October 2011
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Burt Reynolds Will Appear On Archer As Himself!
File this news story as the best news we will get all day…Burt Reynolds will make an appearance on hilarious TV show Archer as himself! It was just revealed that Reynolds will show up and pay Sterling a visit, he is after all his favorite movie actor. The plot will involve Reynolds dating Arther’s mother Mallory much to the dismay of Sterling himself.
That’s all I know at the...
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Watch Myq Kaplan's Appearance On Letterman
On Friday, Myq Kaplan dropped by Late Show with David Letterman for a quick set of some jokes. He employed the AP style for grammar book on us a bit to kick things off as he settled into a tight set, his first for Letterman, as he sported himself quite the facial hair, I like to call it the “dad beard,” because it’s calming and at some point, your father had one.
So Myq, you...
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This Week In Comedy: Funny Issues
Well, this weekend the East Coast got nailed by an unseasonably early snow storm. It cancelled the plans of many who ended up staying in their domiciles instead of trekking out into the abyss for weekend Halloween festivities. What it allowed me to to was flip through Entertainment Weekly’s comedy issue. One with currently en vogue funny lady, Melissa McCarthy (and a very awesome Corgi) on...
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Stanhope, Attell, Lange, And Norton Make New...
The Anti-Social Comedy Tour will ride again in 2012. The 2011 lineup was pieced together by Jim Norton and had the killer lineup of Jim Breuer, Dave Attell, and Bill Burr. Just this morning it was announced via the show’s Facebook Page that there’s going to be a tour in 2012 with a new lineup.
This year, Artie Lange and Doug Stanhope will join Norton and Attell on the road for the...
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Gwar's Frontman Reviews Beavis & Butt-Head
As you may have learned by now, the return of Beavis & Butt-Head was a rating success with many singing the praises of the show coming back and injecting a much-needed sense of humor into MTV once again.
Our sister-site Metal Insider dropped a line to their favorite hard rock alien frontman Oderus Urungus to give his critique of the the return of the show! The duo love GWAR and the...
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"In Living Color" Is Coming Back
Hearing that it’s been 21 years since the launch of the 90’s sketch comedy, In Living Color makes me feel old, mainly because the show came on the air right about the time when my parents thought the show was a bit too racy for me to watch as a child (I did anyway) and it ended with me watching the show during high school. The show was only on the air for 5 seasons, they just...
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Michael Showalter / Leo Allen's Uptown Showdown...
In a few weeks on November 14th two teams square off in the inaugural event of the Uptown Showdown series. A bi-monthly event on the second Monday of the month. Michael Showalter (The State, Stella), Leo Allen (Jon Benjamin Has a Van) will gather a team of funny people and face off against another group of comedy heavyweights to go head-to-head on a variety of topics. Hard hitting topics that keep...
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T.J. Miller Has A New Stand-Up Special, Appeared...
T.J. Miller is dropping the heavy artillery on us this fall. First a few weeks ago he released his 41 track hip-hop opus, The Extended Play E.P. [TLB Review] and next up he’ll premiere a new stand-up comedy special, No Real Reason on November 12th with a DVD release of the special the Tuesday afterward on November 15th.
Last night, Miller stopped by Conan for a set of jokes to plug the...
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The Laugh Button Podcast Round-Up | 10.21 - 10.27
Hello there and welcome to another installment of The Laugh Button Podcast Round-Up. This week’s list may be shorter than some of the previous issues of this column, but don’t worry because there’s nothing but quality on your favorite podcasts this time around.
In that spirit, the enigmatic Mike Judge stops by The Adam Carolla Show to talk about everything from his childhood to...
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Go Behind The Scenes With Steel Panther At Their...
We’re about a week away from the release of Steel Panther’s new album Balls Out. It’s guaranteed to be an album full of rock anthems about women, booze, drugs, tight clothes and tighter riffs. The band is giving us a behind the scenes look at the photo shoot they did for the album, while on the stage, there’s plenty of downtime for commentary. Does it mimic The Decline of...
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Review: Lavell Crawford "Can A Brother Get Some...
Lavell Crawford is a teddy bear. This description might not excite a man of his stature and someone currently highlighting as Saul Goodman’s muscle in Breaking Bad, but Crawford makes it work. Can A Brother Get Some Love? is the comedian’s latest stand-up special recorded in his hometown of St. Louis where he gets a hero’s welcome as he takes the stage.
And from there in,...
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Take A Listen To Mo Mandel's New Album, "The M...
I like people with the name Mo. That’s probably why I’m psyched to learn that Comedy Central Records will release Mo Mandel’s stand-up album, The M Word on November 8th. If you aren’t familiar with Mo, you might recognize him from cameos on Modern Family and a leading role on NBC’s adaption of the UK sitcom Free Agents where he starred opposite Hank Azaria, Natasha...
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Patrice O'Neal Suffers From A Stroke
Ugh, hearing news like this is just the worst thing to hear. News broke this morning that Patrice O’Neal suffered a stroke last Wednesday. This morning on the SiriusXM show Opie & Anthony (which O’Neal is a regular) the news was delivered by many of his comedian friends, with Jim Norton, Robert Kelly, Rich Vos, Colin Quinn, and Keith Robinson making the announcement. The details...
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Denis Leary's Production Company Launches...
Denis Leary is once again attempting to help those that help the public.
Apostle the production company that Leary is a partner in, just launched a Kickstarter campaign to finish raising funds so a firefighter documentary can see the light of day. The documentary, Burn follows firefighters for a year while they are on the frontline fighting fires in the city of Detroit - a city whose...
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10 Great Beavis And Butt-Head Episodes
Finally. We can once again see and hear Beavis and Butt-Head laugh at words like “balls” and “hard.” We were never sure Mike Judge’s famed show about two metalhead morons would come back on MTV, but as Thursday, October 27th approaches, the show’s return is real and its happening.
After recently watching a preview of the new season, it appears the show will take a...
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The Laugh Button Live! Photos - 10.19.2011
The show is over, but the laughter continues. The Laugh Button Live! returned with another night of stand-up at Gotham Comedy Club, a CMJ Marathon sponsored event. Jon Fisch hosted the night and presented the strong comedic defense line, which included Wil Sylvince, Louis Katz and Rachel Feinstein. The lineup got even better with surprise attacks from Kurt Metzger and Colin Quinn.
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Chiddy Bang & Xaphoon Jones
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Philadelphia’s Chiddy Bang brought the house down with their closing set at Conflict Of Interest on Monday night. Xaphoon Jones started and ended the performance with a DJ set, and Chiddy hopped on the mic for tracks including their hit song “Opposite Of Adults.”
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Watch Amy Schumer's Performance On Conan
Amy Schumer made an appearance on Conan for a set. As always, Amy is quick witted and delivers some of the sharpest-tongue lashings about growing up and conquering adulthood.
Amy’s year has been pretty terrific between her fantastic album Cutting [TLB Review] being released to rave reviews and a recent debut on The Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen that left many feeling she stole the...
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This Week In Comedy: Animated Butt-Heads
Animated comedy is the name of the game this week as 3 new animated sitcoms premieres FOX’s Allen Gregory and MTV’s Good Vibes.
The most notable being the return of Beavis And Butt-Head two of the slacker-iest of slackers with mocking pop culture at its best over a decade after the show ended its initial run. This time around they probably won’t send up the alternative music...
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The Laugh Button Podcast Round-Up | 10.14 - 10.20
You guessed it, it’s time for another edition of the Podcast Round-Up and while New York may current be buzzing from the CMJ Music Marathon, the Internet is teeming with great podcast guests this week such as Chris Hardwick, Paul Scheer and Nick Swardson.
Additionally we highlight Amy Poehler’s very personal appearance on How Was Your Week With Julie Klausner and Norm...
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Let's Watch Dave Attell's Old Porn Shall We?
If there were a comedian that comes to mind when thinking of porn, Dave Attell is not my first thought. But when it comes to thinking about a comedian to watch and comment on porn with, well there might not be anyone better than Attell. Therin lies the inspiration behind the new Showtime series, Dave’s Old Porn.
The show’s concept is pretty simple yet has potential to be amazingly...
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Tommy Johnagin Went On Conan To Talk About His...
Tommy Jonagin had a set on Conan the other night. There’s a few thing you can expect when Johnagin takes the stage 1) that he’ll clean up well in a spiffy suit and 2) hilarity will ensue.
Johnagin just released a new album Stand-Up Comedy 2 [TLB Review] and I have to highly recommend it because funny is funny and Tommy Johnagin knows it.
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This Week In Comedy: Stand-Up And Infiltrate
Things are pretty hectic this week as we’re spending our week running around the city attending events for the CMJ Music & Film Marathon. One of the latest edition to the event has been the uptick in comedy programming for the week. Which, if you are fans of both music and comedy like we are, it’s a pretty awesome fit into the field. In fact, you can read Comedy Central...
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Anna Faris Hosted Saturday Night Live, I Think...
I think Anna Faris hosted the show, but to be honest, there’s not much evidence that she left any sorta stamp on the night. If you told me the host was one of the Kardashian sisters I woulda said that sounds about right. I went into this episode with high hopes, I like Anna Faris even though she’s yet to really explode with the right movie/tv show. Ever since the Scary Movie...
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The Laugh Button Podcast Round-up | 10.6 - 10.13
Welcome back for another installment of Podcast Round-up, where we rundown all of the guests on all of your favorite comedy podcasts so that you’re listening to the best content around when you’re procrastinating instead of working.
This week’s highlights include appearances from everyone from Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston to the always-hilarious Amy Sedaris and just about...
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Enter To Win Tickets For The Laugh Button Live!...
We’re a few days away from our live comedy showcase, The Laugh Button Live! now is your chance to enter to win a pair of tickets to the show. We’re going to give away 2 pairs of tickets, that will cover your entry into the show and waive the two drink minimum.
PERFORMING LIVE! Jon Fisch, Wil Sylvince, Rachel Feinstein, Louis Katz, and Robert Kelly
Gotham Comedy Club
Wednesday,...
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Happy Birthday Lenny Bruce!
Somewhere in the realm of infamous stand-up icons, Lenny Bruce celebrates his 86th birthday today. Once called “the Jesus Christ of alternative stand-up” by Eddie Izzard, Bruce pushed society’s buttons and teased the status quo, questioning what people considered offensive resulting in being busted on obscenity charges 7 times. He was also known for asking important questions like “how do you...
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Comedians On Comedians: The Truth About Doug...
If you only know Doug Stanhope from the second iteration of “The Man Show,” you don’t know Doug Stanhope.
“I’m glad - if only for the experience and the first-hand knowledge of how smothered the creative process gets when you deal with television and their lot,” Stanhope said. “I only wish that all the execs who called the shots were equally shamed...
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Bob Odenkirk Hocks El Caminos For New Black Keys...
We can all learn something from Jack Rebney aka The Winnebago Man. Even after all these years his legendary tirade which spawned legions of cult followers in a pre-Youtube era and even spawned a documentary is still being seen as a pop culture phenomenon. This time around, The Black Keys enlisted the help of Saul Goodman himself, Bob Odenkirk to record a quick video clip in the spirit of...
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Hannibal Buress And Jonah Hill Are Making A Sitcom
FOX seems to really be in the Jonah Hill business. Before they even premiered his new animated sitcom Allen Gregory they just inked a deal with Hill to be the co-creator/co-writer of a sitcom. And the other co-writer/star of said sitcom? The incredibly talented comedian Hannibal Buress
“From the first time I saw Hannibal perform, I started banging down the door to be the person to help guide...
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A Tribute To Mike DeStefano Planned For NY Comedy...
Wednesday, November 9th @ 8PM
TRIBECA Performing Arts Center
199 Chambers Street #S110c
New York, NY 10007
$35 For Orchestra Seating
$25 For Mezzanine Seating
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This past March, comedian Mike DeStefano passed away from a fatal heart attack. It was a blow to the comedy community that left many upset yet proud of the comedian who himself overcame a lot of...
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Video: T.J. Miller, "Now We're Partying"
Lookie here, we have another T.J. Miller video for a track of his latest comedy/music album, The Extended Play EP [TLB Review].
This clip is for the track, “Now We’re Partying” and features cameos by a whole slew of other funny people like Garfunkel And Oates and Jerry Minor (Lucky Louie, Anchorman) to name a few. See how many other cameos you spot.
Miller’s album is...
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Video: Kristen Schaal As The Spokeswoman For Cell...
Kristen Schaal is a spokeswoman for the new cell phone, Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play the basis of the phone is it makes video game playing very easy vs other phones so if you are into that, there ya go.
But the highlight here is Schaal, who shines pretty brightly while hocking phones. A task that’s not always a win and can sometimes put you into pink polka-dotted dress territory.
Tying...
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Louis C.K. To Record New Comedy Special November...
Update - 11/3: On a recent appearance on Conan Louis C.K. announced that the special will be available beginning December 10th only on his website. All you have to do is paypal $5 and the stream is yours.
Keeping up with his goal to record a new special every year or so, Louis C.K. announced that he’ll be taping a new special in New York City next month. Yesterday the prolific comedian...
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Joe Sib On Music Saving His Life And His One-Man...
Joe Sib is a one-man wrecking machine with boundless energy and enthusiasm. It’s this internal motor and a healthy dose of punk rock that’s propelled him to various areas of the entertainment industry. Music saved his life and opened doors. In the early 90’s he spent his time touring the country as the front man of the punk band, WAX (ever see the Spike Jonze video with the guy on...
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This Week In Comedy: California Calling The Laugh...
Gather ‘round comedy fans for we have a big couple of weeks for you. Not one but two shows are coming to NYC that we’d love to see you at. First up is this Thursday as we host Joe Sib and his one-man show California Calling. Get some tickets and come on out, you can also try your luck by entering to win a pair.
Then next Wednesday join us in the middle of the CMJ Marathon join us for...
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Ben Stiller Hosted Saturday Night Live, Zoolander...
Welcome back, welcome back. It’s another Saturday Night Live another dollar, or something like that. Last week was a pretty decent week with Melissa McCarthy hosting and now we have Ben Stiller as host for the evening. He has a new movie coming out, Tower Heist that he has to promote so why not on a late nigh sketch comedy show. Stiller also stars with Eddie Murphy in said film, prompting...
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The Laugh Button Podcast Round-Up | 9.30 - 10.5
ESSENTIAL LISTENING Leonard Maltin, Jimmy Pardo and Samm Levine on Doug Loves Movies Released: 9/30/11
Since Doug Love Movies basically consists of a game centered around film critic Leonard Maltin’s annual Movie Guide, it’s always a coup when Maltin himself comes on the show. Maltin made his third appearance on the show this week and held his own with the panel, however the real...
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Broken Lizard Duo Headed To The Small Screen
Steve Lemme and Kevin Heffernan, 2/5th of the comedy troupe Broken Lizard are going to bring their brand of comedy to television. The duo just linked up with NBC to make a new sitcom titled Kept Men.
The sitcom will focus on two friends who become supported by their wives after their businesses close down. The duo are going to have all hands on deck with the show, writing, starring, and...
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The Heart, She Holler...And I Have No Idea
Patton Oswalt’s new mini-series on [adult swim] The Heart, She Holler is set to premiere next month and the network decided to release a sizzle reel promoting the series. There’s one problem…I have not the foggiest idea as to what the hell is going on in this clip, other than a tremendous amount of bizarre things happening all at once.
Here’s what I can gather from the...
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The Laugh Button Live! Is Tonight!
Join us for another night of stand-up as The Laugh Button Live! returns on Wednesday, October 19th. This show will be a big one for us! Not only will we move things into the upstairs room of Gotham Comedy Club but it’s a CMJ Marathon sponsored event. So in the middle of a music marathon, you will be able to steal away for a few hours of hilarious people doing what they do best.
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Watch Lee Camp Perform In The Middle Of Occupy...
Depending on the media you pay attention to or not, you might be aware that there’s a massive gathering of protesters currently happening in lower Manhattan as the Occupy Wall Street movement carries on. Comedian, writer, and activist Lee Camp is out among the masses executing his liberties and performed some of his comedy. He shared this video clip of him performing in front of a crowd of...
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Mick Foley On Stand-Up, Wrestling, And Working For...
We recently had the distinct pleasure to meet up with and ask wrestling legend Mick Foley a couple questions. Topics included his new career as a stand-up comedian, if he thinks comedy is harder than wrestling, and a pretty amazing item he’s putting up for charity. Hint, the item was given to him by Jon Stewart during a certain rally in Washington DC last summer.
Very special thanks to Mr....
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Comedians On Comedians: Dan St. Paul's Perfect...
It is rare that a comedian as successful as Dan St. Paul can walk down the street unrecognized. But Dan St. Paul isn’t successful from television or movies - he’s the rare comedian that hit it big on the radio.
Even if you don’t know the name, you probably still know the bit; St. Paul’s religious satire classic “First Baseball Game” is a favorite on Bob...
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Conflict of Interest Events: Conflict Of Interest... →
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Money Might Kill The Simpsons
The surefire animated series The Simpsons is in jeopardy for a season 24. Every few years salary negotiations for the show get heated with the actors until a new deal is hammered out. This time around FOX is asking the show’s voice actors to take nearly a 45% pay cut from $8M to just over $4 to keep costs of making the show affordable to make. This obviously isn’t sitting well with...
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5 Characters From Nick Swardson's "Pretend Time"
Season two of Nick Swardson’s Pretend Time will premiere this Wednesday, and I’m anxious to see what the comedian has in store for the show’s return and the type of hijinks he’s bringing with him. I also hope it marks the return of some of his best characters from the first go-‘round.
In the meantime, let’s take a look back at our favorite characters from season one that we...
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Review: Andrew Norelli "Cut Above Stupid"
Andrew Norelli tells it like it is on his latest album, Cut Above Stupid. “You’re eating bacon. There’s a pig’s ass in your food,” he says. Thanks, Andrew. I want bacon now, I reply.
The outright comedian discusses things like Lady Gaga, being ugly in Las Vegas, and 35-year old sober skateboarders. He’s angry about other people having sex in parking garages, stressful massages, and his dumb...
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This Week In Comedy: Development Arrested
I don’t know why I keep doing it? Arrested Development, I don’t know how to quit you. At this point it’s such commonplace to report there’s talks of a new AD movie that I feel like a total numbskull for repeating it. Well, they say the definition of madness is doing the same thing over and over again expecting the same result. The latest is that at a recent New Yorker...
