By Jake Kroeger | March 13, 2012 at 9:40 am | No comments
Many comedians strive to make people from all sorts of backgrounds laugh, but an incredibly small percentage of them actually achieve that. Amongst them is the Ian Edwards. From six seasons on Punk'd to writing on Saturday Night Live to crushing it on stand-up stages everywhere...
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By Laughspin Staff | February 10, 2012 at 3:30 pm | 2 comments
She's only 32, but Zooey Deschanel has been entertaining comedy fans since 1999 (Mumford, anyone?). Her profile, however, has never been higher than it is now, seeing as she's the star of Fox's well-rated and critically-acclaimed New Girl and is hosting Saturday Night Live...
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By Chelsea Dallas Falato | January 31, 2012 at 2:08 pm | 9 comments
Mindy Kaling made a name for herself in Hollywood when she began writing for and co-starring on The Office, the critically acclaimed and long-running NBC sitcom. But there's a decent chance Kaling will soon be departing that show. And the fact that NBC passed on giving a pilot...
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By Scott King | December 21, 2011 at 5:37 pm | 3 comments
Hundrerds of aspiring and working comedians, improvisors and actors lined up outside of the soon-to-be-opened Laugh Factory Chicago on Dec. 20 to audition for the revamped In Living Color-- a two-episode special run that Fox will premiere this spring. The smallscreen hopefuls...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | December 21, 2011 at 2:44 pm | No comments
Comedian Michael Showalter has inked a deal with Fox to develop a new sitcom for the television network. The Stella co-founder is working with Christina Lee (she worked with Showalter on he and Michael Ian Black's Comedy Central show, Michael and Michael Have Issues) to...
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By Jake Kroeger | December 14, 2011 at 12:19 pm | 8 comments
If you're excited that In Living Color is coming back to Fox, just wait until you hear this. Did you wait? OK, maybe you didn't wait, but we'll just let you in on this: In Living Color is going to have open casting calls in Chicago.
On Dec. 20, the newly opened Laugh Factory...
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By Laughspin Staff | November 10, 2011 at 1:31 pm | No comments
We’re hearing that on the heels of his recent ill-fated and now canceled Fox sketch comedy series In The Flow with Affion Crockett, the multi-talented Jamie Foxx is now producing an R-rated sketch show for cable giant Showtime. And veteran comedian Tony Rock – brother of...
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By Carrie Andersen | October 31, 2011 at 3:15 pm | 2 comments
Fox’s Sunday night has long become the big animation night on TV, thanks to some cartoon juggernauts like The Simpsons and Family Guy. They added Bob’s Burgers to the docket at the beginning of this year, and, fortunately for burger fans nationwide, the network just...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | October 29, 2011 at 6:18 pm | 8 comments
Late Friday, Fox made the announcement they'd be bringing back iconic sketch comedy series In Living Color. Actually what they said is that they'd be airing two In Living Color 30-minute specials "based on" the original series this coming Spring-- produced and hosted by Keenen...
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