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Matt Walsh is finishing up work on his first feature film as a director, the highly improvised movie, High Road. So naturally, The Comic's Comic spoke to the UCB comedian about it on 4/20. Or was it just coincidental timing? "It is interesting numerology," Walsh told me. "We're still finishing the …
It's 4:20 somewhere, but it's 4/20 everywhere today since it's April 20. Pot jokes. Marijuana. Weed. Stoners. Comedians know a lot about that. And they'll be joking about it today, obviously. At 2 p.m. Eastern/11 a.m. Pacific (and other applicable time zones), Comedy Central's Jokes.com and Atom.com have joined forces …
"Well, there's no question that a lot of the, whatever gifts that I have, came through this strain of DNA. It can't just be a coincidence that I know how to do this; I didn't learn all this, you know what I mean? How to be a comedian, and how …
Gilbert Gottfried's career has not stalled in the wake of his AFLAC/Japan kerfuffle. In fact, Gottfried has a new book coming out later this month, "Rubber Balls and Liquor," which is part memoir, part excuse to publish more dirty and offensive jokes. Like this one. This one is titled "Joke …
Tina Fey's promotional blitz for her new book, Bossypants, took her to Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson last night. And if you still think you're following Fey on Twitter, then this should put a stop to that. She's not on Twitter. Never has been. She explains why. Roll the …
Famous prop comic Carrot Top unveils a dramatic new look for his cover shoot with Las Vegas Magazine. They got him to straighten out his curly orange hair and slip into a new suit! And you cannot mock him, because Carrot Top will beat you to the jokes. Roll it. …
has announced featured acts for its upcoming seventh annual celebration of comedy, to be held June 8-11, 2011, at the UCB Theatre. Regular UCB staples such as CollegeHumor Live and The Rejection Show will have slots in the lineup, with Jon Friedman's Rejection Show presenting the ‚ÄòSketchFest NYC Closing Night Craptacular‚Äô …
Craig Rowin, the comedian and Upright Citizens Brigade improviser who recently grabbed a lot of press and attention when he boldly asked everyone via YouTube to give him $1 million and received it (only to reveal it was all a hoax), is now writing the questions for the ABC game …
Statette delivers the hard stats via this graphic. Don't shoot the messengers! NOTE: This list does not include the writing staffs for George Lopez (Lopez Tonight, TBS) or Mo'Nique (The Mo'Nique Show, BET). And if you want to really jump into the rabbit hole, try to break down the stats …
The 115th Boston Marathon is underway, and if you've never run 26.2 miles before, then you may wonder what that could possibly be like. The funny folks at Boston's Improv Asylum have gotten inside the head of a marathon runner to bring you this special POV of the run from …