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Seth Meyers didn’t have to look far to find his new Late Night bandleader. Meyers announced Monday afternoon that his longtime fellow former Saturday Night Live castmate Fred Armisen would be in charge of the 8GBand (as he hashtagged it on Twitter). “Fred will curate and lead the band, and …
In a digital age, what are the odds that a stand-up comedian would release a new album and keep it that way? Rory Scovel‘s new Live at Third Man Records came out over the holidays in vinyl. And only vinyl. It’s an old-school 12-inch LP record, and several times over …
Shopping for sex toys is a lot different now than Jackie Fabulous remembers it. Then again, living in the city isn’t quite as dangerous as her mom thinks it is anymore, either. Such is life, as Fabulous told the audience in this stand-up performance on Arsenio. Roll the clip.
EVERYTHING IS AWESOME! Even and especially this music video for the song of same name — “Everything is Awesome!” — from Tegan and Sara with the boys from The Lonely Island. Roll it! So much positive press for this movie, The LEGO Movie. One TV spot that caught my eye …
Before Super Bowl XLVIII, Taran Killam and Judah Friedlander waged a public bet over the outcome to launch the new Above Average series, “You Bet Your Ass,” in conjunction with FOX Sports. Killam picked the Seahawks. Picking the Broncos meant a sad day for Friedlander as he had to pay …
Comedians on the way up in their careers often ply their trade by playing two circuits — there’s the comedy clubs for sure, and then there’s also the college campuses, where you can earn much more stage time and cash to keep working your way up the show-business ladder. NACA …
Big night on late-night TV for guys from the North Shore of Boston. While Andover’s Jay Leno was saying goodbye to the Tonight Show, Beverly’s Jimmy Dunn was saying hello in his network television debut as a stand-up comedian on Late Show with David Letterman. Go figure. This might have …
“Thank you everybody! Watch Jimmy Fallon! Thanks folks, see ya later. I’m coming home, honey!” — Jay Leno’s last words on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, Feb. 6, 2014 But before that. Just before that, came this heartfelt goodbye from Leno behind the desk, as he teared up …
Tonight is Jay Leno’s second final night as host of The Tonight Show on NBC. Instead of revisiting what happened the first time around, Funny or Die looks forward to what happens next. What would Leno do after wrapping production on tonight’s Tonight Show? Where would he go? What would …
This is the face of a guy who starred in a million-dollar-winning Super Bowl ad that he and his friends made for Doritos on a $300 budget and the premise that a cardboard box could become a Doritos Time Machine. This is Daved Wilkins. Wilkins is the face of the …
