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The Lonely Island unveiled their latest music video and song for their upcoming second album, with the creeptastic "The Creep," featuring the boys — Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone — in suits and pencil-thin mustaches. They crept and lept across the dance floor in various situations, until they were …
Facebook founder-turned-billionaire Mark Zuckerberg proved he had a sense of humor — and proved Friday's rumors correct — by showing up for a cameo during the monologue on Saturday Night Live. Zuckerberg read his cue cards like any true SNL first-timer, first backstage with Lorne Michaels complaining about how Andy …
Nick Kroll has said that he pitched his first one-hour special to Comedy Central as his "one-man Muppet Show." But he gets a lot of help from his friends in Thank You Very Cool, which aired Saturday night on the network. And speaking of Saturday night, what's remarkable about Kroll's …
Another January, another year of comedians seeing how badly their fans want to click and click again on Jokes.com to vote for a one-time rebroadcast of their half-hour Comedy Central Presents. Oh, wait. Let me rephrase that. It's the annual Comedy Central Stand-Up Showdown! Find out who made the Top …
Oh, the jokes everybody is making at the expense of one Charlie Sheen, who seems to act as though he's still "Wild Thing" from Major League, even though that movie came out 22 years ago, which not only would make Sheen too old to be behaving like this, but also …
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Some other headlines of the past day involving comedians and comedy: HBO announced it would film and broadcast Colin Quinn's current Broadway show, Long Story Short. HBO will tape the performances on Feb. 2-3, and air it as a special sometime in April. (NYT) Jon Stewart has been named to …
You may know that Jeff Dunham is making more money than any other stand-up comedian working the road today. Except Dunham is a ventriloquist. You knew that, though, right? ABC News profiled Dunham last night for Nightline, and you may learn a few other things about him. I knew that …
Colorful comedian Charlie Callas died yesterday in Las Vegas from natural causes. He was 86. Born in Brooklyn on Dec. 20, 1924, he served in the U.S. Army during World War II and began his career as a big-band drummer. But his own sound effects and physicality served him even …
Here's something for fans of Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared to freak out and geek out about while they're waiting for the reunion panel in March at the Paley Center in Beverly Hills. For the next three weeks, Paul Feig and Judd Apatow will appear on IFC for exclusive sit-down …