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“We love what you do and we’re proud to be a part of it.” — That was Will Ferrell, calling in to the final live episode of The Chris Gethard Show on public-access Manhattan Neighborhood Network last week. So Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis will join Gethard as executive producers of …
Nick Thune‘s hometown Seattle Seahawks might not have sent the stand-up comedian off on a victory tour this week, but off to tour he shall go, nevertheless. Thune will have friends Kate Berlant and Ben Kronberg opening for him on a tour that kicks off Wednesday in Portland, Maine, and …
Of the more than 100 million people watching the final quarter of Super Bowl XLIX on Sunday, many were taken aback by a group dancing with fanny packs all in the name of glue. Not even Crazy Glue. Nor Cragle! Twas Loctite for whom they shilled, and their faces and …
NBC aired two ads during the Super Bowl for Saturday Night Live’s upcoming SNL40 40th anniversary special, and in doing so, revealed a lengthy list of former hosts, musical guests and cast members confirmed for the reunion party. Of course, Lorne Michaels always loves to keep some celebrity cameos a …
They don’t share any screen time together, but Chelsea Handler and Sarah Silverman both star in a new ad campaign for T-Mobile debuting for the Super Bowl. The 30-second spot has the two comedians trying to one-up the other on how great her cell phone reception is, whether Handler is …
Praise Touchdown Jesus! The Key and Peele Super Bowl Special, which debuted Friday night on Comedy Central, had only 11 days to put together topical sketches around the NFL’s title contenders, the defending Seattle Seahawks and the challengers, the New England Patriots. And yet. Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele and …
The opening monologue Seth Meyers delivered on Saturday night’s NFL Honors was everything you wished it could be and more, as Meyers roasted all of the league’s stars, Commissioner Roger Goodell, and the Super Bowl combatants: The New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks. If you’re a sports fan, you …
J.K. Simmons is winning all of the awards this season for his turn as the loud band conductor in the film Whiplash, and everyone rightfully enjoys seeing the industry give Simmons this attention after loving him in supporting roles over recent years in Juno, the Spider-Man series (Tobey and Kirsten …
Brian Kiley returned to the Late Show with David Letterman on Friday to deliver another stand-up performance, and the longtime Conan writer did indeed stand and deliver with more of his witty one-liners and jokes. Now that his kids are older, he and his wife have new issues dealing with …
Comedy Central announced its latest development slate for webseries via CC:Studios, which has become more vital as a pipeline to TV this year as two previous CC:Studios projects — This Is Not Happening and Idiotsitter — have made or are making the leap from YouTube to boob tube. “I am …
