By Dylan P. Gadino | August 26, 2011 at 4:54 pm | 4 comments
By now, you've no doubt seen Jim Carrey's video love letter to actress Emma Stone. In it, he all-too-earnestly (or jokingly?) professes his love for the much-younger Stone, whilst pointing out the fact that he (Carrey) is not the appropriate age for her. We talked a little about...
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By Billy Procida | August 26, 2011 at 11:20 am | One comment
Most of us have been up at 3 am and seen the Trojan "massager" commercial advertising to the ladies. But as New York comedian Mike Cannon says, "women have had a stranglehold on the sex toy market for years." Until one day, a company invented man's best sex toy since the right...
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By Jake Kroeger | August 16, 2011 at 5:44 pm | No comments
Yes, it's finally happened. Web clips shows have gotten popular and widespread enough to get parodied in what can be considered one of the most postmodern things ever conceived. Between Tosh.0, The Soup, G4's Web Soup, MTV's Ridiculousness, and more, the formula of fast cuts, an...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | August 10, 2011 at 12:45 pm | No comments
As the Aug. 26 premiere date for Paul Rudd's new flick Our Idiot Brother grows closer, the marketing blitz is getting, uh, more blitzy-er. And that's fine with me. Maybe this makes me a bad comedy critic, but I'd watch Rudd shit it in a box and be at least mildly entertained....
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By Dylan P. Gadino | August 4, 2011 at 10:08 am | No comments
Friendships are difficult to maintain-- especially if you're a woman. Because women are crazy! Am I right, bros? No matter. Sometimes in a friendship you're expectations aren't met. Maybe you think your friend is too self involved or he or she never drives anywhere and needs you...
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By Carrie Andersen | August 3, 2011 at 1:03 pm | No comments
Don Cheadle has had a very, very distinguished film career, but even an Oscar nomination for Hotel Rwanda pales in comparison to his latest production. Coming from the depths of Funny or Die is a new promotional video for a resort and spa called Sacks West, a beautiful getaway...
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By Jake Kroeger | July 26, 2011 at 11:11 pm | 5 comments
When it comes to developing comedy show for television, with the exception of Louie, there is hardly any unilateral decision making that allows for something that is "just good" to be on the air. Demographics, built-in markets, censors, programming and more unfortunately factor...
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By Carrie Andersen | July 26, 2011 at 4:37 pm | No comments
One of my favorite aspects of Steve Carell’s tenure on The Office was seeing him get mad. There’s something about Carell yelling that is pretty much inherently hilarious. Like, if you don’t find this wonderful, you’re pretty much inhuman:
So, needless to say, I am...
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By Jake Kroeger | July 19, 2011 at 9:21 am | One comment
In the Venn diagram of today's comedy world, two of comedy's biggest circles just eclipsed each other.
Earwolf, a premier network of comedy podcasts, has partnered with viral video juggernaut Funny or Die in order to mutually broaden each others' following.
Starting in...
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