By Dylan P. Gadino | May 1, 2013 at 12:57 pm | 2 comments
As was previously announced John Oliver will take over hosting duties at The Daily Show this summer while Jon Stewart directs his first film. Today, Comedy Central announced Oliver’s start date will be Monday, June 10 and he’ll stay behind the anchor desk until Stewart...
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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 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 Laughspin Staff | April 18, 2013 at 11:24 am | No comments
Unless you were asleep all day yesterday – and if you were, we’re jealous – you undoubtedly know about CNN’s massive reporting fuck-up, wherein they assuredly claimed that a suspect in Monday's Boston Marathon bombing had been arrested. CNN anchors John King and Wolf...
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By Laughspin Staff | April 17, 2013 at 1:33 pm | No comments
Last night on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart offered a bit of a love note to the city of Boston, a day after two bombs were detonated near the finish of the Boston Marathon and left three dead and nearly 200 injured. “Thank you for once again, in the face of gross inhumanity,...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | March 5, 2013 at 3:41 pm | No comments
Jon Stewart will take a 12-week sabbatical from The Daily Show this summer in order to direct a movie about a journalist who was captured and imprisoned by Iranian forces. Longtime Daily Show correspondent John Oliver will take Stewart's place during that time.
The movie, a...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | January 9, 2013 at 4:19 pm | No comments
Unless you've been hiding under your covers for the last few days -- and why wouldn't you be? -- you've undoubtedly seen or heard New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie lashing out at House Speaker John Boehner for dragging his feet on the Hurricane Sandy relief money or calling for...
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By Laughspin Staff | November 19, 2012 at 1:36 pm | One comment
After nearly five months of work, which included more than 250 measurements and photographs, the wax version of Stephen Colbert is complete. Calling it "anatomically accurate" and "the greatest American figurine since the Ken doll," Colbert was all smiles and smirks at the...
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