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“Thank you and welcome to the Triumph 2016 Election Special. This year, America is faced with one of the most critical choices in this country’s history,” says Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, “for me to poop on.” As he spits out one cigar to chew on another, Triumph continues: “For …
Talk about counter-programming. Squarespace hired Key & Peele — aka Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele — to provide live running commentary throughout Super Bowl 50 while playing the roles of aspiring sportscasters Lee and Morris this Sunday. Only they’re not going to talk about the actual football game. Or say …
The Screen Actors Guild honored Carol Burnett this year with a Lifetime Achievement Award, introduced by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, and escorted to the stage by Steve Carell. Burnett grew up in Hollywood and even climbed the famed Hollywood sign as a child. She joked that she enjoyed climbing …
What originally was billed as a very special Kevin Nealon and friends night Tuesday at The Laugh Factory in Hollywood has morphed into two all-star benefit fundraisers for the 2016 presidential campaign of Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders. ARTISTS FOR BERNIE quickly sold out its 8 p.m. show Tuesday and added …
Amy Schumer knows that haters will hate and there’s not much she can do to stop that. Just please don’t call her a joke thief. Ever. Schumer requested and made an impromptu appearance Wednesday afternoon on Jim Norton’s Advice Show on SiriusXM’s Opie Radio channel to defend her honor and comedy credibility. Afterward, …
The CW continues its expansion into televised sketch, stand-up and improv comedy tonight with a 90-minute primetime special from last summer’s Just For Laughs Montreal gala hosted by Howie Mandel. It premieres at 8 tonight Eastern/Pacific, and also features performances by Pete Holmes, Jeff Ross, Jim Breuer, Marina Franklin, Fortune …
Eagle-eyed viewers of NBC News during Sunday night’s Democratic presidential candidate debate in South Carolina noticed a familiar canine puppet head bobbing behind NBC’s Chuck Todd. Triumph the Insult Comic Dog just photobombed Chuck Todd… #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/bJ8FfzygyO — Kate Sherrill MLS (@KateSherrill) January 18, 2016 And plenty of media folks …
Más Mejor, the new comedy channel by and for Latino comedians, has launched today. It comes from Broadway Video and puts two of that company’s famous Saturday Night Live alumni front and center: Horatio Sanz and Fred Armisen. And here they are in their “first” unboxing video as Cuban toy collectors. …
And the award for best before and after winning the Golden Globes goes to…Rachel Bloom! Congrats, Rachel! Bloom won Sunday night for Best Actress in a TV Series, Comedy or Musical, for starring in the very musical comedy, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, currently in its first season on The CW. The first …
Matt Besser has made his mark on a generation of comedians as one of the co-founders of the Upright Citizens Brigade troupe and comedy theaters (now four of them, two each in New York City and Los Angeles). Over the years, you’ve also seen him performing on screens big and …
