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It's not exactly the rebirth of the stand-up-based-sitcom, but Mike and Molly is a definite step up in the right direction for Billy Gardell. Gardell, who had recurring roles previously as a supporting character in such series as My Name is Earl and Yes, Dear, takes the lead in Mike …
Which really came first, though? Las Vegas police confirmed Sunday that officers arrested singer Bruno Mars after Hard Rock hotel/casino security found him in possession with cocaine. NBC confirmed Monday that Bruno Mars would be the musical guest on SNL on Oct. 9, paired with host Jane Lynch. Fans of …
My buddy in comedy blogging Todd Jackson may not be blogging as much, but that's because he has been tinkering in his online workshop, and he has figured out how to track stand-up comedy headliners across North America, week by week, in case you're ever wondering when the comedian you …
Lindsay Lohan got E*Trade to settle today in her lawsuit against them over a Super Bowl TV ad that featured one of the talking babies calling another baby that "milkaholic Lindsay." I didn't know that Lohan was recognizable enough to go by one name, but apparently the hassle of a …
There was a time and a place, before Hulu and NBC.com broke Saturday Night Live into little online pieces, when you could watch SNL reruns on cable, whether it was Comedy Central or E! Now, after a couple of years off the cable airwaves, SNL reruns are coming back. To …
The initial slate of programming for the 2011 SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas, has been announced this afternoon, and look who's on it! If you'd like to learn more about how the gosh-darned Internet and all of these social media networks have changed the game for comedy, well, then, …
Bill Burr's latest stand-up comedy special, Bill Burr: Let It Go, debuts tonight on Comedy Central. Burr lives in Los Angeles these days, but for the past few days, he was back in New York City and took a few minutes to chat with me on the sidewalk outside of …
If Slovin and Allen reunite onstage in disguise as Spy vs. Spy for a Jason Bourne spy-themed comedy variety show, then it only makes sense for me to surreptitiously record it, right? Or how about just the first couple of minutes, then? This cuts out before Leo Allen catches Eric …
Do you really need a tornado to be transported to another world? Maybe. It certainly helped add to the theme last night when thunderstorms brought funnel clouds through Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood, uprooting trees just a block or two away from the start of the third annual Eugene Mirman Comedy …
Jack Johnson has known that Andy Samberg impersonated him on SNL with "The Mellow Show" for a couple of years now. Today, Johnson has gotten his revenge on screen. Sort of. He did convince Samberg and his SNL Lonely Island buddies (Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone) to appear in his …