By Carrie Andersen | March 10, 2013 at 8:28 am | 4 comments
AUSTIN -- Hey hey, everybody! I’m back for my third year of sharing some of the lovely comedic jewels of Austin, Texas’s South by Southwest with you friendly Laughspin readers. This year, the fest has bulked up its comedy offerings substantially: three different venues with...
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By Lucas Gardner | June 14, 2012 at 4:10 pm | One comment
This year Comedy Central helped produce the comedy portion of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, and the line-up was especially impressive. For the many of us who couldn't make the trip to that groovy farm in Manchester, TN, however, we're in luck; Comedy Central was there...
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By Laughspin Staff | June 11, 2012 at 2:10 pm | 2 comments
You've seen the first three episodes of the incredibly satisfying Burning Love already (What? You haven't? Well, watch them here!), so here's episode number four of the Bachelor parody starring the likes of Ken Marino as hunky fireman Mark Orlando, Michael Ian Black (as the host...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | May 1, 2012 at 9:47 pm | One comment
If you felt amazingly satisfied after watching Funny Or Die's parody of The Bachelor starring David Spade -- I know I did -- you are going to mess your pants now. Ken Marino, he of Wet Hot American Summer, The State and many a comedy nerd girl's sexual fantasies, will star in a...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | October 20, 2011 at 1:46 pm | One comment
We all engage in destructive behavior from time to time in order to shield ourselves from reality. Some people drink booze; others smoke pot; and what I do is others hire attractive coeds to punch them in the face until they lose consciousness. The point is, it's not cool to...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | October 6, 2011 at 1:34 pm | No comments
Despite an aggressive Twitter campaign launched Monday by the show's star Hank Azaria and carried on through yesterday -- with most of the cast and even friends of the cast joining in -- NBC has canceled Free Agents. The tweet pleas asking folks to tune in to last night's...
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By Emma Kat Richardson | July 29, 2011 at 1:49 pm | No comments
MONTREAL -- “See, and you thought women weren’t funny! You probably got dragged here tonight, didn’t you?” Natasha Leggero, she of the rising star, killer comedian status, quipped loudly. The recipient, presumably a Republican-looking dude unfortunate enough to be seated...
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By Carrie Andersen | July 19, 2011 at 4:01 pm | One comment
If you like Nick Swardson, you're totally going to like the following words: Production has begun anew on the second season of Nick Swardson’s Pretend Time.
The show will premiere on Comedy Central on Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 10:30 pm EST, so you’ll have to wait just a little...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | May 16, 2011 at 8:47 am | One comment
Stand-up comedian Al Madrigal has joined the mighty correspondents crew of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. And we hear he'll make his debut tonight tomorrow as he files a field piece with longtime contributer Jason Jones.
His appearance comes on the heels of the announcement...
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