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David Letterman had his memorable moments manning the drive-thru line at Taco Bell, and this past weekend, to prepare for Thanksgiving 2016, his successor at The Late Show, Stephen Colbert, tried his hands at answering phone calls from actual customers to the Butterball turkey talk line. How’d he do? Let’s …
Poor Seth Rogen. He’s Jewish and Canadian, which means he doesn’t get to celebrate Thanksgiving. Wait. That’s not right. That cannot be right, can it? Somebody tell Rogen the good news, please! In the meantime, here is an animated short starring and written by Seth Rogen talking about how his …
If you’re walking the streets of San Francisco this month, you’re likely to see an unfair number of homeless people and one busker singing and performing who should look familiar. Margaret Cho has gone Dancing With the Stars, but now she’s dancing, singing and performing for the homeless. Cho began …
Jim Gaffigan delivered timely commentary for CBS Sunday Morning about our very American idea of Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is intended to be about gratitude. A day of gratitude. Thank God there is a day for us to focus on being grateful, because I’d hate the idea of having to be grateful …
It’s a rare event when the Jewish calendar and the American secular holiday calendar put Hanukkah early enough to coincide with Thanksgiving. But here we are. So Nick Kroll has beaten us all to the punch with this dummy movie trailer for Funny Die so Hollywood won’t bother with the …
This Thanksgiving, Bill Cosby would like us to give thanks for the family and food before us, and he’d also like us to ponder who in their right mind would look at a turkey and think of it as the centerpiece for a feast. He does so with the animated …
Larry David’s cartoon tales of Thanksgivings gone by in Brooklyn surfaced on Funny or Die a year ago, but even old videos become new once more if they’re tied to an annual event. So curb your enthusiasm at the door. Don’t try to wonder why Larry David remains so old …
Saturday Night Live has posted more and more of its sketches that didn’t make it past the live dress rehearsal. Last night’s episode — hosted by Jeremy Renner — contained a whopper of a Thanksgiving sketch that included a loud, audible “Oh shit!” moment. Roll the clip! https://www.hulu.com/watch/426524 In the …
