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Harland Williams has written 21 short comedic pieces for upstart Internet network KoldCast TV, and the first of what should be weekly installments on KoldCast (as well as on YouTube) appeared today. Here is Williams discussing "Dirty Internet Terms." On YouTube, it’s here. Makes me want to blog right now! …
This Just In (ahem!)…HBO has bought part of Funny or Die and ordered 10 half-hours of programming from the online video site! "We do know we want it to be in the same family of the comedy that we’re doing on the website — just a wide range of anything …
The new iPhone 3G isn’t even available yet, and already, Seth Morris and the good folks at Funny or Die have figured out how to put all of the new faster, simpler technology to use. Let’s just say their tips are for work, but not exactly safe for work. <a …
How many times have you opened up a Penthouse magazine and found a ventriloquist posing with her dummy? That’s among sentences I never thought I’d type. But there she is, my friend Carla Rhodes, posing with Cecil in the new issue of Penthouse that hits newsstands today. Enjoy!
This weekend marks the fourth annual . Plenty of videos and interviews on the festival’s online home page this week to get you excited about the shows, happening June 12-14 at the UCB Theatre. Tickets: $10 show/$40 night/$100 full pass. Here’s a video to pump you up…thanks Dirty Jean & …
My friends at Punchline Magazine got permission to reprint a chapter from Chelsea Handler‘s best-selling essay collection, Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea. In this essay, Chelsea reflects on how much she already knew about her show business career as a 9-year-old. Want the book? Click on the button.
The folks at ChuckleDumper don’t merely assemble daily links to funny stuff, but sometimes also contribute original material of their own, such as this interview with Christian Finnegan they’ve posted today. Here is Finnegan addressing the nature of writing new material and jokes he finds funny… But, everybody has their …
Speaking of great strides in 23/6 political music parodies…Detroit Octane is set to be the musical guest for the June 17 program of Late Night with Conan O’Brien. So, I suppose they’re going to perform Barack Obamasistible, then? Or do they have something new up their sleeves?
Hiding out from the heat, still, and my Google Reader points me to Videogum, who’s on top of the video situation, as always, and alerts me to the presence of a new McCain Girls video. This time, the Girls are asked to act more than they ever had before, the …
You didn’t think I sat through more than 50 hours of stand-up comedy last week and forgot to get some video of it, did you? So here’s a scattered selection of footage from the world record comedy show last week at Comic Strip Live. But first, let’s reflect on what …