By Laughspin Staff | April 11, 2013 at 1:06 pm | No comments
In her latest installment of In Bed with Joan, comedian Joan Rivers' new Web series, Margaret Cho opens up about her very open relationship with her husband, dating Quentin Tarantino, why Cho isn't a nurse-- and also comedy! They talk about comedy. And Cho shows off her tattoos....
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By Laughspin Staff | April 11, 2013 at 10:02 am | No comments
If you’re not familiar with Conan O’Brien’s Web series Serious Jibber-Jabber, you’re about to become quite intimate with it. On the April 15 episode, Team Coco will premiere an in-depth chat with the writers of The Simpsons. O’Brien – once a writer for the iconic...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | April 10, 2013 at 9:42 am | 2 comments
One of the many things I love about David Letterman is his ability to conduct honest interviews with so-called stars—and by “honest,” I mean he really doesn’t give a shit if a celebrity ever returns to his show. Allow me to submit this clip from last night’s Late Show,...
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By Laughspin Staff | March 27, 2013 at 11:38 am | 2 comments
In this special edition of the Laughspin Podcast, Laughspin editor Dylan Gadino sits down with comedian Lewis Black in Grand Rapids, Michigan during the third annual Gilda's LaughFest. The far-ranging interview covers everything from the evolution of Black's stand-up career, his...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | March 7, 2013 at 1:13 pm | 3 comments
The second episode of The Ben Show with Ben Hoffman goes down tonight at 10 pm EST on Comedy Central. And before I go any further, let me just say you should check it out. If you missed the first episode, you can watch the entire thing here. It’s hard to describe the show...
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By Laughspin Staff | January 25, 2013 at 12:14 pm | One comment
Last night on Totally Biased, geek icon George Takei sat down with host W. Kamau Bell for a laid back chat about how the Star Trek favorite has evolved into a gay rights activist (after coming out, himself) and a social media guru at the age of 75. Takei also revealed that...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | January 3, 2013 at 3:20 pm | 3 comments
UPDATE: Jan. 7
Here's some more clips from the interview, which aired last night! In the videos below, Letterman talks about his battle with depression, apologizing to Justin Bieber for remarks he made about the young pop star, why he didn't get the Tonight Show gig, his open...
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By Laughspin Staff | December 26, 2012 at 1:48 pm | No comments
For the better part of the last decade, Australian born, British bred comedian Jim Jefferies has endeared himself to dedicated fans of comedy with a taste for real-life, often X-rated stories. But come Jan. 17, when his series Legit (about a comedian desperately attempting life...
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By Laughspin Staff | December 19, 2012 at 6:38 pm | No comments
Although he wasn't the god he is now, Ricky Gervais was already a comedy superstar in 2008, which is why the folks at the Paley Center for Media in New York City arranged with him an hour-long chat-- and because he was hot on the heels of his stand-up special Ricky Gervais: Out...
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