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Kathleen Madigan was on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno this week. Not the same episode as President Barack Obama. But close. Very close. So close that Madigan still felt comfortable expressing her opinion on Obama’s job performance, as well as the Republican challengers. Madigan also makes a compelling case …
Remember when Ricky Gervais hosted the Golden Globes and made all those silly jokes about all of these silly celebrities and their horrible movies and personal scandals and then this little piggy went “Wee! Wee! Wee!” all the way home? Oh. You do still remember that? Is it because Gervais …
Puss in Boots is an animated movie spinoff from the Shrek franchise, and somehow, it managed to find a voice role for Zach Galifianakis, which means he made the late-night TV rounds (Hollywood edition) to help promote the film. First he showed up at Jimmy Kimmel Live. Wherein he discusses …
Eddie Murphy makes a rare late-night TV appearance tonight on Late Show with David Letterman. Sure, Murphy is promoting a new movie, Tower Heist. But you know what else Murphy is up to? Hosting the Academy Awards in a few months! You know who else has hosted the Oscars? Letterman! …
“I didn’t want to let Lorne down.” That’s Darrell Hammond, the longest-tenured member ever on Saturday Night Live, telling CNN in a new interview about how he answered the call of SNL’s Lorne Michaels to perform his celebrity and political impersonations on live TV, even when, in at least one …
Matt Braunger may have dressed like Mister Rogers last night on Conan, but he certainly doesn’t act like him. Or, should I say, their acts aren’t all that similar. I don’t remember Mister Rogers talking about hitting on girls, hangovers in your 30s, and lonely man dinners. Well, I suppose …
You may have seen this next comedian on Last Comic Standing or most recently on Comedy Central’s Roast of Charlie Sheen. Or even more recently, last night on Conan. No matter when or where you’ve seen or before, or especially if you haven’t yet, please now welcome to your Internet …
Funny or Die debuted this sketch last week during the Friars Club Comedy Film Festival, and it played great on the big screen. The premise: Eleven-year-old Kiernan Shipka (Sally Draper on Mad Men) has been in so much therapy on her TV show, that it qualifies her to provide therapy …
Some of the people who have joined the Occupy Wall Street movement in NYC and other cities across America may be ridiculous, but the movement is anything but. Comedians, of course, are trying to tap into the activist community to both help it and mock the system. This week, we’ve …
Tommy Johnagin has appeared on Late Show with David Letterman more than once, which is a pretty big deal, but not like finishing runner-up on Last Comic Standing, although he has done that, too. So, what would we learn when Johnagin made his debut appearance on Conan? Well, for one …
