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Wed, 22 May 2013 19:35:15 -0400

Ellen’s Tumblr people have yet to fully grasp the concept...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:04:55 -0400

Ellen’s Tumblr people have yet to fully grasp the concept of what does/doesn’t necessitate a .gif.

Ellen didn’t think the Internet Password Minder was protected enough, so she came up with the Internet Password Minder Protector, but since that needs a password she came up with the Internet Password Minder Protector Minder.

James Adomian impersonates Marc Maron during Funny as Hell Live,...

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 23:45:17 -0400

James Adomian impersonates Marc Maron during Funny as Hell Live, March 21 in Toronto.

Janeane Garofalo in Toronto, 3/21/2013

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:12:09 -0400

Janeane Garofalo in Toronto, 3/21/2013

Matt Besser as Dwight is the one that really throws...

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:48:17 -0400

Matt Besser as Dwight is the one that really throws me.

entertainmentweekly:

Whoa — Adam Scott could have played Jim on The Office. And Melissa McCarthy’s husband (the air marshal from Bridesmaids) auditioned for Michael! And Chloe O’Brian auditioned for Pam!!

Minds blown, all around.

thebingelessbeginner: “Stephen Colbert Schools James Franco on...

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:50:24 -0500

thebingelessbeginner:

“Stephen Colbert Schools James Franco on Tolkien Knowledge Again!”

This is so cute. I can’t stand it.

huffpostcomedy: Check out Stefon’s Guide To New York...

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:59:53 -0500

huffpostcomedy:

Check out Stefon’s Guide To New York City written by Laura Flood and illustrated by Taryn Wellman for Paste Magazine.

huffpostcomedy: Jerry Seinfeld Intends to Die Standing Up | New...

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:37:55 -0500

huffpostcomedy:

Jerry Seinfeld Intends to Die Standing Up | New York Times

Jerry Seinfeld began his commute after dinner, in no particular hurry. Around quarter to 8 on a drizzly Tuesday, he left his Manhattan home — a palatial duplex apartment with picture windows and a broad terrace overlooking Central Park — and made for a nearby garage. Due to tell jokes at a comedy club downtown, he decided to drive what he calls his “city car”: a 1998 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S. Stepping into the garage, he tugged a thick fabric cover from the car. The interior was a pristine matte black, and the paint job was a startlingly luminous azure. “It’s called Mexico blue — a very traditional Porsche color,” Seinfeld said. “In the ’70s it looked normal, but now it looks insane.”

His hair, flecked with gray, was buzzed almost to the scalp, and he was dressed in light-blue Levi’s, a navy knit polo and a dark wool blazer. Seinfeld, who once said he wore sneakers long into adulthood “because it reminds me I don’t have a job,” has lately grown partial to Nike Shox, which he likes for their extravagant cushioning, but tonight he opted for tan suede desert boots. When he’s in the workplace — on a stage, microphone in hand, trying to make a crowd erupt — the feel of a harder sole helps him get into the right mind-set.

jonahray: ronbabcock: Dammit Jon Dore and Rory Scovel are so...

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:21:57 -0500

jonahray:

ronbabcock:

Dammit Jon Dore and Rory Scovel are so good together

This shit is genius.

Jon Stewart reveals all to Stephen Colbert live on stage

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:37:48 -0500

Stephen Colbert interviewed Jon Stewart at the Wellmont Theatre, Friday night, a fundraiser for the Montclair Film Festival.

Among the highlights of the two-hour talk:

Stewart almost quit the Daily Show early on after a disastrous writers’ meeting.
Colbert explained his past sleepwalking problem, which once culminated in an awkward this-isn’t-what-it-looks-like moment with his wife.
Stewart spoke about the one Daily Show clip he can’t bring himself to re-watch.
How Colbert’s love of Lord of the Rings almost prevented one of his most famous Daily Show segments from happening.

Read the full article here.

Colbert’s urinating squirrel story: the real version

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Colbert’s urinating squirrel story: the real version:

The real “tail” behind John Hodgman’s third-hand account of Stephen Colbert repeatedly embarrassing himself in public.

So two Comedy Bars walk into a scene…

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500

So two Comedy Bars walk into a scene…:

Two bars, two cities, one suspiciously identical concept.

Review: Eddie Izzard’s Work In Progress

Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Review: Eddie Izzard’s Work In Progress:

“In keeping with his reputation as a comic who plays to the top of his intelligence, Eddie Izzard had no need to actually tell his Toronto audiences that he was working on new material. We understood: he’s playing to about 100 people at Comedy Bar, for $30, and he has a new tour coming up in the spring. No announcement that hey guys, some of this might not totally work required.

But almost everything did work.”

(via Gallery: Maria Bamford at the Dark Comedy Festival)

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0400

(via Gallery: Maria Bamford at the Dark Comedy Festival)

Matt Mira’s Dave Matthews Band Nerd-Out, Part 1

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Matt Mira’s Dave Matthews Band Nerd-Out, Part 1:

Almost anything can be nerded out about on the Nerdist Podcast.

Almost.

Poor Matt Mira. All he wants to do is openly love Dave Matthews Band. But can he? No. The relentless mocking from Nerdist Podcast cohorts Chris Hardwick and Jonah Ray makes it impossible for Matt to get any further than a simple mention of his favorite band.

JFL42 final dispatches Pt. 1: Louis CK at the Sony Centre & Comedy Bar

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400

JFL42 final dispatches Pt. 1: Louis CK at the Sony Centre & Comedy Bar:

He’s reached a point of accepting his body’s flaws, not caring any longer that his vessel could use some work.

“I have a job, and I get laid, and I’m doing it with what most people would say is a disaster,” he said.

He talked about having gratitude for even having a body at all, and slammed the marketing of a face cream that promised removal of laugh lines, therefore eliminating “any evidence of joy”.

“You have a body. You get to walk around in it… put chocolate in it… you get to fuck with it…,” he said.

“The best, though, is when things (inevitably) get purely...

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400

“The best, though, is when things (inevitably) get purely ridiculous between Kindler, Adomian, and Todd Glass. United by their common love of meta-schtick, their comfort on the Comedy Bar stage (all three play there when they come to town), and Adomian’s uncanny impressions of Kindler and Glass, the show becomes a circus the moment they start improvising. These guys have so much fun playing off each other that you start suspecting that all this tomfoolery would still be happening even if an audience wasn’t there to witness it.”

(via JFL42: The Alternative Show w/ Andy Kindler)

JFL42: Pete Holmes

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400

JFL42: Pete Holmes:

“Holmes has the added bonus of always seeming joyful about life in general, and an audience can’t help but be pulled into that. Who needs cynicism in comedy, anyway?”

“I can’t imagine Schumer being happy with that set...

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400

“I can’t imagine Schumer being happy with that set overall. Did she do everything in her power to win us over? Hard to say, but I think the room itself has to take at least part of the blame for Schumer’s difficulty gaining momentum with the audience.”

(via JFL42: Sunday night with Kelly Carlin and Amy Schumer)

(via JFL42: Patton Oswalt)

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400

(via JFL42: Patton Oswalt)