World famous dessert purveyor Ben & Jerry's has just combined two of my favorite things-- ice cream and the Schweddy Balls sketch from Saturday Night Live. As you probably know, the sketch starred Alec Baldwin as Pete Schweddy, owner of Seasons Eatings Bakery; he plays a...
On Tuesday, we posted the first of comedian Joe DeRosa's Laughspin video tour diaries. He's currently touring the Southeast in support of his sophomore album, Return of the Son of Depression Auction. You can watch that dispatch here. But today, we have a brand new entry from...
Comedians Sara Schaefer and Nikki Glaser wrote and posted a PSA pleading former pop star singer, now actor and frequent Saturday Night Live drop-in Justin Timberlake to return to music. They want him to bring "sexy back" because Schaefer, Glaser, and many other hilarious New...
On his show last night, Jimmy Kimmel introduced a video tribute to Uncle Frank, through tears and a smile-- and the tribute carried that tone throughout. Kimmel's monologue featured footage of Frank Potenza's humorous interviews with the likes of Ellen DeGeneres, Kermit the...
I’m not trying to brag, but I get heckled a lot. Usually it’s something questioning my mental stability, like, “You’re weird,” or, “That’s too fucked up.” To which I can usually laugh and say, “You’re welcome.” After so many nights of drunken self esteem...
With the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in New York City fast approaching, mainstream media outlets have already been prepping extensive coverage, tributes and special programming. And we, of course, doing what we do at Laughspin, are interested in what the comedy world...
Over the weekend, we let you guys know about the likely possibility that comedian Eddie Murphy would host the next Oscar awards. Now we're hearing from Deadline, who followed up on the original story broke by Humor Mill -- that it's a done deal. Murphy will, in fact, be the...
I think it's safe to say that all most comedians ever want to do is tell jokes and make people laugh. But all too often, some wise-ass decides that he or she wants to get involved and steal the spotlight. We call these miserable low lives that needed more hugs growing up...
In March of last year, I was lucky enough to be sitting in the second row of a George Carlin tribute produced by the New York Public Library. I was surrounded by the likes of Steve Martin, Ben Stiller (and his parents) as well as Richard Pryor's daughter Rain and Lenny Bruce's...
