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Nick Swardson’s Pretend Time begins its second season later this week on Comedy Central, and to celebrate, the network is sharing three DVDs of Nick Swardson’s stand-up special, “Seriously, Who Farted?” for The Comic’s Comic to give away to three lucky fans. Here’s how we’re going to do it. I’m …
Cut for time? Perhaps. Because this parody of the very real apologies and apology video by Netflix’s Reed Hastings (Jason Sudeikis) and Qwikster’s Andy Rendich (Fred Armisen) is funny and even includes an appearance by a famous spokesman duo from the 1980s (played by Bobby Moynihan and Taran Killam). Thank …
We’re back with another new episode of Saturday Night Live, and host Melissa McCarthy is sure to delight. How do I know this? Because I’m typing this on Monday morning, so I’ve already watched the show. Also, because McCarthy’s scene-stealing performance in Bridesmaids and her Emmy win weren’t flukes. Girl …
The full cast of Arrested Development reunited Sunday for the first time since FOX cancelled the critically beloved sitcom five years ago — and revealed a bombshell development. While everyone expected to hear news about a long-rumored AD movie, they heard creator Mitchell Hurwitz instead say that the movie would …
“The Nick and Artie Show,” Nick DiPaolo and Artie Lange’s new weeknight sports/entertainment radio talk show, has a name, a timeslot, a logo, a website, a Facebook page, a backing distributor and a launch date: Tonight. Now all we need to know is where we actually can listen to it! …
The Friars Club has announced the lineup for its third annual Friars Club Comedy Film Festival, which opens Oct. 12, 2011, with a screening of Natural Selection, starring Rachael Harris. Director Robbie Pickering will attend the screening of Natural Selection, which won the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award for …
Karen Rontowski likes to think outside of the box. And she tells you why in her network TV debut, which she made Friday night on Late Show with David Letterman. Congrats, Karen! Roll the clip.
Dane Cook is among several comedians who have scored pilots and/or development deals with broadcast networks in recent months. Cook, who broke ranks with manager Barry Katz and New Wave a year ago, hasn’t decided what his potential sitcom will be just yet, but he did have a few words …
Comedian, friend and fellow Astoria resident Ted Alexandro decided to take part in the Occupy Wall Street protests at the beginning of this week, and after spending close to 10 hours down there on Monday, headed uptown to perform at the Whiplash show Monday night at the UCB Theatre. He …
It’s the High Holy Days for Jews around the world this week, as we’ve entered Rosh Hashanah and approach Yom Kippur. As a Gentile with a birthday at the end of September, I grew up loving these Jewish holidays because it upped the odds of receiving a day off from …
