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Nick Stevens and I have more in common than just our obsession with Boston sports teams. We also find the infomercials for the Cami Secret to be one of the more ridiculous things out there. I cannot get past wondering why women would buy and wear the tops that reveal …
Jimmy Fallon, in Los Angeles this week preparing to host the Emmys this coming Sunday, showed up last night on the set of America's Got Talent to show off some of his talent impersonating various other comedians. As in: Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Cosby, Chris Rock, Robin Williams, Norm MacDonald, Gilbert …
The makers of MAD magazine have teamed up with a Robot Chicken and producers from Warner Bros. Animation to bring the mag's "What me, worry?" blend of spoofery and pop culture parody to television as a new animated series, MAD, debuting Sept. 6, 2010, on the Cartoon Network. It's not …
Would you like to see what happens when the Bored to Death characters played by Ted Danson, Jason Schwartzman and Zach Galifianakis end up in a police lineup? Well, here you go, then! Season two of the series debuts on HBO on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. Time to watch me …
If Bo Burnham, all of newly 20 years old, did not deserve to be on the 2010 shortlist for the Edinburgh Comedy Awards (sponsored by Foster's, which is Scottish for not quite bottled water but instead it's Australian beer!), I would tell you so. Bo Burnham's "Words, Words, Words" is …
The official site for the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival remains a blank slate of a "coming soon" canvas, but Mirman himself has unveiled the schedule for his third annual celebration of comedy he and his fans enjoy, taking place in three venues in Park Slope, Brooklyn, from Sept. 16-19, 2010. …
Briefly in the comings-and-goings department, two up-and-coming stand-up talents have moved into new office jobs this week, as Hannibal Buress has left the writing staff of Saturday Night Live inside 30 Rockefeller Plaza to write for NBC's 30 Rock, while Chelsea Peretti started work Monday as a writer on NBC's …
The final (final final?) DVDs for Lost officially became available today, complete with a 12-minute epilogue showing a glimpse of what happened to Ben, Hurley and even Walt after the finale. But what about Ethan? You think he may have died, didn't you? The folks at UCB Comedy show us …
The original TV ads for the My Buddy doll was creepy enough, lest I need to remind you, but comedian Brent Weinbach has reminded us all by showing us what the original ad really looked like. What's even weirder? I used to think Brent Weinbach was a grown-up My Buddy …
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