- 6/17/13 /
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Patton Oswalt Changes Mind on Rape-Joke Debate
He writes in a blog post, "I had my viewpoint, and it was based on solid experience, and it … was … fucking … wrong."
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- 6/17/13 /
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Dave Chappelle Is Going on Tour
Co-headlining Funny or Die's Oddball Festival with Flight of the Conchords.
- 6/10/13 /
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Tenacious D Launches Stacked Comedy Festival
The lineup includes: Zach Galifianakis, Sarah Silverman, and Adam Sandler.
- 6/7/13 /
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An Oral History of UCB Theater Partying and ‘Awkward Sexuality’
Featuring Amy Poehler, Ed Helms, Casey Wilson, Rob Corddry, a special appearance by Creed, and many more.
- 6/4/13 /
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Watch the Lonely Island Pick Their Desert Island Discs With Julie Klausner
What dad-rock album would you want to be stranded with?
- 6/4/13 /
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Patton Oswalt Is Interpreting Songs Now
He did a frenetic clip for the Coup's "The Magic Clap."
- 5/22/13 /
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Hannibal Buress Signs Multi-Platform Comedy Central Development Deal
To include a pilot, recurring acting role, and a stand-up special.
- 5/20/13 /
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What If Spock Were a Stand-up Comedian?
"I just flew in from Pluto, and boy did it take 36.42 seconds."
- 5/16/13 /
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Watch a Clip of Zach Galifianakis and Ken Jeong Performing Together in 1998
They were so young and beardless.
- 5/14/13 /
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Let Comedian Steve Agee Show You How to Be Funny on Vine With Five Vines
One of Vine's funniest users shows you how it's done.
- 5/8/13 /
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Looking Back at Craig Robinson’s Amazing 2002 Performance on Def Comedy Jam
"It was extremely intimidating. Especially considering my style ... Def Jam was mostly high-energy acts."
- 5/6/13 /
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Watch Comedian Pete Holmes Explain Being ‘Gay for Gosling’
"You don't have to be gay to know that that is a gorgeous, sexy beast, and he's everything we want to be."
- 5/3/13 /
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Remembering Stella, New York’s All-Star Alt-Comedy Showcase of the Nineties
In the late nineties, David Wain and Michaels Ian Black and Showalter set up a weekly showcase where everyone from Louis C.K. to Marc Maron to the UCB to Stephen Colbert would show up.
- 5/1/13 /
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How Jon Hamm Became America’s Sexiest Comedy Nerd
A timeline tracing his passage from young SNL addict to suavest podcast goofball ever.
- 4/29/13 /
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The 50 Comedians You Should and Will Know
These are the next Aziz Ansaris, Kristen Schaals, and Bobby Moynihans: stand-ups and performers destined to pop up in prime time soon.
- 4/26/13 /
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John Hodgman Talks to Al Madrigal About The Daily Show and Al’s Stand-Up Special
"Something I want to talk to you about — this is very serious: Do you know how terrible your posture is?"
- 4/16/13 /
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Watch Julie Klausner Tour a Redhead Fashion and Beauty Event
Joined by Ted Leo and Chris Spooner, she draws a line between the natural and bottled.
- 4/12/13 /
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Jonathan Winters Dead at Age 87
He passed last night of natural causes.
- 4/11/13 /
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Ben Hoffman and Nathan Fielder on How to Do Cringe TV Without Getting Punched
The Ben Show and Nathan for You hosts reveal their secrets for asking awkward questions and emerging unscathed.
- 4/2/13 /
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So, What Happened on Kristen Schaal's Hour Special, and Why It Was Brilliant
See clips and analysis of what went "wrong" and very right.
- 4/2/13 /
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Watch an Exclusive First Look at Inside Amy Schumer
It's comedian Amy Schumer's new and uncensored sketch show.
- 4/1/13 /
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Christopher Titus on His New Comedy Special, Voices in My Head
"I'm not talking about blow jobs or farting or anal rape."
- 4/1/13 /
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Kurt Braunohler Talks to Kristen Schaal About Her Disastrous Stand-Up Special
"Why would I be excited about it? You and I both know that it did not go well."
- 3/25/13 /
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Watch Louis C.K. Explain the Variations of ‘Oh My God’
OMG!
- 3/25/13 /
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Amy Schumer on Her New Comedy Central Show and the Sexual Dynamics of Stand-up
“The other night I went on, and this promoter yelled, ‘Break a leg, baby.’ I was like, ‘Would you call Dave Attell baby?’ ”