he affixes specifically to play anything but George …
Comedy Central announced two new half-hour series coming to the network later in 2014, with the pickups of 10 episodes each for Big Time in Hollywood, FL, and Moonbeam City. The announcements came Friday as the cable network took its turn before the TV Critics Association annual roundup in Pasadena, …
MTV2 announced a new addition to its slate of comedian-fronted series, ordering up Jobs That Don’t Suck hosted by Andrew Schulz. The cable network made the announcement Friday at the TV Critics Association annual panel roundup in Pasadena, Calif. It’ll premiere in April following the fourth-season debut of MTV’s popular …
Bobby Moynihan stars in the upcoming FX animated series, Chozen, which brought him on a promotional visit Thursday to Late Show with David Letterman. But Letterman also wanted to know just how Moynihan got on Saturday Night Live to begin with; for starters, performing at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre for …
Last year, TV showrunner/executive producer Mike Royce shared with The Comic’s Comic the photo gallery of vanity cards used on his various Snowpants Productions — Lucky Louie with Louis C.K. on HBO, Men of a Certain Age with Ray Romano on TNT, and 1600 Penn on NBC. You can view …
Two months ago, Stephen Colbert addressed Colbert Nation on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report and asked them to vote him a People’s Choice Award. Lo and behold, it worked! Colbert won the People’s Choice Award on Wednesday night’s telecast as Favorite Late-Night Talk Show Host. Here he is, via remote, …
