By Laughspin Staff | February 26, 2013 at 2:54 pm | One comment
Comedians Andy Dick and D.L. Hughley will compete on the sixteenth season of ABC's hit show Dancing with the Stars this year, it was announced on Good Morning America today. But what people might not know is that Dick actually turned down an offer to be on the show during its...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | January 24, 2013 at 12:49 pm | 40 comments
While he was promoting his latest book last June, popular podcaster and sort-of comedian Adam Carolla told the New York Post what he really thought about women’s place in the world of comedy. "They make you hire a certain number of chicks, and they’re always the least funny...
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By Lucas Gardner | August 10, 2012 at 12:29 pm | No comments
This year's New York Comedy Festival will run Nov. 7 - 11. The schedule was announced this week, and as always they've put together an impressive line-up. The ninth annual festival, in partnership with Comedy Central, brings Aziz Ansari, Adam Carolla, Rob Delaney, Jim Gaffigan,...
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By Lucas Gardner | July 9, 2012 at 2:02 pm | 4 comments
If you're not still super mad at Adam Carolla for his recent controversial comments regarding women in comedy, you might like to check out the pilot for Birchum, which has just made its way onto the Internet. The titular character – a grouchy woodworking teacher who longs for...
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By Jake Kroeger | August 25, 2011 at 1:55 pm | 4 comments
Go fuck yourself.
Without a fraction of a second passing, that first sentence can be completely misinterpreted and spun out of context. Then, several hateful comment threads pop up around the Web without any investigation as to the simple questions of what, where, why or...
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By Jake Kroeger | August 17, 2011 at 6:02 pm | One comment
According to an Al-Quaeda message board, the tongue of David Letterman, "a lowly Jew," needs to be cut off. EW.com reports that Letterman made a jab at the recent death of suspected terrorist leader Ilyas Kashmiri; and now, somehow, that warrants the talk show host's death. By...
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By Dave Emrich | August 15, 2011 at 10:35 am | No comments
Former Man Show host and current podcast king Adam Carolla has teamed up with former King of the Hill executive producers John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky to start work on The Birchums, an animated series which has landed a presentation order from Fox. The Birchums is based on...
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By Jake Kroeger | May 23, 2011 at 1:27 pm | 5 comments
After challenging Ricky Gervais, who he jokingly called a communist, Adam Carolla and his podcast, broke the Guinness World Record for most downloads of a podcast, shattering the number Gervais once owned as the most. Carolla got to astonishing 59,574,843 downloads from 2009 to...
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By Noah Gardenswartz | March 7, 2011 at 7:07 pm | One comment
Comedy Central’s South Beach Comedy Festival recently hit lower Miami Beach like an entertainment hurricane, providing a new nightlife option for local residents bored to tears with the 85 degree winters, golden beaches and clubs full of physically perfect people.
On...
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