It’s official: after rumors were a’swirlin more than the inside of a frozen yogurt factory, Jenny Slate – of Gabe & Jenny, Dead Millionaire, and Big Terrific – has been hired as the newest cast member on some television program titled Saturday Night Live! That’s one small step for New York comedy, one giant leap […]
Read moreDetails are emerging on the highly anticipated UK premiere of Penelope Princess of Pets. We’ve obtained a British press release that’s so British, Jon Oliver should be here to explain it all. Edinburgh Comedy Award nominees KRISTEN SCHAAL (star of BBC Four’s Flight of the Conchords and US Esquire’s ‘Funniest Woman on Television’) and KURT […]
Read moreAndrea Rosen is a gal about town. Having done stand-up for years, she has since emerged as a key player in the scene, constantly showing up in places like the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, Rififi, Galapagos, as well as on Superdeluxe.com. She has appeared on Stella and in The Ten, and can also be seen […]
Read moreJonsing for Betty White on SNL? Dan Klein can’t get Betty out of his head in this cute new video by Candy Slice.
Read moreI should have known from the moment he picked up the phone, greeting me with his own infamous surname as if he were a front-desk receptionist, that this wasn’t going to be an ordinary interview. If you’re like me, you’ll remember Gallagher as the ultimate 1980’s comic who haunted your dreams. Between the skin tight […]
Read moreWe’ve received a photo of Dave Hill and former Black Sabbath frontman/heavy metal god/suspected overlord of all that is unholy, Ronnie James Dio, broin’ out in the greenroom of UCB-LA. SURVEY: Which is your Favorite Dio album? Holy Diver? or Master of the Moon?
Read moreThe Paley Center for Media hosted Amy Poehler, Matt Besser, and Ian Roberts for an evening of review and reflection on The Upright Citizens Brigade. The panel was moderated by Onion head writer, Todd Hanson. NOTES –Filling in for Matt Walsh in the role of Bashful-at-Panels-Matt Walsh was Improv Everywhere’s Agent Wimpy. –“We don’t like […]
Read moreA YouTube clip can never be too meta, can it? Well, sketch-comedy guy Michael Terry (PartyCentralUSA) decided to propose to his actor-girlfriend Heather Kenzie by setting up a fake audition for Kay Jewelers. Yup, leave it to comedy nerds to make every Goddamn thing in their lives a bit! JK – congrats, you two! So…I […]
Read morePicture it. October 2005. News broke out that Thomas Weber, the manager of the Nashville nightclub, the Exit/In, had filed a complaint in federal court against David Cross and everyone involved with the recording and distribution of “Shut Up You Fucking Baby” and “Let America Laugh” for allegedly using and profiting from Weber’s likeness without […]
Read moreThe Dave Hill Explosion tonight at the UCBT is promising an appearance by Khrystyne Haje, AKA, Simone, the fiery redhead from the hit 80’s tv show Head of the Class. How does Dave Hill know all these famous people? BONUS Photo courtesy of the guy on the right who has A WHOLE SITE dedicated to […]
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