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On the eve of the annual Emmy nominations, Steve Carell made his first appearance on The Colbert Report since Carell and Colbert both were colleagues on Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The reunion did not disappoint! Carell opened the show by taking over the show, insisting instead, …
How was your Fourth of July weekend? Did you enjoy it? Did you have an outdoor BBQ? Of course you did. Probably. Regardless, the CollegeHumor players (is that the name of their comedy troupe?) have constructed a heaping plate of allegory, or is it metaphors, showing how everything at President …
Have you picked up Paul Provenza's new book, "¬°Satiristas!," his collection of interviews with comedians and satirists, accompanied by photos from Dan Dion? If not, then perhaps this trailer featuring an all-star collection of soundbites, led off by the late George Carlin, will help you decide. You can also read …
If you've been following trends in pornography, and who hasn't, am I right, ladies? Hold on, that sounds too smug. Let's try this again. The biggest fad in porn over the past couple of years has been making full-on parodies of popular TV shows. Instead of just using a funny …
"Welcome to Last Comic Standing, the best stand-up comedy contest on NBC." So sayeth host Craig Robinson, so sayeth we all. Wait. Who's running the show, a bunch of monkeys? A lone chimpanzee? What's going on here? I'll be sure to tell you all as soon as I can watch …
Louis CK created, wrote, directed and edited most of his new TV comedy on FX, Louie, but he has fought with YouTube and FOX this weekend over sharing his content with the masses. After a couple of attempts, he says this comedian poker roundtable scene — which if you didn't …
While Cleveland's own Drew Carey has spent most of his summer talking up soccer/football at the World Cup in South Africa (Carey is a minority owner of Major League Soccer's Seattle Sounders), the folks in TV Land Cleveland, as in TV Land's Hot For Cleveland, got its sitcom cast of …
MTV News caught up with Chris Rock and Adam Sandler on the red carpet for their current movie, Grown Ups, and asked them about their work as producers on an upcoming biopic of the late Richard Pryor. Marlon Wayans is slated to star as Pryor, and Rock defends that choice …
Even though Twitter has been around for long enough for everyone to figure it out, I feel like there are too many people who just don't get it. I know they don't get it because they say so, publicly. Or they show their lack of understanding by making themselves look …
Comedy Central has had a presence at previous editions of Comic-Con, the annual convention of comic fans in San Diego, but this summer, the cable network appears to be doing more to entertain you freaks and geeks. On Saturday, July 24, 2010, Comedy Central presents a free show at the …