By Zach Buckner | May 1, 2013 at 4:04 pm | No comments
As I’m sure you know by now, Jason Collins, the incredible teammate for many NBA players, and supremely mediocre scorer, came out on Monday. This marks a huge revolution and giant step in the realm of the sports world and its notorious close-mindedness On The Daily Show last...
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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 Zach Buckner | April 26, 2013 at 3:17 pm | No comments
Every right-wing pundit on television is shocked, disturbed, and enraged that Boston bomber, Dzhokar Tsarnaev, has finally been read his rights. According to Fox News anchors (no really, like every anchor on that program), Dzhokar was “singing like a canary” before the big,...
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By Laughspin Staff | April 26, 2013 at 12:32 pm | 2 comments
Comedy Central has renewed two freshman shows – The Jeselnik Offensive and Nathan For You – for second seasons. The second season of comedian Anthony Jeselnik’s show will premiere in July while Nathan Fielder’s second season premiere is scheduled for sometime next year....
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By Dylan P. Gadino | April 26, 2013 at 11:59 am | No comments
If you haven’t been watching The Daily Show’s series on gun control, please do yourself a favor and catch up with the trio of videos below. Last night the final segment aired, wrapping up what has proven to be the most compelling news coverage on the topic since the United...
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By Zach Buckner | April 24, 2013 at 12:20 pm | No comments
Last night on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Stewart highlighted the flawed system that benefits the few, and leaves the rest of us majorly fucked. He did so by providing a brief tutorial on what's occurring in Congress in regards to insider trading and the banking system. So...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | April 24, 2013 at 11:28 am | No comments
As the Senior Latino Correspondent – or is it the Senior Immigration Correspondent? – Al Madrigal has been at the center of some of the sharpest, most satisfying field pieces on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart for the past two years. It took little time for the San...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | April 22, 2013 at 12:59 pm | 4 comments
On the newest episode of the Laughspin Podcast, I had the pleasure of chatting with comedian Amy Schumer, who, as they say in the business, is on fire. Her Comedy Central hour-special Mostly Sex Stuff was the second-highest-rated on the network in five years. And her new show,...
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By Laughspin Staff | April 22, 2013 at 12:02 pm | 2 comments
While dedicated fans of Futurama are no doubt already forming ways in which they can save their favorite show, it might be time to just let it go quietly and with dignity. Comedy Central, who gave the animated series new life in 2008 after it was originally axed it in 2003 after...
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