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You probably saw Maria Bamford on your TV in the past week, and if you weren't an avid fan of hers already, you may not have even known it! That's because Bamford starred in Target's post-Thanksgiving sale ad campaign. Well, comedy fans and holiday shoppers...You have a great free gift to ...
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Maria Bamford
Plenty of comedians love Twitter; some hate it. But even legendary stand-up comic Bill Cosby is online, grabbing hold of various social networks, including Facebook, Mashable, MySpace, UStream, 12seconds, Cinch, Vimeo and BlogTalkRadio. Here is his brief explanation about why he "Himself" is ...
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Bill Cosby
FOX has ordered 13 episodes of the animated half-hour sitcom, Bob's Burgers , but with a long lead-time in production meaning the series may not air until early 2011, according to Variety and other trades. But what about that cast??? The show, which centers around a family-run burger joint ...
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Kristen Wiig
Dan Allen
King of the Hill
If you're not listening to Marc Maron's WTF podcast , then you're missing out! Fun and interesting conversations with comedians twice a week. In today's episode ( #26 ), Maron revealed his pre-Thanksgiving WTF moments with his mother in Florida, sat down with comedian Jen Kirkman to talk about ...
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Marc Maron
Nick Swardson
Chelsea Lately
Reno 911!
Some years, Seattle's monthlong stand-up comedy competition hits the final Thanksgiving weekend with a clear front-runner setting the pace. That most definitely did not happen this past weekend, when four of the five finalists each scored nightly victories, with Texas native Sean Kent ...
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In case you had a case of the holiday weekends and didn't wake up Sunday morning to watch CBS Sunday Morning, here is the newscast's profile of The Second City in honor of its 50th anniversary. The venerable Chicago comedy institution hosts a huge celebration Dec. 11-13. Check out the lineup ! ...
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Pardcast-A-Thon 2009 began just over an hour ago and continues live until 6 a.m. Pacific (9 a.m. Eastern) this morning, with host Jimmy Pardo , co-host Matt Belknap ( A Special Thing's Editorial Director, isoS ), Pat Francis and a cavalcade of guest comedians and stars. Todd Levin just left the ...
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Jimmy Pardo
It's 5 a.m. on the day after Thanksgiving. Are you in line for a big holiday shopping deal? If so, I wonder if you're hunting for bargains at Target. The Minnesota-based discount retail giant turned to a comedian from its home state, Maria Bamford, to voice its holiday ad campaign. Of course ...
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Maria Bamford
What do they say about New York City: There are eight million stories, and sometimes it seems as though eight million of the people telling them think they're comedians? No, that's not it. It is a fact, though, that America's biggest city is also its biggest comedy mecca. Hollywood may be ...
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George Carlin's 1972 album, "Class Clown," will be inducted next year into the Grammy Hall of Fame, according to the Los Angeles Times . Grammy Hall of Fame? Is that like the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? Not exactly. The Grammys reserve their Hall of Fame Awards for recordings at least 25 ...
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Fame
George Carlin
The Class
Arsenio Hall
Bob Newhart
When you're in Hollywood, you can witness screen magic in person in many different ways. Some shows film live to tape, which means you're there, they're there and it all happens as if we're in real time even though nobody will see this on TV until hours later (which means we could see it twice, ...
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Wanda Sykes
What do they say about New York City: There are eight million stories, and sometimes it seems as though eight million of the people telling them think they're comedians? No, that's not it. It is a fact, though, that America's biggest city is also its biggest comedy mecca. Hollywood may be ...
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Funny or Die hosted a live chatty session with one of its masterminds, Judd Apatow, last week. Did you take part in it? Did you get Apatow to read your question out loud? Hooray. Even if you didn't, or if you just want to relive it all again, but this time in under five minutes, then you, my ...
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Funny People
Bill Hader
I know that you know that I know that we all think Louis CK is doing some great things for stand-up comedy these days, and it's great to see that FX is giving him another chance at making some sitcom magic in March 2010. Here is his first video tease for that, which isn't so much a look at what ...
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Louis C.K.
Louie Anderson
Chris Gethard may be known to Upright Citizens Brigade fans for his ability to improvise, or perhaps for his curious impersonation of Darryl Strawberry. But on the TV, for ESPN, he is the Superfan. Here is Gethard's latest commercial for ESPN. When can we get our own Me + Lo = Melo shirts?
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Robin Williams began an extended run tonight in New York City, with seven nights at Town Hall (and the weekend in Atlantic City), finishing up his "Weapons of Self Destruction" tour before bringing it to HBO on Dec. 6.
Dave Itzkoff at the New York Times recently caught up with Williams ...
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Robin Williams
Michaela Watkins returns to "The New Adventures of Old Christine" Dec. 9, w/ guest star Amy Sedaris!
If people ask me, "Are women funny?", I shall direct them to the CBS television network, which broadcasts a funny sitcom that features several funny women, called The New Adventures of Old Christine . It stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus, with her character's best friend played by Wanda Sykes. And I ...
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Michaela Watkins
The New Adventures of Old Christine
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Wanda Sykes
Amy Poehler
Something about this recent piece in Chicago's RedEye publication sounded a bit off. What could it have been? Oh, that's right. It was the part wherein the writer claims that Deon Cole was the first black writer ever for The Tonight Show , and cites an NBC spokesperson then has Cole talking ...
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And we're back. When you have a show that most everyone agrees is a bit of a bummer, it's good to have another crack at it right away. So let's get to it, SNL! But first. Let's play a game. Here's a sketch from dress rehearsal that didn't make it into the actual broadcast -- watch host Joseph ...
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Al Franken
Will Forte
Kristen Wiig
Fred Armisen
Andy Samberg
Bobby Moynihan
On my flight home to New York City, Virgin America carried the Fuse network which rebroadcast John Mayer's live concert from the Beacon Theatre , followed by an interview with the musician, Twitter fan and sometime stand-up comedian. There's shots of him onstage at the Comedy Cellar in his ...
