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The Bell House in Brooklyn was packed to capacity and even beyond, with gawkers spilling out past the doors to hear readings from Jon Glaser's new book, My Dead Dad was in ZZ Top. It didn't hurt that the book party was free. Oh, and that among those reading included …
You're not watching MADtv. This is a new video in which Alex Borstein brings back her Ms. Swan character for a short film teaser trailer "For Your Consideration" this Oscar season. Introducing Ms. Black Swan. All toilet humor aside, I did appreciate her "Dave Chappelle" ballet moves. Roll the clip! …
This video is just for fun. Matt McCarthy plays a substitute teacher who has to deal with a classroom of high-school students in which jeggings is only the least of his worries. It's safe for work, but only thanks to pixels and CollegeHumor. Roll it! Oh, hi, Jermaine Fowler.
I don't know how you feel about Sarah Palin, and I'm not sure I want to know. But if Palin were replaced by Gina Gershon, I hope you'd agree with me that life would be a much better place. In this clip for Funny or Die, Gershon as Palin imagines …
For the West Coast edition of the 2011 WGA Awards, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet — Modern Family's gay couple — opened the ceremonies with a song and dance of their own, called "Write it Gay." Roll it! (Note: May be NSFW for one or two profanities) The …
If you're in New York City, following the media, and have an iPad, then you definitely have heard a lot about The Daily, Rupert Murdoch's new iPad-only daily publication that launched this month. They've already gotten some comedians on video for it, too. For the Super Bowl, they asked Ron …
What, no role for Paul F. Tompkins? Everyone else Tom Scharpling likes seems to find his or her way into this new music video for The New Pornographers, "Move." Complete with a separate fake movie trailer for Expectant Dads, featuring a pregnant Paul Rudd and Bill Hader. Roll it! …
The Writers Guild of America handed out its annual awards last night in simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York. Modern Family co-stars Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet hosted the West Coast show, while Kristen Schaal hosted from NYC and opened with some jokes as well as a song-and-dance number, which you can watch: …
Larry the Cable Guy has done a lot of press recently to promote his upcoming History Channel series, Only in America, and I'll get to that soon enough. The series debuts next week. But here's something you don't see every day, much less any day. Larry the Cable Guy referring …
Two new Foursquare comedy videos are online this week. One of them is completely real, though. Let's see what we've got. First up, it's My4SquareAlibi: Now how about Foursquare for Sex (NSFW): Time's up. The real one is My4SquareAlibi.com. Those may be comedians in the "testimonials," but the …