March 2011
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Blue But Not Black: An Interview With Louis Katz
Louis Katz just released a digital album called If These Balls Could Talk via Comedy Central Records. On the album, Katz asks the interesting questions such as, “What would a hippie roommate call her cat?” He also gives his experience dating women with self-imposed diet restrictions. We caught up with Katz a few days ago to talk about what he’s been up to since the...
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Watch The TV Spot For Mike Birbiglia's...
This Thursday will mark the opening night for Mike Birbigila’s new one-man show, My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend. And according to his new newsletter, the previews/test shows are going fine. Birbigs also mentioned in his newsletter that the pizza joint next door to the theater his show is at is going to be renamed “Mike’s Pizza” since he plans on visiting it so much because of...
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The Jimmy Fallon/Stephen Colbert Charity...
Alright, here are all the details you need to know about this current Late Night Friendly Feud to raise charity money between Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert. The two have been BFFs for the last 6 months. The last week Colbert auctioned off a painting for charity and raised $26K for the cause.
Stephen Colbert went on his show the next day and made the announcement that his best friend of 6...
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George Carlin's Love Letters Appear In New Memoir
A few weeks ago George Carlin’s widow Sally Wade released a memoir, The George Carlin Letters: The Permanent Courtship of Sally Wade. It’s a collection of Wade’s and Carlin’s life together with personal letters and drawings given to her by the late comedian.
It shows a side of the comedy legend that not many saw. Just this morning I learned the CC Insider posted a...
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Watch Elton John / Jason Sudekis Promos For...
Sir Elton John will be the host of this weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live, he’s also pulling double duty and going to be the musical guest.
Watch some video clips of him doing promo videos with Jason Sudekis. I learned two things from watching these promos 1) Elton John has a lot of sunglasses and 2) Any attempt at humor involving British Accents must have a Yackety Sax bit,...
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Bobby Bottleservice Wants To Know "Why Did The...
Bobby Bottleservice (aka Nick Kroll), our favorite Italian American who loves his mother very much, has an important question to ask you. This is actually a real contest so definitely think of some good submissions. For official rules go here.
Thank you…very cool!
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Listen To A New Reggie Watts Live At Third Man...
If there is one comedian who’s albums are worth the money it’s Reggie Watts. Think about it, any other comedian or band will replay their latest tracks ad nauseum. With Reggie however, there is no such thing as “the same set,” because the comedian/vocalist/beat boxer/improviser/musician makes every performance completely original.
It’s for that reason you should...
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Stephen Colbert Sets Up Movits! Album Stream On...
Last night Stephen Colbert gave a shout-out to his favorite hip-hop/swing/jazz band Movits! during the conclusion of The Colbert Report. For those who aren’t in the know, Movits! is a Swedish trio that Stephen discovered while reading Reddit.com one day. He liked them so much he invited them to the USA to for an interview and live performance on his show.
Now the band has returned with...
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And The Comedy Awards Winners Are...
This weekend marked the first annual Comedy Awards. The finest in comedy gathered to honor their fellow comedians for a night of laughs and honorees. The show was recorded and will air on Sunday, April 10th at 9pm EDT and will air simultaneously on Comedy Central, Spike TV, CMT, Logo, TV Land, VH1 and Nick at Nite. But since the 10th is a few days away, here’s a list of the winners (in...
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This Week In Comedy: Hefty Comedy
Ahoy hoy comedy fans. If anyone happened to be pulling a late night on Saturday they might have caught Norm MacDonald’s latest stand-up special, Me Doing Stand-Up. Watching Norm do stand-up is like hanging out with an old friend who you haven’t seen in a long time. Even though he hasn’t had much in the way of televised performances he is the same guy you remember from Weekend...
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Talking Funny To Premiere On April 22nd, Watch...
Remember way back in 2010 when we told you of HBO’s plans to gather Jerry Seinfeld, Louis C.K., Chris Rock, and Ricky Gervais together in the same room for the show Talking Funny? Of course you do. Now we have and update on that story.
HBO is going to air the show at 9pm on April 22nd and here are some clips. What else do you need to know?
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Standing Up In New York: An Interview With John...
Just the other day, the second season of John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show debuted. The show is what it sounds like…John Oliver does some stand-up and invites his friends out to do some as well. Terrific premise if you are a fan of comedy.
Last week John was in Austin for the SXSW festival, and we got a few minutes to sit down with him and discuss the new season of his show, the...
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REVIEW: If You’ve Got The Coke Money, Natasha...
As a female comedian, you can either buck the female stigma and deliver your best material, or you can embrace it and bitch slap the audience for forty minutes. I personally love a gal who picks the latter. Ladies and Gentlemen, meet Ms. Natasha Leggero.
Coke Money is Natasha’s debut stand-up album, and boy is it a treat (see what I did there?) A comedian who’s been everywhere lately, and...
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Chuck Nice Is Mocking Stupid Criminals, It's...
This strikes me as something that would be on TruTV.
When criminals get stupid and it’s video taped, who better to mock them than a comedian. That’s what Chuck Nice is up to these days, with the launch of the website Criminally Mindless a “one-stop shop for crooks behaving dumbly.”
Let’s get the play-by-play…
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Catch Reggie Watts Live On Sirius/XM Next Week, 2...
Gather around kids, ‘cause your favorite uncle with the best hair ever, Reggie Watts will appear live on Sirius/XM radio next Monday, March 28th. Watts will be interviewed and perform live on the Raw Dog Comedy channel from 1-2pm.
The seats are super-limited so don’t be upset if you don’t get in. What you can do instead is roll out to the Music Hall Of Williamsburg shows...
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Pete Holmes Injures Himself, Talks About It
Last week I realized that Pete Holmes is slowly growing into one of my favorite funny people. Not just because of his stand-up, but because he might be one of the funniest people in just plain ol’ walking around daily life.
Last week Holmes was in Austin for SXSW and performed at the John Oliver New York Stand-Up @ SXSW showcase. This week video clips of that performance appeared on...
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REVIEW: Daniel Tosh, Smile And Think Happy...
In 2009 Daniel Tosh finally hit the big time after his show Tosh.0 found viewers laughing along to the follies of the internet. Now riding on that fame, we have Happy Thoughts, the comedian’s second stand-up album, and third full length special. It’s become pretty clear that Daniel has fully embraced his fame, realizing that fans hang on his every word is a great way to exploit a...
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Lewis Black Supports Trump In 2012
There is no part of The Daily Show gets everyone hyped up more than Lewis Black and his Back in Black segment. I think one of the things that makes it so beloved is that it doesn’t have any set schedule. Meaning that we don’t know when to expect one and material is usually top notch.
This time around it was Donald Trump trying to position himself as a presidential candidate that had...
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Aflac Wants To Replace Gilbert Gottfried's Voice...
Remember when you were young and your mom would tell you that talking in a loud shrieking voice would get you nowhere in life?
Well tell mom to shove it because since firing Gilbert Gottfried as the voice of their spokes-duck, Aflac is looking for someone with your skill set to fill the void.
They created the oh so clever site Quackaflac.com so people can submit audio and video of themselves...
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A track from Louis Katz’ new album “If These Balls Could Talk”
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WatchLong ass line at the John Oliver SXSW showcase.
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Clash Of The Podcast Titans: Adam Corolla And Marc...
There is no shortage of comedy podcasts out there, but the two big dogs in the yard are definitely WTF Podcast with Marc Maron and The Adam Corolla Podcast.
In what must be the comedy equivalent of Batman and Superman meeting, Corolla stepped out of his garage and into a slightly different garage as the guest on Maron’s most recent WTF Podcast.
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Michael Ian Black Wants To Become The Spokesperson...
Michael Ian Black wants to ensure that plenty of burritos and tacos are in his future.
He took to the internet yesterday with a campaign to become the official spokesperson of Taco Bell. And he’s calling upon the help from some heavy hitters. He filmed a quick video pleading for President Obama to help him become the spokesperson. Black hilariously states that since he contributed $20 to...
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Natasha Leggero Handles All The Coke Money
Natasha Leggero is about to release a new digital-only album Coke Money, and while we don’t condone drug use we have to say, the subject matter is pretty damn funny in Leggero’s hands. But that should surprise no one for Natahsa’s paid her dues, being a mainstay on Chelsea Lately, done some time in movies, was a judge on NBC’s hit The Last Comic Standing, and acted...
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Watch Lisa Lampanelli's Roast Of Worthless...
We mentioned previously that Lisa Lampenelli’s new stand-up CD/DVD special Tough Love hits the shelves on April 5th. Some more clips from Tough Love’s March 27th TV special have hit the web.
We were tipped off to this set by The Comic’s Comic. In them LL puts together a little roasting bit where she flames the most worthless Americans, or in this case, New Jersey as in the...
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Patrice O'Neal Has Wisdom To Share On Sandpaper...
Fed up with the general “lameness” of comedy podcasts, comedian Matt Ruby decided to launch a new podcast on his popular comedy blog Sandpaper Suit.
In the first episode he tries to help us all understand the relationships between men and women, attempting to “solve that whole thing” as Ruby puts it. His first guest was Patrice O’Neal, the always funny comedian with some blunt yet...
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New Trailer Released For Judd Apatow's Bridesmaids
We wrote about the new Judd Apatow produced / Paul Feig directed comedy Bridesmaids a few months ago. Even though the movie had some big names like Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, and Rose Byrne, the first trailer didn’t impress me too much since it looked like a watered down Hangover targeted towards women.
Universal however just released a new trailer and this one has me feeling a little...
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If Louis Katz' Balls Could Talk
Louis Katz’ new digital album If These Balls Could Talk just hit all digital outlets this past week from Comedy Central Records.
The album is a wild barrage of twisted stories and jokes that take Louis on a tale of stories that range from hellish roommates, drugs, and dating. And we have to say, he might have the best terrible roommate material we’ve heard in a while.
Katz is an...
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Exclusive: Watch The Trailer For The New Comedy...
We have to say, we’re pretty excited about the new Comedy Central TV series Workaholics. It seems like a perfect mix of the movie Office Space meets the best stoner comedy you’ve ever seen. The show stars Mail Order Comedy’s Blake Anderson, Anders Holm, and Adam DeVine. Kevin Etten (Scrubs) will serve as the show’s executive producer.
The show premieres on April 6th at 10:30pm...
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Review: Jim Norton "Despicable"
First off, if there was ever an album that you should not listen to with your grandma, Jim Norton’s Despicable is it.
This is Norton’s third album, and out of a total twenty seven tracks on the album (each bit moves pretty quick) fifteen tracks contain a word in the title that if this wasn’t the internet, would get me in trouble. So it’s safe to say Jim Norton...
