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Jimmy Kimmel is eating up the Texas-sized crowds in Austin as deliciously as he is the barbecue in its capital city of Austin, where he kicked off a week of broadcasts Monday night taking ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live on the road. “We are here for the South by Southwest Festival. …
Believe it. That’s President Barack Obama, sitting with Zach Galifianakis for this very special edition of Between Two Ferns for Funny or Die. Guess what, Obama will do anything to plug healthcare.gov. Galifianakis: “I have to know, what is it like to be the last black president?” Obama: “Seriously? What’s …
“Small house, big laughs at #SXSW.” That was Bill Cosby’s own tagline for his intimate Monday night performance at the increasingly massive SXSW festival that takes over downtown Austin for 10 days in March, catering to the powers-that-be and the powers-that-want-to-be in the worlds of technology, film and music. Funny …
If it’s too much of a rush to judgment to review Late Night with Seth Meyers after its debut, then how about two weeks later? And yet, here Meyers was with his executive producer Mike Shoemaker on Saturday afternoon at SXSW for a panel “Inside Late Night with Seth Meyers,” …
Look. Sometimes you’re not anywhere near home or a TV on a Saturday night, nor even Sunday night, after you’ve seen several cast members of Saturday Night Live at a comedy festival, and then it’s Monday morning and you’re about to see and hear Lena Dunham give a keynote speech …
Lenny Marcus has an issue with the post office. Don’t we all? Wait. What’s a post office? I know I know (related by blood to the USPS), but how about you. On Friday night’s Late Show with David Letterman, Marcus reminded us how the questions the postal clerks ask you …
Bryan Kellen is happy to be married. For one thing, he doesn’t have to try to attract a mate while dealing with the humidity in Houston. You don’t have to picture it. Kellen will show you what that looks like, from Thursday night’s performance on Late Late Show with Craig …
What’s more impressive, having a million Twitter followers or having your own comedy mixtape? If you’re Joe Mande, then both. But really the latter. Because you can buy a million Twitter followers — as Mande as openly acknowledged doing to play with our notions of the importance of social media …
Grawlix! Adam Cayton-Holland did stand-up on The Pete Holmes Show, and as he told us on the TV, he’s very much forward to performing at SXSW in Austin this year based on his first time performing there last year. Suffice it to say, it’s much more pleasurable than prom. Or …
In case you missed it, last night’s episode of comedy game show @midnight on Comedy Central featured a potential spin-off for you daytime TV viewers. Move over, Chris Hardwick. Meet Chad Softwick, host of @midday. And he thinks pointing is rude, so instead of POINTS!, he hands out hugs and …
