February 2012
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The Funniest Tweets In Reaction To Snooki's...
Today it was revealed after much speculation that Jersey Shore star Nicole “Snooki” Polizi is indeed pregnant with child. This would normally be the part of this story where I’d insert some joke about a meatball within a meatball.
But instead of dealing with me and my shitty puns, why not find out how comedians reacted to the news that America’s favorite pink-trimmed...
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Nick DiPaolo And Artie Lange On Conan
Nick DiPaolo and Artie Lange are in the middle of a West Coast run of press for their syndicated radio show, The Nick And Artie Show. The duo stopped by Adam Carolla’s podcast and did Conan in the same day. I’d call that successfully hitting the comedy audience.
Here are the video clips of the pair’s appearance.
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Aqua Teen Hunger Force Creative Team Making New...
The FX animation domination train keeps a-running. It doesn’t matter what kinda jokes are told, as long as they are funny.
The network announced a they’ve teamed up with Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1Aqua Teen Hunger Force’s Matt Maiellaro and newcomer Grant Dekernionto to create a new animated series about man recently released from prison.
The show is untitled at the moment but a...
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A Supercut Of Billy Crystal Bombing At The Oscars
We’ve had a day or two to decompress from the Academy Awards (TweetRoast 4 lyfe!). Billy Crystal was the evening’s host and the general consensus around the TLB offices were though we like Crystal the show’s pendulum tried to go really young and hip last year and then swung too far in the opposite direction towards the old this time around.
The folks over at Jest decided to put...
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Aziz Ansari's "Buried Alive" Tour Pre-Sale Begins...
Today, the pre-sale for Aziz Ansari’s big spring tour will kick off today at 10am (local time). Ansari has called the tour Buried Alive! and will be a completely new hour of stand-up. So time to log onto his website and get out to for the tour, which starts in April in NJ.
Hi this is Aziz. Here are tickets for my brand new standup tour Buried Alive. It’s all new material that...
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Watch A Clip From Lewis Black's New Stand-Up...
On March 17th we rust with Lewis Black. Epix is set to premiere my favorite The Daily Show correspondent’s new stand-up special, In God We Rust on March 17th. It’s the first set of new material from Black since 2010’s Stark Raving Black. Black did have a release in 2011, The Prophet an album of recorded material nearly 2 decades old.
So the moral of this story is that at...
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Kevin Hart Got Ejected and Won The MVP at The NBA...
Friday night’s NBA All-Star Celebrity Game in Orlando, brought in celebrities of all types including J. Cole (Rapper), JB Smoove (Comedian), Vinny Guadagnino (Jersey Shore), and Arne Duncan (U.S. Secretary of Education). However, the celebrity who really stole the show by means of funny antics was the 5’2’’comedian, Kevin Hart. He was not only named MVP for keeping the crowd entertained all...
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Our Favorite Moments From The Inagural #TweetRoast
Last night, a handful of comedians gathered for the first-ever Tweet Roast. All those participating watched the Academy Awards ceremony live as they left a running commentary on www.tweetroast.com allowing fans to read what they thought and interacted with the comedians. We teamed up with Laughspin, Fireman Creative, and Apostle for the launch of the website.
Thousands of tweets were made by...
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This Week In Comedy: With Creepy Jack Nicholson
All the stars were out for the Oscars but just as many comedians were out to roast them via Twitter. [Tweet Roast]
Happy 4th bBirthday Mitch Hedberg, here’s a rare interview. [LaughSpin]
7 Facts You Might Not Know About the Cast of Archer [Warming Glow]
Martin Lawrence is coming back to TV [Humor Mill]
Comedy’s Most Transformative Female Figures [America’s Comedy]
IN STORES...
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Reggie Watts Kinecting The Dots
Reggie Watts decided to trip us all out with a program hack of the XBox Kinect that allowed him to dance to eight 3D echoes of himself. What that all means? I have no friggin clue. But what I do know is that it’s a pretty spacey effect.
If you told me that Reggie Watts made his own drugs, I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised.
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The Laugh Button Podcast Round-Up | 2.17 - 2.23
Hey everyone and welcome to another fun-filled installment of The Laugh Button Podcast Round-Up. This week sees comedians such as Marc Maron, Tom Scharpling, Joe Rogan, David Wain, Seth Meyers, Jen Kirkman and more all making the rounds to express their unique opinions and sense of humor on the iTunes loving masses.
But that’s not all, folks. This week also sees everyone from the rock act...
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Comedians To #TweetRoast The Academy Awards
What’s better than a Roast? Not much. And who better to Roast than celebrities and at the peak of their celeb-ness. And where does that happen more than at an awards show? Moresoe, the biggest awards show of them all…The Academy Awards. The 84th annual broadcast of the event is happening this weekend and with it comes the launch of www.tweetroast.com. A site where comedians and...
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Mike Birbiglia Stopped By Letterman To Complain...
Mike Birbiglia swung by Late Show with David Letterman for a set and I’m not sure there’s a person who can disagree with the man’s take on airports.
Comedians all have material about their dislike for airports, but it doesn’t make and of it less true.
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Todd Glass Was On Fallon And Gave An Update On...
Earlier this week Todd Glass dropped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to give an update on his life since his very public coming out on WTF with Marc Maron last month.
Glass stated to Fallon that he was glad he came out and received an overwhelming amount of support from other comedians and friends. He also echoed similar statements he made on Maron’s podcast that we all need to be careful...
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Survey Shows Comedy Most Important Amongst...
The NY Times just published a survey conducted by Comedy Central, and the good news for them is that it appears the Millennial generation (well at least its males) view comedy as “essential to how young men view themselves and others.” More than personal style and more than music. It’s obviously good news for a channel that relies so heavily on comedy.
The survey polled 2,000...
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SXSW Comedy Performers Announced, Here's Your...
South By Southwest has been killing it with it’s music and interactive programming for many years now. For the last few years, festival programmers have really added to the festival with a growing and kickass lineup of performing comedians. This year boasts it’s biggest lineup of performers, nights, and shows yet.
In addition to the comedy based panels running Friday, March 9th -...
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T.J. Miller Just Released The Music Video For...
I’m quite the fan of T.J. Miller and his rap-comedy antics. From the moment I heard the self-titled track on his latest rap album, The Extended Play E.P. [TLB Review] I thought the track was worth of one of his videos. Now, nearly 4 months later, I got my wish.
Check out the clip, and remember, it’s T.J. Miller… not T-gay butt filler, words to live by told to us by T.J....
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Gregory House Worships At The Altar Of Stephen...
I was sitting on my couch, minding my own business watching House and at one scene when we found our intrepid doctor in his office talking to a colleague I happened to notice a photo on the desk behind House, and upon further review it turns out that Gregory House M.D. worships at the altar of Stephen Colbert. I don’t know about others, but when I put a framed image of someone on my desk at...
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This Week In Comedy With Creeks And Caves
After an abrupt hiatus for a few days last week, The Colbert Report is returning to the air this week. [NY Times]
The Creek and Cave in NYC is looking for some Kickstarter backers. [Kickstarter]
Joan Rivers trashes other comedians Jay Leno, Dane Cook, and Chelsea Handler. [Huffington Post]
An Archer supercut [Uproxx]
Comedian Theo Von is going to take over as the host of the Yahoo! show...
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Maya Rudolph Hosted Saturday Night Live | A...
It’s always fun when a former Saturday Night Live cast member returns to host the show. It usually acts as a good time to revive some old sketches and wax nostalgic. Is also usually means some cast members from their era show up making it a fun night of SNL times.
Maya Rudolph was the host of the show last night coming off Bridesmaids and currently doing kickass work on Up All Night....
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Jim Gaffigan Will Self-Release His Next Comedy...
In the wake of Louis C.K.’s success selling his stand-up special by himself, another heavy hitting comedian is going to sell his next special by himself. Earlier this week, Jim Gaffigan announced that he too will be offering up his next stand-up comedy special, Mr. Universe via his website for the direct-to-fan price of $5 beginning this April.
With the idea picking up steam with many,...
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The Evolution Of Louis C.K.
I’m a few weeks late on this clip but just found it today in my internet travels. Sue me, I can be king internet all the time. A fan sorted through a few old clips of Louis C.K.’s performances and cross referenced them next to a speech he delivered in tribute to George Carlin in 2010. In the clip, C.K. discussed how Carlin was an influence and made him change his approach toward...
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Some Thoughts On The SNL Cast Restructuring
Earlier this week Saturday Night Live held auditions at The Pit in NYC in front of show bigwigs like Lorne Michaels and head writer Seth Meyers. What does this mean? It means that as we hit the mid-season mark they are eyeing the future. Checking out possible new players as contracts expire and some of the older cast mates move onto other things.
This happens often and probably means...
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Garfunkel & Oates Soapy In A Tub...
The musical comedy duo Garfunkel & Oates just revealed their plans to put out a new comedy album next week on February 21st. The duo released this news along with album artwork, which has them looking quite slippery and moist, so I’d imagine it’s an appropriate album title when you think about it in those terms.
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The Laugh Button Podcast Round-Up | 2.10 - 2.16
After a light load last week, the podcast train is up and rolling again and boy is it impressive. This week legendary comedians such as Conan O’Brien, Tom Lennon and Ben Garant make the rounds to talk about how they went from indie darlings to mainstream icons without sacrificing their credibility in the process.
Additionally other A-listers such as Paul F. Tompkins, DEADMAU5, Nick Lowe,...
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Nick Swardson Has All Your Bro-Sassin Needs...
Hot on the heels of the announcement that his sketch show Pretend Time is no more, Nick Swardson has revealed that he has sold a new show to Comedy Central called Bro-Sassin with Nick Goossen, the director of Grandma’s Boy on board.
Swardson took to his Facebook page to reveal the details.
I have sold a NEW SHOW to Comedy Central. It’s called ‘BRO-SASSIN’ about a guy...
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The Colbert Report Unexpectedly Shuts Down...
If you tuned in last night to see Claire Danes on The Colbert Report you might have been as surprised as we were to see it was a rerun of the episode that featured Bjork. Well, it turns out production was on the show yesterday and will be once again tonight, due to what Comedy Central reports as “unforeseen circumstances.” The show normally goes dark on Fridays so this means no more...
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Doug Stanhope Returns "Before Turning The Gun On...
Doug Stanhope has been really prolific with the comedy albums as of late with a steady stream of releases coming at us at nearly a yearly pace. It’s great to see such consistent and great comedians as Doug keep consistent with the releases for they keep us all on our toes.
We loved his 2011 album, Oslo: Burning The Bridge To Nowhere [TLB Review] and even declared it one of our top albums...
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Dylan Brody Will Return With "Chronological...
It’s difficult to describe Dylan Brody with just one word. For he’s a man of many talents, playwright, author, comedian… what is clear is that Brody has the uncanny ability to tell a story with wit and wordplay. Something he’s set to showcase to the world once again with his 4th album, Chronological Disorder which will hit the shelves on February 21st via Stand Up!...
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Happy Valentine's Day From The Cast Of "Community"
Don’t know what to get your loved one this Valentine’s Day? Me neither, and as the clock nears my time to go out to dinner with my beloved I remembered, she’s a Community fan.
Chrisis averted because someone really talented took the guesswork out of it for me and made these nifty Community-inspired Valentine’s Day cards. Though I wish there some images of star burns up in...
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Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World....
The trailer for the new Steve Carell film has hit the web. Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World, depicts Carrell as a man trying to figure out what do do with his life as the news is reporting the world will end in about 3 weeks time. While the premise is pretty great, the idea of Patton Oswalt having a good time at a wine orgy during an end of the world party is even better. And if I...
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Zooey Deschanel Hosted Saturday Night Live: Bein'...
When news broke that Zooey Deschanel was going to host Saturday Night Live fanboys around the world went crazy. For Deschanel is an idol of sorts with her pixie-like looks, vintage dresses, perfectly cut bangs, and big dooey eyes (swoon). She has some serious fans. Add onto the fact that Zooey is able to sing, dance, and act her skills could be put to good use on the show. Her latest foray into...
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Watch An Exclusive Video Clip From Robert Kelly's...
Last week we hosted the live taping of Robert Kelly’s You Know What Dude podcast at Gotham Comedy Club. Earlier today, the podcast went live and is now available for you to check out (and of course we recommend you do so).
In addition to the audio, the show was also video taped by our friends at Apostle, so check out this exclusive clip of the night, then download the show and enjoy...
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This Week In Comedy: With Nick Offerman And His...
Our website time waster of the week… Dads on Vacation [Tumblr]
The second might be You Look Like A Fucking Idiot [www.youlooklikeafuckingidiot.com]
Who wants to watch Will Ferrell introduce some basketball players? [Deadspin]
There will be a new Friday movie but without Chris Tucker [Humor Mill]
The lesser known roles of Nick Offerman [Warming Glow]
IN STORES Beavis & Butthead:...
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Let's Get "Weird Al" To Perform At The Next Super...
The Super Bowl just finished and some are already trying to figure out what’s going to happen for next year. Well some aren’t passively sitting by to see what act they pick to perform at halftime. Rather there’s a group of people that are trying to lobby the NFL to have the king of the spoof song “Weird Al” Yankovic perform at halftime.
Join in on the weirdness,...
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The Laugh Button Podcast Round-Up | 2.4 - 2.9
The Super Bowl is over and the Grammys are almost here but in the meantime we’ve got a handful of podcasts to keep us going through the home stretch.
This week funny people like “Weird” Al Yankovic, Todd Glass, Robert Kelly and, Joe Rogan all talk about the inner workings of comedy and teach lessons that are as funny as they are educational.
We’re going to keep this...
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Christopher Titus...Get A Real Job Numbnuts!
Since 2004 Christopher Titus has been pretty prolific with his 90 minute stand-up specials. He’s released 4 in less than a decade, Norman Rockwell is Bleeding, Fifth Annual End of The World Tour, Love is Evol, and Neverlution all keeping him busy writing the material, touring, and recording it. Now, beginning next week on Valentines Day (Feb 14th) he’s making all 4 of these...
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Photos From The Live Recording Of "You Know What...
[UPDATE: Here’s a video clip]
Last night The Laugh Button Live! presented comedian Robert Kelly’s podcast You Know What Dude at Gotham Comedy Club. It was the first time Robert and Co. ventured out into the public to record the podcast with a live audience and it couldn’t have been a funnier night! The sold out room was packed with a standing room only crowd as Robert was...
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Review: Patrice O'Neal "Mr. P" A Final Bow From An...
Upon hearing of Patrice O’Neal’s passing we spent a lot of time re-watching clips from his 2011 stand-up special Elephant In The Room after. In it he just slayed taboo topics about sexism, race, and harassment of others. It was simultaneously hilarious and sad at the same time because we realized there would be no more new honesty coming from Patrice in the future.
Word got out that...
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No More Pretend Time For Nick Swardson
It’s a bummer to report that Nick Swardson’s sketch comedy show, Nick Swardson’s Pretend Time on Comedy Central has ended it’s run after two seasons. The reason seems that he was having a tough time creatively and the show was becoming too expensive for the network to produce. Last night, the comedian made a post on his Facebook page breaking the news.
“I regret to...
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Denis Leary Hunts The Masked Vigilante Known As...
“I am issuing an arrest warrant for the masked vigilante known as Spider-Man” yup… that’s how it goes. We learned over a year ago that Denis Leary landed a role in the upcoming re-boot of the Spider-Man franchise as Gwen Stacey’s (Emma Stone) father. What we didn’t realize is that according to the new trailer for the flick, he’s one of the main characters...
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Dan St. Germain Showed Up In A Super Bowl Ad With...
Hey, did you happen to watch the Super Bowl last night? What about the commercials? You may have noticed there was one for America’s Got Talent and Howard Stern joining the show. Well you might have also recognized the person that Stern shot with the fire hose as none other than comedian Dan St. Germain.
Stern pretty much pulled a UHF and yelled, “you get to drink from the fire...
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Channing Tatum Hosted Saturday Night Live: One For...
Awe shiiiiiiit! SNL is back after a brief hiatus and who do my wandering eyes see as this week’s host? Why it’s Channing Tatum himself! My man C-Tates! Cool story bro! Tatum is hosting because he has a new movie coming out next week with Rachel McAdams called The Notebook 2: Electric Boogaloo The Vow and he swung by 30 Rock to flex some comedy muscle and other muscles (ladies). It...
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The South By Southwest Comedy Podcast Lineup is...
Some big festival news for you this day after Super Bowl. South by Southwest (aka SXSW) has just announced the lineup for it’s comedy podcasts this year.
Last year their podcasts were amazingly well received so there was no doubt this year they’d return bigger and better. We heard rumblings about who was going to appear this year and one of those names is not on this list so...
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Enter To Win A Kevin Smith DVD And Book Prize...
To celebrate Kevin Smith’s upcoming TV show Burn In Hell, we’re going to hold ourselves and contest. It will be a two-for-one situation. If you are victorious, you will walk away with Smith’s book, Silent Bob Speaks –The Collected Writings Of Kevin Smith, and DVD, An Evening With Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder.
The contest will only be live for 2 weeks so enter your information...
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This Week In Comedy: Post Big Game Follies
Howard Stern was the guest on Letterman, he talked smack about Jay Leno [Warming Glow]
Meme movie posters are awesome! [Cargo Collective]
Tim & Eric did some commercials for Old Spice [Uproxx]
Rotten Tomatoes’ most hated 0% comedies [Splitsider]
Patton Oswalt will appear on an upcoming episode of Two And A Half Men [Entertainment Weekly]
A really great article breaking down...
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The Laugh Button Podcast Round-Up | 1.27 - 2.3
Sorry to get you this week’s edition of the Round-Up a little late but last night we were busy seeing Ira Glass, Tom Scharpling, Ted Leo, Sandra Barnhart and more at a live edition of Julie Klausner’s How Was Your Week? at the Bell House in Brookln. We laughed, we cried and we left with a goodie bag full of Peanut Chews.
his week the podcast world features appearances from SNL...
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Tenacious D Rize Of The Fenix. May 2012. That Is...
May 2012, The D returns. We thought it was last year but we were terribly wrong.
“When The Pick Of Destiny was released it was a bomb. And all the critics said that The D was done. The sun had set and the chapter had closed. But one thing no one thought about was The D would rise again! Just like the Phoenix (Fenix), we’ll fuckin’ rise again! That’s right the Phoenix,...
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A Look At Some Funny Super Bowl Commercials
There was a time not too far back in the past when you actually had to wait until the Super Bowl aired before you were able to see the commercials. But that was way back in 2009 before Volkswagon decided to pre-release their ad of a kid dressed as Darth Vader and made one of the ads of the year. Fast forward and we counted no less than 25 adverts that have already hit the web with the chance to...
