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Here’s the extended 90-second version of what will become a 30-second TV spot for Shock Top debuting during Super Bowl 50 and starring T.J. Miller. Miller and the orange wedge atop a Shock Top keg handle get into it, trading roast jokes. Roll the clip!
More Super Bowl TV ads already are live on YouTube for your consumption and approval. This spot stars Kevin Hart as a father lending his Hyundai to a teen boy taking his daughter out for a first date. Roll the clip!
Robert Elliott’s father worked insurance, his mother in antique refinishing. Born on March 26, 1923, and living in the Boston suburbs during the Great Depression, could Fred and Gail Elliott ever have imagined that their son Bob would grow up to become half of a legendary comedy radio duo, then father …
Because Super Bowl ads no longer debut during the Super Bowl, let us now enjoy this early look at the minute-long Bud Light ad that stars Amy Schumer and Seth Rogen — with cameos by Paul Rudd and Michael Pena — that’ll start airing on TVs during Super Bowl 50. …
The debut of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee will be easier to find on your TV screens next Monday, as the Turner portfolio of networks will simulcast the premiere episode — with TNT, Adult Swim, truTV and HLN also airing the TBS launch of Full Frontal at 10:30 p.m. Eastern/Pacific. …
Seeso continues to roll out new original streaming comedy series in its second month as a standalone paid subscription platform, announcing a March 17, 2016, start date for Bajillion Dollar Propertie$, Big Jay Oakerson’s What’s Your F@%king Deal?! and New York’s Funniest. The following week, Cameron Esposito’s debut stand-up special, Marriage …
Dating is difficult. Especially when you realize how many men are faking it ’til they make it with a woman, as Fahim Anwar observed in his stand-up performance on Tuesday’s Conan. He joked that real dating isn’t like what you see in a romantic comedy — unless and except for …
Franchesca Ramsey will join The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore as a new writer and correspondent this week, making her first appearance on Tuesday night’s show. “We’re very excited to have Franchesca and her tremendous skill set join the show. We were just going to hire her skill set, but we …
Hacksaw Jim Duggan is the latest greatest hall of fame wrestler from the ranks of the WWE to trade the ring for the stage as a stand-up comedian. Duggan starts his “The 2×4 Tour” in his hometown of Glens Falls, NY, on Tuesday, with stops planned the next couple of …
This is a week for surprise streaming TV deals, isn’t it?! Netflix just announced it already has eight half-hour comedy specials in the can for a new limited series called The Characters. They’re not stand-up specials, per se. Rather, Netflix just gave each of these funny people a half-hour to …
