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 | March 29, 2013 at 11:55 am | No comments
This Sunday isn’t just Easter, folks. It’s also the day the new season of Game of Thrones premieres on HBO. And in honor of that and because we don’t write about fantasy television on Laughspin, let’s watch the brilliant James Adomian explain his love/hate relationship...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | March 29, 2013 at 11:16 am | One comment
As you undoubtedly know, Marc Maron's series on IFC is set to debut on May 3 at 10 pm ET. Because I'm super important I've been able to watch the first three episodes already. And I'm here to tell you that you won't be disappointed, unless you hate Maron-- in which case you...
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By Laughspin Staff | March 28, 2013 at 4:48 pm | One comment
Although comedy is all about getting laughs, it's a serious business and comedians want to be taken very seriously. There seems to be a disconnect there, right? Or wrong? This recently released short Joke takes the concept and filters it through the lens of an art house flick....
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By Laughspin Staff | March 28, 2013 at 2:29 pm | No comments
On April 23 at 10:30 pm ET, MTV will launch its newest comedy-centric series, Girl Code, a spinoff of the already-popular Guy Code. Here's how the network explains the series:
Being a woman is no easy feat. From the constant pressure to meet impossibly narrow standards of...
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By Laughspin Staff | March 27, 2013 at 5:38 pm | One comment
The third season of Girls is already in production and a new season of Game of Thrones premieres this Sunday, so what shall HBO's biggest fans do in the meantime? Well, the creative ones produce and upload bizarre mashups to YouTube. Or, at least one person did. Check out the...
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