Amy Schumer, who's latest album Cutting landed on Laughspin's Top 10 albums of 2011, has scored her own show for Comedy Central. It'll be a "sketch series that will feature single-camera vignettes centered around a theme with Schumer playing heightened versions of herself. The vignettes will be linked together with stand-up footage," according to the network. A lot of more...
Jim Norton, whose new hour special Please Be Offended airs June 30 at 10 pm ET on Epix (catch a preview clip here), took to Reddit this morning for an AMA (Ask Me Anything) session with his fans. Norton hit all of his favorite talking points – freedom of speech, the public's hypersensitivity, his own self-loathing, prostitutes and so much more. Here's a few more...
If you've been paying attention, you know that Jim Norton is unleashing his latest hour-long stand-up special Please Be Offended June 30 on Epix at 10 pm ET. If you didn't know, now you do. We've been rolling out teasers to get you properly pumped for the event. And we've got a new one below: Ok, now on to some even more exciting business. We're offering an more...
For the last few days, we've been teasing you with videos promoting Jim Norton's newest hour special, Please Be Offended, which goes down on Epix on June 30 at 10 pm ET. But today's the first time we get to share a true preview from the actual taping. Below is a glorious three-minutes of Norton, wherein we find the veteran comedian expounding on airport security, and the more...
The premiere date of Jim Norton's newest hour stand-up comedy special, Please Be Offended is fast approaching. And I can tell you that you're in for a treat. Having already watched it, I can tell you Norton is at the peak of his career. And to help get you properly primed, I've lovingly embedded video below from the fine folks at Epix, who'll air the special for the first more...
This morning, newly former Saturday Night Live cast member Andy Samberg visited the fine folks at the Opie and Anthony Show at Sirius XM to plug his upcoming flick That's My Boy, wherein he co-stars opposite Adam Sandler. Of course the topic of his SNL departure came up. "I think I could’ve done another year and had a great time, but for whatever reason, internally, more...
By now you’ve undoubtedly heard about the trio of gruesome cannibal-esque attacks – one of which resulted in death – that have dominated news headlines for the last week. But as a matter of convenience, let’s review. On or around May 24, 29-year-old former porn star Luka Rocco Magnotta murdered Jun Lin, 33. Magnotta repeatedly stabbed his victim with an ice more...
At this point in his career, Louis C.K.'s 2001 cult comedy Pootie Tang is simply a representation of the now hugely successful comedian's struggling early days in showbusiness. A year ago this month, C.K. sat down with his good friend, comedian Jim Norton on the Opie and Anthony Show and went into great detail about the movie and how eventually he was pushed out of its more...
More and more comedians are heading to relatively new cable network Epix to premiere their stand-up specials-- and Jim Norton is the latest. His newest offering Please Be Offended, recorded at the Ohio Theatre in Cleveland, will debut June 30. Norton joins the likes of Lewis Black, Louis C.K., David Cross, Janeane Garofalo, Eddie Izzard and Kevin Smith, who have all more...
