By Dylan P. Gadino | April 18, 2011 at 12:55 pm | No comments
Comedian Amy Schumer late last week uploaded a pretty sweet video featuring herself and comedy pals Rachel Feinstein, Marina Franklin and Nikki Glaser, wherein we get to follow the gals around a twisted slumber party of sorts.
The sketch is hilarious, but listen: it also...
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By Jake Kroeger | April 14, 2011 at 12:09 pm | No comments
Stand up, sketch, and improv traditionally represent the three main forms of live comedy. Over the last few years, however, there have been derivations of the three forms into shows focused on storytelling or the comic playing multiple characters. Then, there’s the...
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By Carrie Andersen | April 14, 2011 at 11:31 am | No comments
Comedy’s great, but it’s even better when performances happen for a good cause – and that’s what’s going on with the “Laugh Your @$$ Off, Save the World” benefit on May 7 in Glendale, CA headlined by Dana Carvey, Kevin Nealon and Christopher Titus. Proceeds from...
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By Meagan Kate | April 13, 2011 at 3:00 pm | 7 comments
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We all know that women have it hard in comedy. Shit, it’s hard to be a woman in a lot of places. And I...
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By Mallory Katz | April 11, 2011 at 11:14 am | No comments
COLD OPENING
We start off with an address from Obama, as usual. The topic this week is the federal budgeting.
The premise of the skit can be summed up in this quote: Obama: "...everyone walked away unhappy." Performance-wise, Fred Armisen seems to be cutting down on the...
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By Chase Roper | April 7, 2011 at 2:36 pm | No comments
Have you been sitting around your office today wondering how you could possibly find a video of Patton Oswalt baby talking to Michael Chiklis while both are wearing diapers? Before you say no, consider watching the video below - where that exact thing happens!
Check out the...
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By Punchline Magazine | April 5, 2011 at 1:36 pm | No comments
Well, it's about time a major company enlisted an ultra-popular comedian for a commercial, wherein said comedian lays in bed with a unicorn -- presumably after a night of inter-species love making -- all to sell more chewing gum. Right? Right.
The waiting is over, friends. In...
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By Chase Roper | April 4, 2011 at 3:24 pm | 2 comments
"Yo, we started this fake rap shit. The world needs us." - Lonely Island off their newly released track, "We're Back."
In case you haven't been on YouTube for a while, Lonely Island (Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone and Andy Samberg) has a new album, Turtle Neck and Chain dropping...
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By Jake Kroeger | March 31, 2011 at 12:32 pm | No comments
With the literal overnight success of singer Rebecca Black, you might wonder who is behind her seemingly meteoric rise, as even Miley Cyrus has recently commented, "It should be harder to be an artist. You shouldn't just be able to put a song on YouTube and go on...
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