By Laughspin Staff | February 24, 2012 at 1:53 pm | One comment
In what may or may not have been a reference to his appearance on Two And A Half Men this coming Monday, Patton Oswalt just Tweeted the following: "Need to realize the gallery -- in my head at all times -- of judgmental versions of my 22 year-old self & friends all want...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | January 9, 2012 at 12:13 pm | 102 comments
Patton Oswalt’s website crashed for a short time on Saturday morning. The reason? Too many thousands of his fans were clamoring simultaneously to read the comedian’s response to some pretty harsh words about him, which were posted the evening before on a local Los Angeles...
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By Chelsea Dallas Falato | January 4, 2012 at 5:05 pm | One comment
Kickstarter has become a friend to independent musicians, artists, filmmakers, writers and performers everywhere truly making D.I.Y. projects a little easier and allowing for promotion at the same time. Comedian Abbey Londer has decided to take advantage of the site using it to...
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By Laughspin Staff | December 18, 2011 at 11:56 am | No comments
With his latest project Young Adult opening this past weekend, Patton Oswalt has been making the rounds trying to promote the already well-received dramedy written by Diablo Cody, directed by Jason Reitman and co-starring Charlize Theron and Patrick Wilson. He recently chatted...
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By Chelsea Dallas Falato | December 14, 2011 at 4:36 pm | 3 comments
The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is infamous for its no-nonsense talking or texting policy; if you are on your phone or being a disturbance in one of their theaters, you will be kicked out, no questions asked. The Drafthouse's policy was made known outside their theater areas after...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | December 1, 2011 at 8:30 am | 13 comments
The folks at the Grammys have had a recent history of nominating some pretty questionable albums for their Best Comedy Album category. In 2008 they gave the award to Flight of the Conchords for their 23-minute EP The Distant Future (not an album). In 2009, George Lopez's album...
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By Laughspin Staff | November 30, 2011 at 8:18 am | 69 comments
The end of the year is approaching fast, comedy fans. And so it’s time to count down the 10 best comedy albums of the year. As in years past, this list represents the albums we feel were the strongest. Let it be known: there were more than 150 comedy albums released this year....
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By Dylan P. Gadino | November 16, 2011 at 12:37 pm | No comments
Patton Oswalt's tome Zombie Spaceship Wasteland was released in January in hardcover. But check this out: it's been released again-- this time without that pesky hard cover. What the fuck is that made out of anyway-- steel? Goddamn, I can barely lift it. Thankfully, it's now...
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By Jake Kroeger | November 8, 2011 at 1:01 pm | No comments
Some of you might be familiar with the daily live action comic strip Puddin' starring comedian Eddie Pepitone. In routinely gets thousands of views every day on YouTube and it deserves more-- it's one of the top running web series, especially after being featured in Spin's...
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