This summer gave us quite a few surprises at the box office, but none more so than the $408 million live-action Seth MacFarlane comedy Ted. On the heels of flick’s success, co-writers Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild once again will team up with the Family Guy creator for a new...
I hate Summer. I'm glad it's done. Also, I hate the Winter. I kind of like the Spring, but what I really love is Fall. Yes, the three days of mild, pleasantly breezy, leaves-in-the-wind days we get here in the Northeast are truly my favorite. And with Fall, comes not just...
We have quite the treat for you, dear Laughspinners. On Sept. 25, Family Guy: Volume 10 will be available in stores and online for the fair price of $40 ($30 if you Amazon that shit). But we have three, thick, glistening copies to toss your way-- for ZERO DOLLARS. In addition to...
The corporate gig is simultaneously a blessing and a curse to every comedian. It's a curse because, unless the flavor of a comic's act is the vanilla-est of vanillas, he or she will likely have to modify what they normally do onstage at comedy clubs. So, it makes more work for...
In the seventh episode of the A.V. Club's weekly series, Stand Down, we find comedian Jen Kirkman onstage on Long Island-- dealing with an impromptu birthday celebration involving a tit cake, dodging beer bottles and well, trying to make the best out of performing on Long...
Let me give all the fake outrage enthusiasts a head start on their Change.org petitions, their Facebook protest groups and their calls to television execs concerning Comedy Central’s new animated series Brickleberry. Here are the things about which you’ll be outraged: the...
It's Hump Day, and that means it's time for another episode of Stand Down, the A.V. Club's weekly animation series, wherein comedians tell a story about how horrendous their career's used to be. Today's subject is Kyle Kinane, who tells about the time he was opening for a racist...
Each week, we’ve been featuring a new episode of Stand Down, the A.V. Club’s new animated series, wherein a comedian tells a story about a terrible time in their career. This week, Tig Notaro tells a chilling story of onstage bombing and near death. It’s not for the faint...
You know H. Jon Benjamin (aka Jon Benjamin); he voices the main characters on two of television's funniest animated shows– Fox's Bob's Burgers and FX's Archer. And now, Benjamin promises that the two characters, who couldn't have less in common -- Archer being a not-so-smooth...
