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While others were gossiping about the possibility that Larry David had written a potential Broadway play for Jerry Seinfeld on Showbiz411, the comedy911 bell was ringing today as Seinfeld and Jason Alexander (in full George Costanza attire and without his hairpiece that he affixes specifically to play anything but George …
Hip-hop improv comedy group Freestyle Love Supreme flew down from New York City to New Orleans this week to celebrate Super Bowl Week with ESPN’s SportsNation. Each weekday, the fellas have been dropping new improvised rhymes for the athletes on the show. On live TV. As Chris Sullivan, aka Shockwave, …
Will Ferrell has put out two new beer commercials, but only one of them is real, and that one only played during the Super Bowl in the second-smallest TV market in America. Go figure. The real commercial for Old Milwaukee played on Super Bowl Sunday in one market only, North …
Pete Holmes debuted as the talking E*Trade baby in a Super Bowl ad a couple of years ago, and his spokesbaby campaign is still going strong, and during Super Bowl XLVI, he returned with comedian Nick Cobb standing by the baby in a hospital maternity ward. Cobb appeared in his …
Your eyes are not deceiving you. That’s stand-up comedian Dan St. Germain welcoming Howard Stern to NBC’s America’s Got Talent in this promo spot which debuted during the second quarter of Super Bowl XLVI. Roll the clip!
Friendly sports championship wagers aren’t just for mayors anymore. New York City’s The PIT (Peoples Improv Theater) has put a challenge to Boston’s Improv Asylum that hinges upon Sunday’s Super Bowl XLVI between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots. The losing team’s representative comedy venue must travel …
Talk about a vote of confidence from the network… NBC announced today that Late Night with Jimmy Fallon — with The Roots and all — will broadcast live from Indianapolis following Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. The show also will tape episodes in Indianapolis from the Hilbert …
