By Dylan P. Gadino | May 1, 2013 at 11:19 am | 5 comments
The true King of all media Chris Hardwick (sorry, Howard, but it’s true) has inked a deal with Comedy Central to host a late-night talk show that would follow The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report four nights a week. Co-produced by Funny Or Die and – it gets...
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By Billy Procida | April 9, 2013 at 2:45 pm | 11 comments
The winner of the Best Comedian on Twitter goes to...Rafinha Bastos! Wait, who? Here's the deal: Bastos is a Brazilian stand-up comedian and television personality south of the Equator. And by the way, Brazil is only slightly smaller than the States, both by population and...
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By Laughspin Staff | January 25, 2013 at 11:04 am | No comments
Dylan and Mike listen to Stephen Colbert's response to Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony, Chris Rock telling the story of how Eddie Murphy discovered him and a track from Chris Hardwick's new album 'Mandroid.' This week, your co-hosts also give you news about Seth MacFarlane's...
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By Laughspin Staff | November 27, 2012 at 12:01 pm | One comment
Comedian entrepreneur Chris Hardwick's forever-growing, multi-platform Nerdist brand has added Neil Patrick Harris to its roster of quality content, as the Web series Neil's Puppet Dreams debuted today on the Nerdist's YouTube channel. "Each episode revolves around one of my...
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By Lucas Gardner | August 16, 2012 at 2:35 pm | One comment
Comedy Central has announced their plans for the Fall season, including the premiere dates for their new and returning shows, some new stand-up specials and other exciting events. Let's take a look.
Kicking off the Fall season on Sept. 25 at 10 pm ET is the return of Tosh.0,...
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By Samantha Simon | June 4, 2012 at 1:31 pm | No comments
In the latest installment of Chris Hardwick's All Star Celebrity Bowling, team Nerdist teamed up to play against team Podcasters, comprised of brothers Randy Sklar and Jason Sklar (Sklarbro Country), Jimmy Pardo (Never Not Funny), Greg Behrendt (Walking the Room), and Marc Maron...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | May 3, 2012 at 2:32 pm | No comments
If you watched his recent stand-up special Laboring Under Delusions on Comedy Central (read our interview here), you know that comedian Paul F. Tompkins knows how to tell a story. But in his new Web series, Speakeasy, it seems most of the stories will be provided by his...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | April 30, 2012 at 8:19 pm | No comments
Stand-up comedians are not known for their prowess with bowling balls-- or baseballs or footballs or any kind of balls (except their own) that are involved in sports. But is bowling a sport, even, if you can do it while drinking booze, eating pizza and antagonizing the...
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By Laughspin Staff | March 5, 2012 at 4:28 pm | No comments
To help generate some buzz ahead of the launch of official Nerdist Channel on YouTube, Chris Hardwick (the Nerdist, himself) became a fucking zombie. For real. The Walking Dead's Greg Nicotero did NOT put makeup on him. Comedian Chris Hardwick is a zombie. And the Nerdist...
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