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 Laughspin Staff | January 25, 2013 at 11:04 am | No comments
Dylan and Mike listen to Stephen Colbert's response to Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony, Chris Rock telling the story of how Eddie Murphy discovered him and a track from Chris Hardwick's new album 'Mandroid.' This week, your co-hosts also give you news about Seth MacFarlane's...
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By Laughspin Staff | November 27, 2012 at 12:01 pm | One comment
Comedian entrepreneur Chris Hardwick's forever-growing, multi-platform Nerdist brand has added Neil Patrick Harris to its roster of quality content, as the Web series Neil's Puppet Dreams debuted today on the Nerdist's YouTube channel. "Each episode revolves around one of my...
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By Samantha Simon | June 4, 2012 at 1:31 pm | No comments
In the latest installment of Chris Hardwick's All Star Celebrity Bowling, team Nerdist teamed up to play against team Podcasters, comprised of brothers Randy Sklar and Jason Sklar (Sklarbro Country), Jimmy Pardo (Never Not Funny), Greg Behrendt (Walking the Room), and Marc Maron...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | April 30, 2012 at 8:19 pm | No comments
Stand-up comedians are not known for their prowess with bowling balls-- or baseballs or footballs or any kind of balls (except their own) that are involved in sports. But is bowling a sport, even, if you can do it while drinking booze, eating pizza and antagonizing the...
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By Laughspin Staff | March 5, 2012 at 4:28 pm | No comments
To help generate some buzz ahead of the launch of official Nerdist Channel on YouTube, Chris Hardwick (the Nerdist, himself) became a fucking zombie. For real. The Walking Dead's Greg Nicotero did NOT put makeup on him. Comedian Chris Hardwick is a zombie. And the Nerdist...
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By Laughspin Staff | February 10, 2012 at 12:43 pm | One comment
Comedian, author, television host and entertainment empire builder Chris Hardwick dropped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night; and he had a whole bunch of cool shit to announce. First, the official Nerdist channel on YouTube is set to launch on April 1. Unlike your best...
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By Carrie Andersen | June 6, 2011 at 5:22 pm | One comment
[caption id="attachment_23515" align="alignright" width="225" caption="Chris Hardwick performing at Punchline Magazine's 5th anniversary show in LA last year."][/caption]
Chris Hardwick has been a busy beaver!
Not only has he recently inked a pilot deal with BBC America...
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By Carrie Andersen | May 23, 2011 at 2:00 pm | 6 comments
[caption id="attachment_23515" align="alignright" width="203" caption="Chris Hardwick, performing at Punchline Mag's 5th anniversary show at Largo in LA in Oct. 2010."][/caption]
Standard operating procedure in the online comedy world these days often involves a Tumblr...
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