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In 2009, Daniel Kitson brought a one-man show to the Edinburgh Fringe about a man who spent years writing dozens of suicide letters. In January 2011, "The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church" makes its American premiere with a month-long run in Brooklyn's DUMBO neighborhood, as Kitson settles in at St. …
Are you snowed in or know someone who is? I have good news for you, in the form of two new sneak previews of The Onion's two new series, which debut in a couple of weeks on Comedy Central and IFC. Onion SportsDome debuts Jan. 11, 2011, on Comedy Central, …
Back in 1981, HBO put Pee-wee Herman on the pop-culture map by airing his first stage production from Los Angeles. Now that Pee-wee's 2010 comeback has come completely full circle with a successful Broadway run, the pay-cable network will be broadcasting his new take on the Playhouse, three decades later. …
Reggie Watts stopped by Conan last night just in time for the holidays. You know which ones he's talking about. Watch as Watts opens up his big book of parables for some timely lessons, and shares a new song to sing along. If you know the words, sing along! Ho …
Dave Attell swung by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night to talk about the holidays, and in the process, showed off his dreidel to Fallon. Because Attell is Jewish, the holidays mean something different for him than for Fallon. Such as: "Christmas is a long day for the Jews." …
If you saw this ad for The PIT and wondered, hey, that looks familiar, that's because of course it does. The PIT calling its new East Side venue in Gramercy "PIT East: The Beast" is more than a little bit curious since The Upright Citizens Brigade is hard at work …
When I saw this poster for Pauly Shore's "Vegas Is My Oyster" show at Palms Las Vegas, I didn't quite know what to make of it. OK. So. Obviously Pauly isn't carrying the show, because he's getting help from Andy Dick, April Macie, Tom Green, Dave Navarro (wait a second, …
In making the promotional rounds for his performance in the Yogi Bear movie, Justin Timberlake fielded at least two separate queries about whether he'd want to join Saturday Night Live as a full-time cast member. Timberlake himself didn't bring up the subject either on the red carpet or last week …
During the holidays, many of us will be making trips home to see our families. Unless you're not into that sort of thing. That's when you encounter a different type of trip. The guilt trip. The Upright Citizens Brigade's comedy team is here to help with some trip tips to …
I don't know what you were doing out late on Friday night, because I'm not your mother and you didn't update your Facebook and Twitter status to check in with me on Foursquare. But I do know that if you had stayed in and tuned in Late Late Show with …