By Laughspin Staff | June 1, 2012 at 10:56 am | 2 comments
Do you sometimes have a hard time expressing your fandom for 1990s cult comedy sketch show The State? Similarly, have you been meaning to start collecting odd little pieces of art? No? Well, no matter. We're going to tell you about this shit anyway.
Mosey on over to...
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By Laughspin Staff | May 30, 2012 at 2:24 pm | One comment
Family Guy and its creator Seth MacFarlane have never shied away from controversy. And the latest headline-grabbing move related to the long-running animated series on Fox comes in the form of a print ad, designed to win over Emmy voters. MacFarlane tweeted the ad, explaining...
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By Laughspin Staff | May 29, 2012 at 12:27 pm | No comments
It's that time of the week again, Laughspinners-- time to prep for this Friday's all-new episodes of The Half Hour on Comedy Central. In week four, we find comedians Theo Von and Maronzio Vance offering up their best 30 minutes of material. And as always, we're here to give you...
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By Laughspin Staff | May 24, 2012 at 12:53 am | No comments
The show doesn't premiere until June 8, but the progressive crazies at IFC have made available episode two (yes, two; not one) of Comedy Bang Bang with host Scott Aukerman (above) and band leader Reggie Watts. This one finds Amy Poehler as the show's guest. Check it out and tell...
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By Laughspin Staff | May 23, 2012 at 12:30 pm | No comments
Comedy Central announced today that the First Lady, Michelle Obama will drop in to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on May 29. It will be her second visit to the show, having first guested on Oct. 1, 2008.
Her visit to the show comes on the same day her first book American...
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By Laughspin Staff | May 23, 2012 at 11:44 am | No comments
It turns out the music was far from over after last weekend's season finale of Saturday Night Live, wherein the cast, crew (and Mick Jagger) helped celebrate Kristen Wiig's last show ever with a pair of Rolling Stones songs. At the after-party, Foo Fighters performed; and for...
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By Laughspin Staff | May 22, 2012 at 10:40 am | 2 comments
In the latest installment of the Yahoo! Web series 7 Minutes in Heaven -- which, by the way, is NEVER seven minutes long -- host Mike O'Brien gets close with 30 Rock star, SNL alum, writer, producer, mother of two, best person ever Tina Fey. The pair do an amazing act-out, talk...
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By Laughspin Staff | May 21, 2012 at 11:44 pm | No comments
This Wednesday at Carolines on Broadway in New York City at 7 pm, comedian and writer Jimmy Tingle unleashes his political parody show Jimmy Tingle For President: The Funniest Campaign in History. And we highly suggest you check it out if you're even remotely in the area....
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By Laughspin Staff | May 21, 2012 at 10:15 am | No comments
The 16th Annual Webby Awards, created to honor online achievement, will be broadcast live in HD at thewebbyawards.com today at 5:30 pm EST (tune in at 4:30 pm EST if you want to check out the red carpet). The whole shebang will be hosted by Patton Oswalt, but other comedian...
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