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In advance of this weekend's White House Correspondents Dinner, the WGA East has put together a performance/panel session tonight at the Newseum, called "Writers Speak! A Potentially Regrettable Evening with Comedy Writers." The lineup includes J.R Havlan (The Daily Show), Bill Scheft (Late Show with David Letterman), Anthony Jeselnik (Late …
When you throw a party for a TV show, much less a Web series, you're never quite sure how it will translate as a live experience for audiences to sit and enjoy. No such worries last night at the 92YTribeca, which hosted "Wainy Days Live," a party that not only …
Back in the day, Jimmy Tingle almost fashioned himself a television career as the next Andy Rooney when he got hired to deliver Rooney-style commentary for CBS and its short-lived 60 Minutes II. This new video, in which Tingle talks about why we like the idea of public transportation in …
If it's May, then it's college finals, and the kids over at CollegeHumor are helping you cope by pulling an all-nighter themselves — right now, between 9 p.m. EDT Thursday and 9 a.m. Friday — streaming live video chatting here and posting a new "Hardly Working" video every hour. So …
Are you hungry? Are you sitting down? Do you have eyeballs? File this under, gross but true. The Shark at Work team (Nick Stevens, Ari Voukydis, Dan Gaba, Gabe McKinley, Sean Crespo and Carol Hartsell) set about creating a 100,000 calorie sandwich. And they filmed it as a documentary parody …
What happens when a reporter I know writes a first-person column about comedians I know talking about making jokes about their ex-girlfriends, and in at least one case, each other? My head explodes? No. No it does not. Instead I blog about it. The column in the Boston Globe (still in …
For those of you looking for a longer set from Reggie Watts to find out what everyone is talking about, then behold this session as Watts performed for Jesse Thorn's The Sound of Young America live broadcast a few weeks ago at the Bridgetown Comedy Festival in Portland, Ore. Enjoy: …
The latest installment of the funniest talk show to hit the Internets, Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis, is up and ready for viewing. Galifianakis has Natalie Portman in his sights, and her little dog, too. Slightly NSFW. Slightly. Between Two Ferns With Zach Galifianakis from Between Two Ferns
The IFC cable network launched its own sketch comedy blog this week, called Details are Sketchy. It's written by NYC-based stand-up Jeff Kreisler. Why sketch comedy in particular? IFC already has renewed The Whitest Kids U' Know, and season two of Z Rock (which includes several roles for comedians) premieres …
Christian Finnegan's latest stand-up comedy special, Au Contraire, is available now on iTunes, though you won't be able to see it on TV until May 8 (Comedy Central) or hold it in your hands as a CD/DVD until May 12 (Warner Bros.). Finnegan put together a fun set of videos …