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GSN announced today that stand-up comedian Ben Gleib will host at least 40 episodes of a new game show for the cable network based on the popular mobile app game, “Idiot Test.” The game pits two pairs of contestants with pre-existing fan rivals of one sort or another against each …
The more comedy awards change, the more they stay familiar, if not completely within the family. Charlie Haykel of Don Mischer Productions executive produced The Comedy Awards in 2011 and 2012 for Comedy Central and Viacom, and he’s back again in charge of the newly revamped American Comedy Awards, to …
Ready or not, the lovable “Peanuts” comic-strip gang is coming back, this time to the big screen and in 3D. Here’s the first teaser trailer, and it’s very much a tease at only a minute. The Peanuts movie, produced by Paul Feig and made with approval from the family of …
Drew Carey and Craig Ferguson have been a part of each other’s TV lives for close to two decades now, as stand-up comedians, sitcom co-stars and variety show hosts. Both funnymen are busier than ever this spring — Carey completed his first dance last night, the foxtrot, on ABC’s Dancing …
Nick Griffin returned to Late Show with David Letterman for another stand-up set on Friday’s show — his 10th appearance on the program! That’s a long-term relationship. Sort of. Probably a healthier one than the relationships Griffin talks about in this set. Even his. “Lesson learned,” he said. “I also …
America has Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Egypt has Dr. Bassem Youssef. Big difference. Especially since the latter nation doesn’t have as much of a sense of humor about political satire, or satire, or jokes of any kind, for that matter. Sunday’s 60 Minutes profiled Youssef, calling …
David Brenner died today at his New York City home, with his family by his side. Brenner had been battling cancer. The stand-up comedian was 78. He is survived by his wife, Ruth; sons Cole, Wyatt and Slade; and grandson Wesley. Richard Lewis, a longtime friend of Brenner’s, said via Twitter …
In Bad Words, Jason Bateman’s big-screen directorial debut, Bateman plays a 40-year-old who crashes a local, regional and finally national spelling bee. His Guy Trilby exploits a loophole because he’s on a personal vendetta. We’re not told what or why he’s on his mission for the first two acts of …
On Thursday night’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Patton Oswalt talked about turning 45, and receiving a very special gift from his brother, writer/director Matt Oswalt. It’s a wood frame emblazoned with all of the jobs Patton held before deciding to pursue stand-up comedy full-time. “He burned my employment history …
You remember those UPS ads that said they did more before 10:30 in the morning than you did all day? Well, it’s not the UPS that makes Nate Bargatze feel so lazy, so much as it’s pretty much everything else. As Bargatze explained in his performance on Thursday’s Tonight Show …
