December 2011
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The Laugh Button Podcast Round-Up | 12.23 - 12.29
While most of us were on the road heading home for the holidays, the comedians behind your favorite podcasts were still hard at work giving us the gift of laughs.
Correspondingly Adam Carolla sat down with Seth MacFarlane to find out what the man behind Stewie is all about while Tom Scharpling hosted the holiday party of a lifetime alongside John Hodgman, Ted Leo, and David Rees.
But...
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Watch The Red Band Tailer For Broken Lizard's New...
Broken Lizard are back with another film. It’s been a while since the comedy troupe released a film, even though they always seem to have something in production you’ll have to go back to 2009 for their last flick, The Slammin’ Salmon now we have ourselves The Babymakers.
The flick stars Paul Schneider (Parks And Recreation) in the lead role who is trying to have a child with...
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Eight Lists Of Hanukkah: 8 Places To Take Your...
Welcome to the Eight Lists Of Hanukkah. Each night of the holiday, comedian Jon Fisch will post a list of things he knows to be true about the being Jewish this time of year.
8 Places to Take Your Jewish Girlfriend on a Date
The 2nd Avenue Deli
Tiffany’s
The Shvitz
The Matzoh Ball
The Tenement Museum
To meet your Bubbi
The JCC
The Menorah Lighting Near Central Park
Jon Fisch...
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This Week In Comedy: You've Been 2011'd
A serious phobia of snowmen could present a problem this time of year [Videogum]
For people who are worried by constant parent status updates [STFU, Parents]
Introducing the Scumbag Santa meme [Slacktory]
Ranked, every cast member of Saturday Night Live ranked from worst to best [Nerve]
The eight greatest [adult swim] Hanukkah clips [adult swim]
The 50 funniest auto-correct fails of 2011...
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Eight Lists Of Hanukkah: 8 Movies To Watch On...
Welcome to the Eight Lists Of Hanukkah. Each night of the holiday, comedian Jon Fisch will post a list of things he knows to be true about the being Jewish this time of year.
There are plenty of Christmas specials on the tube, but where are the flicks for the Chosen people? Here is a list to get your netlix queue set up Jew style for 8 nights…
8 Movies to Watch on Hanukkah
The Ten...
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Felipe Esparza’s First Stand-up Special Premieres...
Felipe Esparza, the most recent winner of NBC’s Last Comic Standing, will have his first ever stand-up special premiere this week.
Esparza’s special, They‘re Not Gonna Laugh at You will air on Showtime, December 28th at 10pm ET. Esparza explained the idea behind the special’s title by saying, ”One time, before the show I made a mistake and told my mother that I was nervous to which she...
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Eight Lists Of Hanukkah: 8 Lesser-Known Jewish...
Welcome to the Eight Lists Of Hanukkah. Each night of the holiday, comedian Jon Fisch will post a list of things he knows to be true about the being Jewish this time of year.
We all know Jews love to go to movies and eat Chinese food on Christmas but here are some lesser known Christmas day rituals for Jews…
8 Lesser-known Jewish activities for Christmas Day
Count all the money we...
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Watch Giulia Rozzi Lay Down A Lexus Holiday...
It’s Christmas time and we’re bombarded with ads for the holiday season. Perhaps the most irksome ones are those that somehow assume people have enough money floating around that they are willing to purchase a loved one a car. “Honey I love you, I’m going to play you a little jingle and give you a new Lexus.”
Well comedian Giulia Rozzi gathered some of her friends...
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Eight Lists Of Hanukkah: 8 Gifts I Didn't Like As...
Welcome to the Eight Lists Of Hanukkah. Each night of the holiday, comedian Jon Fisch will post a list of things he knows to be true about the being Jewish this time of year.
Thinking back, the givers of these Hanukkah gifts are glad I didn’t have a voodoo doll because I would have used it on them. But cut to present time Jon Fisch: always thinking the music is too loud, not seeing the...
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Eight Lists Of Hanukkah: 8 Best Hanukkah Gifts I...
Welcome to the Eight Lists Of Hanukkah. Each night of the holiday, comedian Jon Fisch will post a list of things he knows to be true about the being Jewish this time of year.
I am not ashamed of loving each and every gift on this list. If I opened a closet in the basement of my parents house and all of these things were there (and also my baseball cards) I would spend hours sifting through the...
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Review: Rich Vos "Still Empty Inside"
Rich Vos’ third full-length release, Still Empty Inside, should not go unnoticed.
Despite the album title, the New Jersey-bred comedian is certainly not empty. In fact, he’s full of great jokes and a little resentment. Throughout the hour-long set, the veteran comedian unabashedly sheds a light on interracial dating, insecurity, materialistic buying, marriage, his three daughters, addiction,...
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Live In New York - Friday 12.23 | Reinventing...
Live comedy on Friday..
Bar 82
4pm - Open Mic
Broadway Comedy Club
8pm - The Hottest Women In Comedy
10pm - Joe Matarese, Dustin Chafin
Carolines on Broadway
8pm - Gilbert Gottfried
10:30 - The Chosen Ones w/ Rich Vos, Bonnie McFarlane, Myq Kaplan, Adam Newman, and Harrison Greenbaum
CB’s Comedy Club
9:30pm and 11:30pm - Dan St. Germain, Louis Katz, Josh Rabinowitz, Yamaneika...
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The Laugh Button's Top Comedy DVDs Of 2011
We’ve already ranked our Top Comedy albums of the year, now it’s time to deliver you our favorite comedy DVDs of the year. Some comedy releases came out on both DVD and CD, some just one or the other. Some comedians are just better visually, whether it be their look, a gag, facial expression, or the way they walk the stage. Here are the ones we thought did it best this year.
What...
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Eight Lists Of Hanukkah: 8 Worst Hanukkah Gifts I...
Welcome to the Eight Lists Of Hanukkah. Each night of the holiday, comedian Jon Fisch will post a list of things he knows to be true about the being Jewish this time of year.
This list is pretty straight forward, the fact that I remember these Hanukkah gifts is evidence of how bad they were…
8 Worst Hanukkah Gifts I Got As A Kid
Socks
Uno
Nail Clippers
$2 gift certificate to...
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Live In New York-Thursday 12.22 | Cringe Humor...
Where the live comedy is Thursday…
Bar 82
4pm - Open Mic
Broadway Comedy Club
9pm - Best of Broadway
Carolines on Broadway
8pm - Gilbert Gottfried
10pm - The Chosen ones w/ Rich Vos, Bonnie Mcfarlane, Myq Kaplan, Adam Newman, Harrison Greenbaum
CB’s Comedy Club
9:30pm - Louis Katz w/Dan St. Germain, Josh Rabinowitz, Yamaneika Saunders, and Frantz Casseus
Comedy Cellar
8pm...
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The Laugh Button Podcast Round-Up | 12.17 - 12.22
The holidays may not be here yet but the podcast fairies have given us their gifts a little bit early this year. Correspondingly this week comedians such as Doug Benson, Demetri Martin, Norm Macdonald, Joe Rogan and more all talk about their comedy careers and illustrate how they became masters of their craft in the process.
Additionally everyone from environmental activist Erin Brockovich to...
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Joe Mande Visited Conan To Explain The Holidays
Back in September, Joe Mande dropped by Conan to talk about life and Prime Rib. This time around he decided to keep it topical with a few political jokes and even managed to explain the holidays for us all. Thanks Joe! We knew we’d laugh when we’d watch your set but didn’t know we’d learn something in the process. Except for the human centipede menorah, coulda not learned...
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Eight Lists Of Hanukkah: 8 Bad Attempts At Making...
Welcome to the Eight Lists Of Hanukkah. Each night of the holiday, comedian Jon Fisch will post a list of things he knows to be true about the being Jewish this time of year.
Hanukkah will never be Christmas. No matter how hard you try, no matter how much you wish, no matter what mind games you play on yourself. Let Hanukkah be Hanukkah and stop doing these ridiculous things to make it feel...
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Live In New York-Wednesday 12.21 | Dan St....
Where to find the live comedy tonight…
Bar 82
4pm - Open Mic
6:30pm - “Stand By Your Song” Open Mic
Broadway Comedy Club
9pm - Best of Broadway
Cameo
8pm - Big Terrific w/ Gabe Liedman, Max Silverstri, and Jenny Slate
Carolines On Broadway
9:30pm - Ed Lover & Friends
CB’s Comedy Club
9:30pm - Dan St. Germain
Comedy Cellar
8pm - MC William Stephens w/...
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Uh, It's Called "Satire" Pat Robinson...
As I recapped this weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live, I could almost hear in my head the complaints some people would lodge against the final skit of the show that depicted Jason Sudekis coming to Earth to tell Tim Tebow to “tone it down a notch” with his open proclamations of faith. And like clockwork… here comes Pat Robertson.
Yesterday the televangelist called...
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Eight Lists Of Hanukkah: Topics Your Mother Will...
Welcome to the Eight Lists Of Hanukkah. Each night of the holiday, comedian Jon Fisch will post a list of things he knows to be true about the being Jewish this time of year. Here we bring you night 1.
Here are some tips for things you may want to Google and brush up on before Hanukkah Latkes this year with your mom. Otherwise you will be spending the entire night dodging “why are you...
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Live In New York-Tuesday 12.20 | Get Gassed
Where you can find the live comedy in New York tonight.
Bar 82
4pm - Open Mic
Broadway Comedy Club
9pm - Best of Broadway
Carolines on Broadway
8pm - Don’t Get Gassed w/ Cipha Sounds
Comedy Cellar
8pm - MC William Stephenson w/ Amy Schumer, Billy Manchington, Keith Robinson, Tom Papa, Gregg Rogell, and Owen Smith
10pm - MC William Stephenson w/ Dan Naturman, Neal Brennan, Nick...
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A Christmas Greeting From Garfunkel and Oates, and...
Garfunkel and Oates have a Christmas warning for you all, and that’s the holiday is really scary, under the influence of drugs or not. And while on the topic of drugs, why not have a cameo by their pal and fellow comedian Doug Benson star as a stoner Santa? Exactly, because when I think about stoner Santa Clauses, Benson is the only person that fits the bill.
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Jimmy Fallon Hosted SNL: Homecoming For The...
The Christmas episode of Saturday Night Live is always one of my most anticipated episodes of the season. Mainly because New York during the holidays is fantastic and this episode often one of the most festive. As if the writers and cast are looking to go out with a bang before a long break and pick things up again in the new year.
Jimmy Fallon’s first hosting duty on the show came this...
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This Week In Comedy: Tis The Season
Louis C.K. is now nearing netting a cool million dollars from his stand-up special [NY Times]
7 things you probably don’t know about How The Grinch Stole Christmas [Warming Glow]
A supercut of the best fails of 2011 [Youtube]
MTV is renewing the hidden camera show Punk’d but with a different hose [EW]
The funniest internet reactions to Kim Jong Il’s death [Ranker]
Breaking...
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Russell Brand Lands Late Night Talk Show Series On...
It looks like Russell Brand will finally rid himself of the “Mr. Katy Perry” title thanks to FX. The British comedian has landed a show with the FX Network, where he will headline a series of six half-hour late-night comedy specials that will be filmed in front of a live audience. The unscripted and as of now untitled series will be produced by FX Productions along with Brand’s...
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The Laugh Button Podcast Round-Up | 12.9 - 12.16
The podcast waves are flowing this week as some of the biggest names in comedy such as Sarah Silverman, Brian Posehn, Norm MacDonald, Bob Saget, Andy Dick and more all make the rounds to talk about everything from their favorite movies to deep philosophical discussions about the meaning of life. (Joe Rogan we’re looking in your direction.)
Additionally between all those belly laughs you...
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Happy Birthday Bill Hicks!
Today, 12/16/2011 Bill Hicks would have turned 50 years old. The stand-up icon hasn’t delivered new material in nearly 20 years ago yet we still find his thoughts and jokes at the center of critiques, references, and ideas with modern day politics and social trends. He’s never gone out of style and his words have elevated him beyond just a stand-up comedian into a satirist and...
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The Golden Globes 2012 Nominations, How Comedy...
I know every time nominations for awards are announced, I complain about what the hell is wrong with those that made the selections, but a quick once-over of the comedy categories is a complete and total head scratcher. Maybe I set my standards too high? But I’d like to think it’s the Hollywood Foreign Press’ problem and not mine. But the golden globes do continue in the...
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Live In New York - Thursday 12.15 | Natasha...
Where to find the live comedy tonight.
Broadway Comedy Club
9pm - The Best Of Broadway
Cameo
8pm - Comedy Night In New York w/ Brooke Van Poppelen, Chris Gethard, Dan Soder, Damien Lemon, Henry Zebrowski, Marina Franklin, Mark Normand, Matt McCarthy, Nate Bargatze, Nick Turner, Nick Vatterott, Owen Smith, and Phil Hanley
Carolines On Broadway
8pm - Natasha Leggero
10pm - Joe DeRosa
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Howard Stern Hired As Judge On America's Got...
Well, the rumors are true. After what seems like months of speculation that the morning show icon would be a replacement judge for Piers Morgan on the TV show America’s Got Talent things were finally confirmed this morning. The comedy host made the announcement on his SiriusXM radio show.
Stern is pretty friendly with the other judges from the show including comedian Howie Mandel and...
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Take A Look At Sacha Baron Cohen's New Film "The...
We’ve read and heard rumblings about Sacha Baron Cohen’s new film, The Dictator for a while now. Today we got a chance to see what Cohen has been up to since we last checked in with him as a trailer for the film hit the net and it’s looking like he’s trying to pull off his best Gadhafi impression, but probably way funnier than that guy was in real life.
First...
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Patton Oswalt Will Never Use His Cell Phone In A...
If you’ve never been to the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, you really just need to know one thing about the movie theater. Don’t use your phone in the theater and be quiet otherwise they will kick you out. A few months back you may remember some random woman leaving a message about getting kicked out as a result of this.
Well Patton Oswalt is out and about promoting his new movie Young...
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Nick Swardson And T.J. Miller To Star In New Movie...
ShawdowMachine the production company responsible for the stop-motion animation of the popular [adult swim] TV shows Robot Chicken and Morel Orel is taking a step into movies. But they aren’t straying far from the stop-motion animation just yet.
Nick Swardson and T.J. Miller were just cast as the vocal leads in the flick, Hell & Back which will be a comedy about two best friends to...
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Live in New York - Wednesday 12.14 | Joe DeRosa...
Where you can find live comedy in NY tonight.
Bar 82
4pm - Open Mic
Broadway Comedy Club
9pm - Best Of Broadway
Cameo Gallery
8pm - Big Terrific w/ Gabe Liedman, Max Silvestri and Jenny Slate
Carolines On Broadway
7:30pm - Joe DeRosa
9:30pm - Carolines Holiday Comedy Show
CB’s Comedy Club
8:30pm - Simon Kaufman & friends
Comedy Cellar
8pm - MC Ardie Fuqua, Gregg Rogell,...
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Louis C.K. Reveals How Much Money He's Made From...
It’s only been a few days since Louis C.K. made his latest stand-up special, Live At The Beacon Theater available for $5 on his website and perhaps the biggest question everyone asked since was, “did this self-released experiment work?”
Yesterday C.K. finally pulled back the curtain and gave us all the scoop on everything. As far as cost, the comedian revealed that the...
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Live In New York - Tuesday 12.13
What’s going on today…
Bar 82
9pm - Sage Stand Up
Broadway Comedy Club
9pm - Best Of Broadway
Carolines on Broadway
7:30pm - Carolines Holiday Comedy Show
Comedy Cellar
8pm - William Stephenson MC, Sherrod Small, Gregg Rogell, Nick Griffin, Dan Naturman, Nikki Glaser, Kurt Metzger
10pm - William Stephenson MC, Mike Vecchione, Ryan Hamilton, Rachel Feinstein, Paul Mercurio,...
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San Francisco's Sketchfest 2012 Comedy Lineup Is...
Move over South by Southwest, Lollapalooza, Coachella and all other festivals trying to resurrect 1969’s Woodstock because San Francisco’s Sketchfest 2012 is coming on through and this comedy festival is only concerned with spreading laughter, not hippie trends. So, put aside your peace and love accessories and just show up from January 19th to February 4th to SF Sketchfest with an...
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The Laughing Devil Comedy Club Opens On December...
The Laughing Devil, New York’s newest comedy club, is set to officially open its doors on Friday, December 16th. Among the club’s first performers will be Victor Varnado, Steve Hofstetter, Joe Larson, Harrison Greenbaum, Ash Louis, Matt Baetz, Liz Miele, and Dave Goldstein.
Located on Vernon Boulevard in Long Island City, the club sports fourteen delicious brews on tap and a state of the art...
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This Week In Comedy: Reviewing Years
It’s nearing the end of the year, and that means it’s time to reflect on 2011, the year that was. For the next few weeks we’ll be recapping the year with lists of our favorite albums of the year, holiday gift guides, and all other things we covered this year. There were highs and lows and we’ll get to them all. In the meantime, start with our top comedy albums of the...
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Live In New York - Monday, 12.12
What’s happening today.
Bar 82
4pm - Open Mic
Barrow Street Theatre
9:30pm - TJ & Dave
The Broadway Comedy Club
9pm - Best Of Broadway
Carolines on Broadway
7pm - New Talent Showcase
Comedy Cellar
8pm - Modi, Todd Barry, Colin Quinn, Nick Griffin, Kurt Metzger, Lynne Koplitz
10pm - Rachel Feinstein, Dan Naturman, Nikki Glaser, Andy Hendrickson, Dan Soder, Wil Sylvince,...
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Katy Perry Hosted Saturday Night Live: No Singin'...
Alright here we go, Katy Perry is hosting Saturday Night Live. She’s now blonde and not the musical guest. This time around she’s the host and leaving the musical duties to another blonde, Robyn… I’m not sure what to make of Perry’s turn to hosting, she obviously has the star power but does she have the ability to carry the entire show? We’ll find out...
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The Laugh Button's Top Comedy Albums Of 2011
Here it is, a list we think some of you have been waiting for, The Laugh Button’s top comedy albums of the year. The entire TLB staff gathered into a room and put it to a vote, fists flew, tears were cried, and here’s what we emerged with. Will all readers agree with it? Probably not, that’s what the comments section is for. Over the next few weeks there will be more recaps of...
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Live In New York - Sunday 12.11
Live comedy in New York tonight…
Beauty Bar
* 9pm - Beauty Bar Comedy Show
Caroline’s on Broadway
* 8pm – Kevin Nealon
* 10pm - Paul Mooney
CB’s Comedy Club
* 8pm - Sunday Night Live
The Comedy Cellar
* 8pm - Teddy Smith, Colin Quinn, Ryan Hamilton, Nick Griffin, Lynne Koplitz, and Modi
* 10pm - Jesse Joyce, Andy Hendrickson, Lee Camp, Ross Bennet, Wil Sylvince, Kurt Metzger,...
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Live In New York - Saturday 12.10
What’s happening tonight.
Broadway Comedy Club
* 9pm and 11pm – Max Alexander, Ross Bennet, and Joe Matarese
Caroline’s on Broadway
* 12:30am - Paul Mooney
CB’s Comedy Club
* 9:30pm and 11:30pm – Greer Barnes, Mike Britt, Harris Stanton, Luis J Gomez
The Comedy Cellar
* 7:30pm - Gregg Rogell, Colin Quinn, Tom Papa, Lynne Koplitz, Sherrod Small
* 9:15pm - Gregg Rogell, Tom Papa,...
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Live In New York - Friday 12.9
Where to fine live comedy today, Friday 12.9
Barrow Street Theatre
* 10:30pm – TJ and Dave
Broadway Comedy Club
* 10pm - Sherrod Small and Dustin Chafin
Broadway Comedy Club – The World
* 8:30pm – “The Best Comedy Show in the World”
Caroline’s on Broadway
* 8pm and 10:30pm – Kevin Nealon
CB’s Comedy Club
* 9:30pm and 11:30pm – Mike Britt, Sean Patton, Yamaneika Saunders, Harris...
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A Clip From Louis C.K.'s New Stand-Up Special Has...
This Saturday Louis C.K. will make his new stand-up special Word available for anyone willing to spend the $5 for the stream + download. It’s a new model the comedian is dabbling with and could potentially be the new way he delivers his stand-up specials directly to fans without any middle man.
Just today the comedian uploaded a video clip outtake from the special, time to toss it to the...
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The Laugh Button Podcast Round-Up | 11.1 - 11.8
Happy December! The temperatures might be dropping but this week sees some of the biggest comedians around such as Doug Stanhope, Sarah Silverman, Kevin Nealon, Dane Cook and more all making the podcast rounds to keep you hysterically laughing on your commute to work and probably freaking out the other people on the subway in the process.
In addition to all of the comedians, cultural icons such...
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Ricky Gervais Writes Lengthy Essay On Atheism For...
I was distracted from my 70’s rock radio station on Pandora this morning when I read the following tweet from British comedian/actor/writer @RickyGervais:
I wrote a little essay. Let me know what you think. Then read the comments page. Some are hilarious.
I clicked the link to find an essay in the Wall Street Journal entitled, “Ricky Gervais: Why I’m an Atheist.” Throughout the article,...
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This January, Rob Schneider Is... A Gringo?
CBS recently unveiled the promo footage for their new mid-season sitcom starring Rob Schneider. ¡ROB! will premiere on Thursday January, 12th and take the place of Rules of Engagement, debuting right after The Big Bang Theory. I can’t say I’m eager to watch it, but Claudia Bassols, who plays “Maggie” on the show does offer hope with her attractiveness…and at least...
