By Laughspin Staff | April 3, 2013 at 9:54 am | No comments
You likely already know about Funny or Die's foray into feature-length films. They're making history with the first ever Steve Jobs biopic. It's called iSteve and it stars Justin Long. And now it has an intense trailer to tease its April 15 release. How intense is it? So intense...
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By Laughspin Staff | April 2, 2013 at 9:25 pm | No comments
Sure, IFC announced last month that it greenlighted a new sketch show starring Los Angeles-based group The Birthday Boys. But we weren't about to sit back and just take the word of the people running the network. Luckily Bob Odenkirk -- he of Mr. Show and Breaking Bad fame and...
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By Laughspin Staff | April 2, 2013 at 11:46 am | No comments
"If I don't fuck Michael Cera tonight, I'm going to blow my brains out," will, perhaps, go down as the most absurdly funny bit of dialogue in any comedy movie of 2013. The fact that Mindy Kaling says it as herself makes it that much better. It's part of This is the End, the...
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By Laughspin Staff | April 2, 2013 at 10:54 am | No comments
Last night Jimmy Fallon and Jay Leno addressed the ongoing rumors about the fate of The Tonight Show. Will Jimmy take over? Will the iconic show move from Los Angeles to New York City? Are the two hosts still friends? Of course, nothing was resolved, but gosh darn it, did the...
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By Laughspin Staff | April 1, 2013 at 3:01 pm | No comments
Daytime chat show The View isn’t well known for being funny on purpose. But that was the entire goal of Friday’s episode, which was dubbed A Day of Comedy and featured performances from comedians Earthquake, Kathleen Madigan, Bone Hampton, Retha Jones and 10-year-old Leroya...
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By Laughspin Staff | April 1, 2013 at 12:55 pm | No comments
The now classic stoner flick Pineapple Express from 2008 starring Seth Rogen, Danny McBride and James Franco will not become a sequel anytime soon. But today, for April Fool's Day, we at least get a fake trailer for the non-existent sequel. It's all a clever marketing move to...
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By Laughspin Staff | April 1, 2013 at 12:20 pm | No comments
On the heels of the incredibly unnecessary crowd-funded Veronica Mars feature film -- pretty sure Kristen Bell and the show's creator Rob Thomas have $2 million to spare -- and in honor of April Fool's Day, Funny Or Die has launched their own completely absurd Kickstarter...
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By Laughspin Staff | April 1, 2013 at 11:37 am | 3 comments
As uncertainty lingers around the futures of Jay Leno and Jimmy Fallon, late night hero Conan O’Brien has secured his role as the flagship name of TBS comedy programming. The network announced today that Coco has renewed his contract through November of 2015, guaranteeing...
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By Laughspin Staff | March 29, 2013 at 1:06 pm | No comments
For the last few years, Tom Green has been criss-crossing the country and hitting every major comedy club in an effort to get back to his stand-up comedy roots-- and he's done so like a boss. The culmination of all that hard work (and fun) is the comedian's first live stand-up...
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