By Laughspin Staff | April 19, 2013 at 4:25 pm | One comment
On the latest installment of her weekly Web series Ask Amy, wherein she answers questions from young people, Parks and Recreation star Amy Poehler addressed the way in which we all currently consume images online and on television, especially now as it relates to the Boston...
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By Laughspin Staff | April 19, 2013 at 12:50 pm | No comments
You may already know that veteran comedian and Conan writer Deon Cole landed his own television show on TBS. Well, today is first-promo day. We’ll let Cole tell you more about his show, Deon Cole’s Black Box, premiering Monday, June 10 at 10 pm ET.
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By Laughspin Staff | April 18, 2013 at 11:24 am | No comments
Unless you were asleep all day yesterday – and if you were, we’re jealous – you undoubtedly know about CNN’s massive reporting fuck-up, wherein they assuredly claimed that a suspect in Monday's Boston Marathon bombing had been arrested. CNN anchors John King and Wolf...
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By Laughspin Staff | April 17, 2013 at 3:12 pm | No comments
Like his fellow comedy anchor Jon Stewart did 30 minutes before him last night on Comedy Central, Stephen Colbert addressed the bombings at the Boston Marathon, which took place Monday, leaving three dead and nearly 200 more injured. Be began The Colbert Report with a tribute to...
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By Laughspin Staff | April 17, 2013 at 1:33 pm | No comments
Last night on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart offered a bit of a love note to the city of Boston, a day after two bombs were detonated near the finish of the Boston Marathon and left three dead and nearly 200 injured. “Thank you for once again, in the face of gross inhumanity,...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | April 17, 2013 at 12:29 pm | One comment
On Thursday, master comedian, actor and frequent guest star/multi-episode arc player on celebrated television shows Patton Oswalt drops by a special one-hour Parks and Recreation. In one scene, Oswalt successfully filibusters a council meeting vote—and does so by pitching a...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | April 17, 2013 at 11:04 am | 6 comments
Though he was well established behind-the-scenes of the comedy world 13 years ago -- having written for Dana Carvey, David Letterman and Chris Rock -- Louis C.K., was, by no means the comedy superstar he is today. Like most working comics, he took jobs that would hopefully...
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By Laughspin Staff | April 16, 2013 at 9:35 pm | No comments
While at Gilda's LaughFest in Grand Rapids, Laughspin editor Dylan Gadino interviews comedian and actress Mary Lynn Rajskub, best known as Chloe from the hit show 24 with Kiefer Sutherland. This laid-back chat ranges from balancing life on the road while being a parent, the...
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By Laughspin Staff | April 15, 2013 at 8:07 pm | No comments
In the newest episode of their recurring Badman series, College Humor presents comedian Pete Holmes as the not-so-swift Batman. And Patton Oswalt, plays The Penguin, who's forced into an incredibly awkward situation. Check it out!
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