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Arj Barker is one of my favorite absurdist stand-up comedians, and the debut of his latest stand-up special, LYAO, gets its premiere tonight on Comedy Central (air times: 11 p.m. Eastern, and also 4 a.m. Eastern Sunday) before coming out on CD and DVD next week. I'll have more to …
"I'm glad Heath Ledger died, and I'll tell you why." Artie Lange, who came way too close to dying himself earlier this year, opens his Jack and Coke stand-up comedy special that way. Programming Note: You'll see half of his hour-and-half DVD recording tonight at 10 p.m. Eastern on Comedy …
If you're wondering why Tom Hanks was on the final edition of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, well, perhaps you thought, maybe it's because Hanks nicknamed Conan "Coco" on his second Tonight Show. Close. But not quite. As Hanks explained in last night's show, he and Conan go way, …
HBO has a new look online, and that includes a home page for the upcoming series of sketches from Funny or Die called Funny or Die Presents, and along with it, a fresh "Buzz" video that offers insider looks at FoD Presents (Brett Gelman dancing in 1,000 Cats! Leo Allen …
If you're a little bit confused about which Magners Comedy Festival you're planning on attending later this winter, then you wouldn't be the only one. I'd recently seen some comedians asking me and everyone else for their votes via Facebook and emails so they could compete in the Magners fest. …
Instead of three separate posts, might as well just show you three videos that you know you'll be wanting to see and talk about and share today. Let's get to them. First up is the celebrity spoof of a movie adaptation of MTV's Jersey Shore, complete with Mila Kunis as …
I just saw this on NBC's Today this morning, so I'll be uploading it as soon as the video becomes available. But it certainly threw me for a loop to realize that Steve Bridges, the impersonator who mimicked President George W. Bush to Bush's face at a previous White House …
Tonight is the two-hour A-list telethon for Haiti earthquake relief efforts, airing in primetime on all of the networks and several cable channels. I've also been notified of a few more all-star live benefit shows for Haiti that will be taking place in New York City and Los Angeles. Saturday, …
NBC Universal honcho Jeff Zucker sat down for an exclusive one-on-one chat with Charlie Rose earlier in the week, and it's now up on Hulu.com along with other clips from Rose's PBS talk show. Of course, we know now that tonight is Conan O'Brien's last night as the ill-fated host …
Strange but true in so many ways, when Artie Lange appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in 2008 to promote his book, Lange told Conan that he was making a big mistake in agreeing to move to Los Angeles and taking over the Tonight Show, suggested he let the …