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Gallagher announces new radio gig: ‘We’re gonna smash America’ (Video)

Gallagher announces new radio gig: ‘We’re gonna smash America’ (Video)

By | June 23, 2012 at 6:31 pm | 2 comments

In a shabbily-recorded video uploaded minutes ago, legendary watermelon-smashing comedian Gallagher announced that folks should tune in Monday morning to Over Breakfast with Scott Spears & Company, a radio show broadcast from Marion, OH, located about 50 miles north of...

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Listen to 6 minutes of Mitch Hedberg radio spots for Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches

Listen to 6 minutes of Mitch Hedberg radio spots for Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches

By | March 30, 2012 at 10:01 am | One comment

If you're a super comedy fan you may know that the late, great Mitch Hedberg was once a spokesman for Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches, an Illinois chain eatery with locations scattered liberally around the Midwest. You may have even stumbled across his radio spots online. But,...

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Kelly Carlin will interview Robin Williams, Eddie Izzard, more on new SiriusXM show

Kelly Carlin will interview Robin Williams, Eddie Izzard, more on new SiriusXM show

By | February 9, 2012 at 11:15 pm | No comments

If you've ever just heard of the A Carlin Home Companion, images of a cramped-in radio station with the most subversive comedic voices in comedy talking about what's wrong with the world would most likely come up. However, while having those types of comedians that both knew and...

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Listen: Comedian Danny Lobell’s chicken story on ‘This American Life’

Listen: Comedian Danny Lobell’s chicken story on ‘This American Life’

By | February 4, 2012 at 5:08 pm | One comment

A few days ago, hugely popular NPR show This American Life broadcasted a performance that found comedian Danny Lobell relating a richly hilarious and endearing story to an audience at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York City. The story centers around Lobell and...

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Listen to NPR’s 38-minute interview with Portlandia stars Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein

Listen to NPR’s 38-minute interview with Portlandia stars Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein

By | January 5, 2012 at 2:21 pm | No comments

Portlandia's second season debuts tomorrow on IFC at 10 pm ET! And the show's stars Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein sat down with Terry Gross, of NPR's Fresh Air recently. It aired this morning. And you can listen to the entire thing here. You. Are....

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Despite reports, Howard Stern says he’s not in talks with “America’s Got Talent” (Video)

Despite reports, Howard Stern says he’s not in talks with “America’s Got Talent” (Video)

By | November 18, 2011 at 12:36 pm | No comments

If you’ve been listening to the Howard Stern Show – or even reading mainstream reports – you know that there’s been this rumor going around that the longtime radio host is in talks to replace Piers Morgan as a judge on NBC's reality competition series America’s Got...

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Listen: Darrell Hammond talks psych wards, childhood abuse, addiction on NPR’s “Fresh Air”

Listen: Darrell Hammond talks psych wards, childhood abuse, addiction on NPR’s “Fresh Air”

By | November 10, 2011 at 12:13 pm | No comments

Earlier this week, Saturday Night Live alum Darrell Hammond appeared on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross to promote his new heart-wrenching memoir God, If You’re Not Up There, I’m Fucked: Misadventures In Stand-Up, Saturday Night Live, and Other Mind-Altering Mayhem. You can...

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All-comedy FM radio station launches

All-comedy FM radio station launches

By | October 26, 2011 at 4:13 pm | One comment

A new radio station in Austin, TX called Comedy 102.7 launched and plans to offer round-the-clock comedy content. According to Austin360 programming will include classic stand-up routines from legends such as Richard Pryor, George Carlin and Rodney Dangerfield as well as content...

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Comedian Patrice Oneal suffers stroke

Comedian Patrice Oneal suffers stroke

By | October 26, 2011 at 7:01 am | 29 comments

After 30 minutes of ribbing amongst friends, the Opie and Anthony Show on SiriusXM this morning got serious. Veteran comedian and longtime O&A regular Patrice Oneal, recently seen on Comedy Central's Roast of Charlie Sheen, suffered a stroke last Wednesday. Show co-host,...

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