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Comedy Central's series tend to come and go, but Workaholics will get to stick around for another year, earning a 10-episode second season today from the cable network. How'd they do it? Since premiering a month ago, Workaholics has been #1 in its timeslot (10:30 p.m. Wednesdays) in all TV for men …
Why is former President George W. Bush making an official announcement about Osama bin Laden while serving himself food from a buffet restaurant? Oh, wait. It's Will Ferrell from Funny or Die. OK. It all makes sense now. Let's proceed. Fun facts for you comedy nerds: This is co-written by …
It's a bit jarring to see Conan O'Brien without his beard, which is weird, because he only had it for about a year since his break from NBC (and then also during the WGA strike). On Conan's first full night back to being clean-shaven, he welcomed Steve Martin to his …
Please put your hands together and your knees where we can see them to read this important message about an important man. This is personal for me. I suppose every post is a little personal, as I decide it's worth spending my time and energy bringing you comedy news or …
With the help of Robert Lopez and a cast led by Josh Gad, the South Park team of Matt Stone and Trey Parker have created Broadway's one truly smash success of 2011 with their musical The Book of Mormon — not just the hottest ticket of the year, but now also …
SPOILER ALERT! Comedy Central's South Park team usually has lightning-fast turnaround to current events, but this week's new episode is lampooning The Comedy Awards (which Matt and Trey won an award from Comedy Central at, btw). It's OK, though, because they already covered the whole let's have Osama bin Laden …
File this under Funny Because It's True. Donald Trump hosted a press conference to boast that he had forced President Barack Obama to prove his American citizenship. Then the Golden Combover boasted that most of the White House Correspondents' Dinner jokes were about him, when really, it was just a …
When Charlie Sheen's live theater tour turned out to be not quite so well-thought-out, they called in comedian Jeffrey Ross, aka The Roastmaster, to roast Sheen onstage. After the first night, Ross sent me this message about it via Twitter: "Im gonna follow CS around the country & roast him …
Lots of big news happened over the weekend, so you may have missed this on Friday night, when longtime Team Coco writer Brian Kiley performed on Late Show with David Letterman. Just some good clean funny jokes about the wife, the kids and the parents. Looks like CBS cut this …
Seth Meyers, head writer of Saturday Night Live, delivered the main address last night at the 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner, which the media self-describes as "nerdprom." In essence, it's a chance for the D.C. media elite to mingle with celebs and make fun of themselves. A lot of people …