By Becca Scheuer | June 17, 2010 at 1:03 pm | No comments
Craig Ferguson announced last night on the Late Late Show that he will do what all men hope to in the course of their careers: he's going to host this year's Shark Week. Well, actually, a shark puppet named Brian released the big news about the Discovery Channel's 23rd year of...
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By Becca Scheuer | June 17, 2010 at 12:23 pm | No comments
Comedian Tom Keller won the third annual DSI Comedy Theater's Carolina's Funniest Comic competition on Friday. Keller, from Greensboro, NC, also writes for Punchline Magazine. To win the competition, Keller competed against 32 other Carolina comedians; the last round broke a tie...
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By Becca Scheuer | June 14, 2010 at 2:38 pm | No comments
The City of Brotherly Love just got a little more cozy, now that the Philadelphia Improv Festival, Philly Sketchfest, and the Philadelphia Joke Initiative have banded together to form the Philadelphia Comedy Collective. Their first act as a unified body will be Comedy Month,...
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By Becca Scheuer | June 14, 2010 at 1:30 pm | No comments
Comedian D.L. Hughley is set to host an NBC game show pilot. We immediately snapped to attention because there's nothing we love more than overqualified hosts and desperate contestants vying for cash. The show is called Who's Bluffing Who? and features seven contestants trying...
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By Becca Scheuer | June 10, 2010 at 12:27 pm | No comments
Parents of teen-aged girls, watch out! Jon LaJoie's new video, "Pop Star," just exploded on the interwebs (nearly 600,000 views and rising), causing a sexual frenzy the likes of which hasn't been seen since Justin Bieber's Lady Gaga-singing lookalike went viral.
LaJoie, famous...
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By Becca Scheuer | June 10, 2010 at 10:19 am | No comments
On a recent Tonight Show with Jay Leno interview punctuated by awkward questions about where the red-haired guy went, Chris Rock talks about his two daughters and what life was like growing up in a shoe. Rock quips that his young daughters recently got out of rehab and...
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By Becca Scheuer | June 10, 2010 at 8:53 am | 3 comments
You remember David Hasselhoff, right? Knight Rider lead, Baywatch lifeguard, late 80's German popstar, occasionally drunken mess David Hasselhoff? Comedy Central announced that Hasselhoff will be their next roastee. Don't worry, they already made the "Don't hassle the Hoff"...
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By Becca Scheuer | June 9, 2010 at 5:02 pm | No comments
The first annual Friars Club Improv and Sketch Competition (FrISC) recently announced the 10 finalists and four alternates slated to perform and compete later this month. The competition is designed to scout the newest and best talent in improv and sketch and help them advance...
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By Becca Scheuer | June 9, 2010 at 3:42 pm | No comments
Stand-up comedian turned hip-hop parody artist Tom McCaffrey is back with his new video "How to Make a Hip Hop Hit 101." On the heels of his hilarious last video "Less Money Mo Problems," McCaffrey and his crew ran into a little problem: writers block. The solution? Do as all...
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