By Jonathan Morvay | April 16, 2010 at 2:01 pm | 2 comments
Kevin Pollak’s new web series Vamped Out premiered this week on Babelgum. But for someone who was named one of the top 100 comedians of all time by Comedy Central, this faux documentary about a real life vampire certainly lacks any jokes.
The documentary focuses on Alowisus...
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By Punchline Magazine | April 15, 2010 at 6:21 pm | No comments
Ahh, the multiple-act stand-up comedy tour. The concept and execution is happening more and more these days. And we fucking love it! It's just another affirmation that the comedy community is as strong as ever. The latest tour to pop up? The Twisted Humor Tour, sponsored by Axe...
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By Punchline Magazine | April 15, 2010 at 11:38 am | One comment
On tonight's season -- or is it series? -- finale of the Sarah Silverman Program on Comedy Central, sisters Laura and Sarah duke it out to see who throws the best Holocaust memorial. Yay! And Ed Asner guest stars as a Nazi. Double yay! Check out a clip below. And be sure to tune...
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By Punchline Magazine | April 15, 2010 at 7:54 am | No comments
About two weeks ago, we mentioned that the Streamy Awards -- the Oscar's of the Web world, for lack of a better description -- were being hosted by Human Giant's Paul Scheer and were going down April 11 in Los Angeles.
Well, the awards came and went. But we were there on the...
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By Punchline Magazine | April 14, 2010 at 9:46 pm | 6 comments
On his 1990 album, Parental Advisory, the late George Carlin makes the case against censors who say there's just some topics that cannot be joked about because those topics are inherently unfunny or just plain mean. Take rape, Carlin says. "'You can't joke about rape; rape's not...
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By Punchline Magazine | April 14, 2010 at 5:36 pm | No comments
We know you like stand-up comedy. But do you like action? How about action stand-up comedy? No such thing? You’re right. But there is something called ActionFest, a four-day film party (starting tomorrow in North Carolina) that honors all of the bloody, punchy, bullety movies...
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By Punchline Magazine | April 13, 2010 at 4:00 pm | No comments
Last night marked the very first live tour stop of Conan O'Brien's Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour. It all went down in Eugene, OR. And while the reviews have been fairly positive, we'd imagine Conan could've done just about anything on that stage and...
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By Punchline Magazine | April 9, 2010 at 4:56 pm | 8 comments
Perhaps tired of her younger sister Heidi Montag getting all the attention from her recent Frankenstein-like battery of plastic surgeries, Holly Montag took to the stage at the famous Comedy Store in Los Angeles recently. After all, no profession screams "look at me" more than...
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By Punchline Magazine | April 9, 2010 at 11:52 am | No comments
Are you ready, misanthropic, godless, bitterly intelligent comedy fans? Tomorrow at 10 pm EST on Epix, your hero Mr. David Cross will premiere his news stand-up special Bigger and Blackerer. The special is Cross's first set of stand-up comedy put on record and released since his...
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