By Laughspin Staff | March 26, 2013 at 3:38 pm | 2 comments
On Monday, April 1 at midnight on Comedy Central, comedian Kristen Schaal will debut Live at the Fillmore, her very first hour-long stand-up special. The day after, Comedy Central will release the extended, uncensored version of Schaal's performance at San Francisco's famous...
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By Laughspin Staff | August 29, 2012 at 4:31 pm | No comments
In addition to traditional actor types (Lauren Ambrose, Carol Kane) did you know Mike Birbiglia's movie Sleepwalk With Me also features a hefty handful of comedians who are sometimes actors? It's true. If you don't believe us, you should watch this video, which features the...
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By Laughspin Staff | March 14, 2012 at 8:56 am | 2 comments
On last night's Daily Show with Jon Stewart, women's correspondent Kristen Schaal joined Jon to address the recent influx of "slut" and "cunt" talk as it pertains to women in political discourse. Schaal brings dignity, poise and an impression of Andew 'Dice' Clay to an otherwise...
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By Carrie Andersen | March 12, 2012 at 7:39 pm | No comments
AUSTIN -- Audiences entering Esther’s Follies on Day 2 of South By Southwest’s comedy series were greeted not with a closed curtain and dim lights, but with Marc Maron sitting in a large plush easychair onstage. “I don’t believe in fourth walls,” he said. That might...
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By Laughspin Staff | March 8, 2012 at 4:02 pm | No comments
If you've been following 30 Rock this season, you can't deny the awesome, lingering and creepy (the scene where she creeps in Liz's house to watch her sleep: priceless) presence of TGS' newest page-- the one and only Hazel Whatshername, also known as Kristen Schaal-- super...
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By Laughspin Staff | February 15, 2012 at 4:05 pm | No comments
We can't tell you exactly what the context of this exclusive photo is, but we can tell you that beneath the festive garb seen below is the usually clean-cut Rob Huebel, he of Human Giant and Childrens Hospital fame. So, what the hell is Rob doing? He and many comedy cohorts are...
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By Jeffrey Gurian | November 11, 2011 at 11:23 am | One comment
Andy Kaufman was one of the most unusual, most talented, and most creative comics ever to hit the stage. He left us too young, but his memory certainly lives on. Manager/producer Wayne Rada, (who also books CB’s Comedy Club), produced the 7th Annual Andy Kaufman Awards at...
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By Jake Kroeger | November 7, 2011 at 10:59 am | 2 comments
Remember when Adult Swim released a sizzle reel for his their new series The Heart, She Holler -- starring Patton Oswalt -- and how many that watched, though enthralled, echoed a "WTF?" around the Internet?
After screening the whole series at the Silent Movie Theater in...
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By Carrie Andersen | October 7, 2011 at 3:12 pm | One comment
I love that Adult Swim celebrates weird comedy as much as they do. I mean, let’s get real – Aqua Teen Hungerforce? Sealab 2021? To say they’re quirky would be an understatement.
The latest in Adult Swim’s weirdness is a miniseries called The Heart, She Holler,...
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