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Laughspin Podcast episode 37: Bill Maher gets sued, Roseanne, SNL, Kristen Wiig

Laughspin Podcast episode 37: Bill Maher gets sued, Roseanne, SNL, Kristen Wiig

By | February 7, 2013 at 12:49 pm | No comments

Dylan and Mike talk about Donald Trump suing Bill Maher, Roseanne's new show, controversy surrounding a sketch on Saturday Night Live, Kristen Wiig's next big movie project and much more! We also listen to audio of comedian Andy Andrist confronting his childhood molester-- and...

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Donald Trump sues Bill Maher for birther joke on Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Donald Trump sues Bill Maher for birther joke on Tonight Show with Jay Leno

By | February 5, 2013 at 12:20 pm | 3 comments

In yet another move to further cement his position as the number one douchebag in the United States, Donald Trump is suing Bill Maher for something the comedian said on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno one month ago. Playing off Trump’s then-recent announcement that he would...

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Kevin Hart, Ricky Gervais, Patton Oswalt and more to headline New York Comedy Festival

Kevin Hart, Ricky Gervais, Patton Oswalt and more to headline New York Comedy Festival

By | 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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Bill Maher invests his riches in the New York Mets

Bill Maher invests his riches in the New York Mets

By | June 5, 2012 at 10:37 pm | No comments

Comedian and HBO talk show host Bill Maher is now part owner of one New York Major League Baseball team. The New Jersey native is a longtime fan of the Mets and recently revealed that he bought a minority stake in the team. Maher hasn’t shared what he paid for the stake, but...

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Watch Bill Maher give $1 million to Obama Super PAC during stand-up special

Watch Bill Maher give $1 million to Obama Super PAC during stand-up special

By | February 24, 2012 at 10:06 am | 3 comments

Last night, during Bill Maher's live-streaming stand-up comedy special Crazy Stupid Politics, the well-known liberal leaning comedian stopped the jokes for a moment to announce that he's donating $1 million to the pro-Obama Super PAC Priorities USA Action. In case you don't...

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Why it’s illogical to be angry at Bill Maher and SNL for their Tim Tebow insults

Why it’s illogical to be angry at Bill Maher and SNL for their Tim Tebow insults

By | January 4, 2012 at 11:44 am | 3 comments

It should be no surprise to anyone that Bill Maher would make a remark pointing out the inconsistencies of Christianity. Yet, after tweeting "Wow, Jesus just fucked #TimTebow bad! And on Xmas Eve! Somewhere in hell Satan is tebowing, saying to Hitler ‘Hey, Buffalo's killing...

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Bill Maher will help launch Yahoo! comedy channel

Bill Maher will help launch Yahoo! comedy channel

By | December 8, 2011 at 4:10 pm | One comment

Bill Maher has a long-standing relationship with HBO, having made nine stand-up specials for the cable network since 1989, plus nine seasons and counting of his talk show, Real Time with Bill Maher. But for his latest special, Maher is moving away from television entirely,...

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Watch vintage clips of Kevin Pollak, Bill Maher, more on “An Evening at the Improv”

Watch vintage clips of Kevin Pollak, Bill Maher, more on “An Evening at the Improv”

By | November 15, 2011 at 12:00 pm | No comments

While people keep watching and posting Richard Pryor's ubiquitous Live on the Sunset Strip on their Facebook wall, the time has now come to take a deeper look into the history of stand-up comedy. Hulu has just added 52 episodes of A&E's An Evening at the Improv to its roster...

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Sarah Silverman, Ricky Gervais, Louis C.K. among headliners for New York Comedy Festival

Sarah Silverman, Ricky Gervais, Louis C.K. among headliners for New York Comedy Festival

By | August 9, 2011 at 4:00 pm | No comments

Big comedic guns Sarah Silverman, Ricky Gervais and Louis C.K. are scheduled to perform at the eighth annual New York Comedy Festival, which will span both Manhattan and Brooklyn between Nov. 9 - 13. Other headliners will include Tracy Morgan, Bill Maher, Wanda Sykes, Norm...

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