The Definitive Guide to Comedy
What if Charles Schultz’s famous cartoon strip, Peanuts, actually aged out of childhood and into puberty? That’s what The Fine Brothers imagined in their most recent video, which makes me wonder, when was the last time you saw an animated child grow up? Hello, The Simpsons, Family Guy, South Park …
I had a tough time wanting to do much of anything on Thursday after the 2011 Boston Red Sox completed a massive September collapse by blowing a ninth-inning lead with two outs and two strikes on the Orioles, while at the same exact time, the Tampa Bay Rays came back …
If you’d like to have your stories animated by a professional, then the new UCBeast show Animated Stories is for you. It makes its UCBeast debut on Oct. 13, 2011, and Animated Stories will include this story from Chris Gethard about being an evil baby. Like, really evil. October’s winner …
Since you all remember Seinfeld, you recall that George Costanza, as played by actor Jason Alexander, went bald over the course of the sitcom’s reign on NBC. Just a few days ago, though, Alexander emerged at a red carpet event with a new head of hair. What gives? This is …
Friend of the site Mark Malkoff recently went online to Twitter and Facebook and told everyone that for one day, if they were in NYC, he would offer them a free cab ride. How’d he do it? By renting out a NYC taxicab, of course. Before you watch, guess how …
Joe Mande earned a late-night TV credit last night while also seeing one of his TV projects announce his retirement (RIP Andy Rooney Game). Mande managed to dissect foodies and threesomes with his usual skill on last night’s Conan, but I’m not so sure about his choice of a name …
Neal Brennan put in a hard-working performance last night on Conan. Don’t believe me. Just watch how hard he’s breathing! Brennan also explained his theory for how models really should earn their looks, as well as how football was conceived. Makes you think. Doesn’t it? Roll the clip!
Today’s chosen one video from Funny or Die certainly holds reason to remain optimistic about Chris Kelly’s new gig as a writer at Saturday Night Live, because the concept of “The Vote Off” is brilliant. A reality competition that strips away all of the glitz, glamour or gimmicks and goes …
The hourlong “Weird” Al Yankovic special is coming around the corner when she comes, which is this Saturday, Oct. 1, on Comedy Central. “Weird Al” Yankovic Live! – The Alpocalypse Tour is his first TV special since 1999?!? So roll out the barrels of preview videos. This animated ditty, “Polka Face,” is …
A new season of SNL also brings other comedians out of the woodwork to say, “Hey, I did that comedy sketch first!” When it’s an absurd topic, you might have a case to make. When it’s the idea that a dying soldier would have terrible choices for his last request …
