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Wanda Sykes had the chance in 2009 to be the first to roast President Barack Obama and the press at the White House Correspondents Dinner. She got in a good jibe about VP Joe Biden, as well as the Obamas meeting Queen Elizabeth II. Sykes had tougher words for Obama's …
No, really. How many pop-culture names and brands did Aziz Ansari name-drop during his eight-minute chat on Jimmy Kimmel Live? Make your guess, then watch and see how close you came:
Would you like to see Larry David playing a Woody Allen type of character having a Woody Allen type of relationship with a 21-year-old woman in a Woody Allen type of film? Then watch this trailer for Whatever Works, and tell me what you think of it? Thanks.
Some of you comedy nerds already knew about this, because comedy nerds are more likely to spend time debating who's funnier or sending fan mail to a comedian via message boards such as A Special Thing (who am I kidding here? obviously this is going to sound loony the minute …
In case you missed it last night, Norm MacDonald had quite the rambling chat session with David Letterman. Really. It was all over the map. But Letterman finally got what he wanted in the end, giggling throughout MacDonald's story about Bob Uecker seeing John Fogarty. Apparently, Uecker must not be …
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 …