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Jeff Dye and Brad Williams sat down with Theo Von for Von’s podcast, “This Past Weekend,” to recount their past weekends back on the road as some of the first comedians to perform in live comedy clubs during the coronavirus pandemic. Dye headlined Wiseguys in Salt Lake City, while Williams …
Theo Von is a “reality TV” star who decided he wanted to be a stand-up comedian, and still, all these years later, he seems he’s still playing by the old cliche rule of “not here to make friends.” His first full stand-up special, No Offense, debuted today on Netflix. I …
“Smile! You’re on Candid Camera!” Candid Camera is back once more, this time coming to TV Land with 10 episodes this summer. The cable network announced the pick-up today, in conjunction with Peter Funt’s Candid Camera, Inc., and Ben Silverman’s Electus production house. “A remake of Candid Camera is the …
Theo Von performed on Monday night’s Arsenio and planned to tell jokes, but he’s from New Orleans, Brad Pitt lives sometimes in New Orleans, and sometime recently, Von met Pitt. So he just had to tell us all about it. Roll the clip.
Comedy Central Presents is dead. Long live Comedy Central Presents! In its place, starting in 2012, is The Half Hour. As in past seasons, the half-hour stand-up showcases debut lat on Friday nights. This season opens with back-to-back episodes at 11 p.m. Eastern/Pacific, 10 p.m. Central/Mountain, on Friday, May 11, …
Comedy Central Presents is dead. Long live the new half-hour comedy special for the cable network, named, well, The Half Hour! And Comedy Central is heading up to Boston at the end of this month to tape them. But who will be featured in the inaugural season for 2012? Meet …
Comedy Central’s upcoming Reality Bites Back debuts on July 17. It’s a game show spoof of reality show contests. Meta meta. Michael Ian Black hosts. Who’s going to play? Kyle Cease, Chris Fairbanks, Jeff Garcia, Red Grant, Tiffany Haddish, Bert Kreischer, Mo Mandel, Donnell Rawlings, Amy Schumer and Theo Von. …
Here’s a sneak peek of Theo Von, who appears on tonight’s edition of Live at Gotham on Comedy Central. Von got his TV break on MTV via Road Rules, then decided to pursue comedy, and got on last season’s Last Comic Standing via an online contest. Related: The current season …
Only one day before the debut of season six of NBC’s Last Comic Standing, but right now, somewhere in this country (most likely Southern California), several comedians are competing in a spoof of all of the other "reality" TV shows. It’s tentatively called Reality Bites Back, coming to Comedy Central …
