By Laughspin Staff | March 19, 2013 at 5:27 pm | No comments
Funny Or Die has announced its plans to release the very first Steve Jobs biopic. Starring Justin Long as Steve Jobs and James Urbaniak as Bill Gates, the 75-minute flick titled iSteve will premiere on FunnyOrDie.com on April 15.
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By Laughspin Staff | March 19, 2013 at 4:58 pm | No comments
Sarah Silverman will likely join the already-stellar cast of Seth MacFarlane’s newest comedy flick, A Million Ways, the Family Guy creator’s second live-action big screen project. His first, last year’s Ted, has grossed nearly $550 million worldwide.
A Western, A...
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By Laughspin Staff | March 19, 2013 at 2:42 pm | No comments
Not all hecklers are mean. Some are downright supportive. Want to see what we mean? Check out this video of comedian Sean Donnelly performing at Bar Matchless in Brooklyn.
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By Laughspin Staff | March 19, 2013 at 12:09 pm | No comments
On a new episode of The Ben Show with Ben Hoffman this Thursday at 10 pm ET on Comedy Central, Hoffman seeks out a new spokesperson for a flower shop in Austin, fittingly named Austin Flowers. The casting call for an upcoming commercial that doesn't really exist for a business...
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By Laughspin Staff | March 19, 2013 at 10:56 am | 2 comments
A new season of Dancing with the Stars premiered last night on ABC, and with it, came the first performances from the only two contestants we care about-- comedians D.L. Hughley and Andy Dick. As expected neither one fared very well. Hughley came in dead last with a total score...
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By Laughspin Staff | March 18, 2013 at 6:12 pm | 21 comments
Poor Milhouse Van Houten. As an intelligent young man full of self-hatred he's never really had a chance to win at life. Being Bart Simpson's best friend hasn't helped, either. And this song, the latest from one of our favorite up-and-coming musical comedy Web stars Allie...
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By Laughspin Staff | March 18, 2013 at 5:17 pm | No comments
Last week, the talent behind the newest premium comedy channel on YouTube -- inexplicably named JASH -- Sarah Silverman, Michael Cera, Reggie Watts and Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim descended upon South By Southwest in Austin to officially announce the coming of their newest...
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By Laughspin Staff | March 18, 2013 at 10:49 am | No comments
Martha Wash of The Weather Girls has been kidnapped! News of this blow is softened thanks to Janeane Garofalo, aka Holly Graham, a Charlie of Charlie Angels-esque informer. It's all part of the incredibly fun, super-campy official music video of the song "Hologram" by girl group...
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By Laughspin Staff | March 14, 2013 at 4:03 pm | No comments
On this week's episode of Joan and Melissa: Joan Knows Best?, Joan and Melissa fall victim to one of life's most destructive natural disasters: an earthquake. Sort of. The point is Joan keeps her cool (no she doesn't). Check out the preview below, and be sure to watch the full...
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