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At last year's inaugural Just For Laughs Chicago festival, I sat down with Robert Smigel and asked him about the legacy of his "Da Bears" SNL Super Fans sketch. This year, JFL Chicago is bringing Smigel back for a "Da Bears" charity tribute Super Fans extravaganza, featuring Smigel, former Bears …
I have some good news to share with you regarding Funny or Die, but before you get the good news, I have to deliver the bad news. Which comes to us via James Serafinowicz, brother of Peter, who announced today via his Tumblr that the Funny or Die UK site …
We all know that Zach Galifianakis is a 21st Century Renaissance Man, and this "red carpet" picture from earlier this evening is only more evidence than that. According to the American Ballet Theatre, "Zachary Galifianakis is the first to arrive" for the ABT's Opening Gala tonight. I know I personally …
So FOX has cancelled The Wanda Sykes Show, but according to its new fall lineup presented at the upfronts for advertisers and the press today, there's nothing scheduled yet to replace Sykes in the late-night Saturday slot. The network has two competing sketch shows vying for the 11 p.m. Saturday …
If I were to tell you that Saturday Night Live closed out its 35th season with a perfectly enjoyable episode, would you believe me? Of course you would. I'm very convincing. If I were to tell you that SNL's 35th season finale also produced little that'll show up years later …
After I published my interview this week with Tony Clifton, Andy Kaufman sent me a message asking me to share with you Jim Carrey's audition tape that he submitted to get the part of Kaufman in the 1999 film, Man on the Moon. OK, so it was Andy Kaufman's Twitter …
Rooftop Comedy announced its slate of nominees for its annual awards, to be handed out the week of June 14 at the site's Aspen Comedy Festival. And I got one! No, that's not why I'm writing this. Especially since I doubt I'll win seeing as I don't have a longstanding …
If you already know about the legend of the "late" Andy Kaufman, his comedy partner, Bob Zmuda, and his other comedy foil, Tony Clifton, then I need not explain further. Let me say this. Twenty-five years ago this Sunday, May 16, Tony Clifton made his first appearance after the death …
Not sure how I missed this news yesterday, but My Damn Channel has announced that it's taking the live showcase of famous people reading memoirs of famous people, aka Celebrity Autobiography, and turning it into a weekly web series on Wednesdays starting May 19. Here's the trailer: Related: My interview …
Do you enjoy the Facebook and the YouTube? Do you wish they could be better? Wait. They could be better? Derrick Comedy (Donald Glover, DC Pierson and Dominic Dierkes) has discovered a way to make it happen. Frankly, they had me at Shmorkle-Blinxx. You can see Glover tonight on NBC's …