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  1. NBC’s Best Friends Forever Looks Worth Looking Forward To Speaking of UCB, here’s a preview of an upcoming NBC show created by two UCB performers (Lennon Parham and Jessica St. Clair), whose writing […]
  2. Gallagher Is Recovering After a Heart Attack This WednesdayThe comedian Gallagher suffered a heart attack on Wednesday night, but he’s currently in an induced coma and is expected to recover, according […]
  3. Even Brian Williams Knows About the UCB Theater Brizzity Wiz schooled the nation on the history of the “comedy drug pushers” known as the UCB on Rock Center this week. Matt Walsh and Amy […]
  4. How Sue LaRoche-Van Der Hout Became a Full-Fledged 30 Rock CharacterHere’s the story of how Sue Galloway went from being a UCB performer and background extra on 30 Rock to a secondary character on the show in […]
  5. Community’s Ratings Boost Could Mean Tentative Good NewsLast night’s Community was up 46% from its last pre-hiatus episode, with a 2.2 rating among adults 18-49 that’s far higher from its average […]
  6. David Cross Looks Back on His Career Highs and LowsDavid Cross fans should be used to his pulling no punches by now. We already know he was not a fan of malt loaf on the set of The Increasingly […]
  7. Up All Night Recap: ‘Baby Fever’Warning Signs of Baby Fever - distracting obsession with baby head smell - leaving tiny socks around the house - exploiting child actors into a […]
  8. Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with Megan Mullally, Fred Armisen, Stephen […] To celebrate the joyous holiday of St. Paddy’s Day, Conan gathered its favorite funny people and served ‘em all up a delicious cold green- […]
  9. How to Pre-Game the Return of CommunityI mean, you didn’t actually think we were gonna finish off the day without celebrating, did you? Community is back tonight at 8, so here’s a […]
  10. A Sequel to Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog Is in the WorksThe Internet’s most gently diabolical frozen yogurt-loving anti-hero is coming back! Joss Whedon says he has “a whole outline” and “a number of […]
  11. Kermit the Frog Joins the Colbert Nation Colbert’s discussion of the Republican primary in the South would be incomplete without a visit from his new “Chief Swampland Political […]
  12. Is That Ellie Kemper Dancing Behind You Right Now? Well, Ellie Kemper is the actual bomb. When she appeared on Ellen earlier this week, she gave that dancing host a run for her money with a […]
  13. This John Hodgman Backstage Tour Is Almost Like Being at SXSW Come one, come all, to the tour of the glamorous accomodations at Esther’s Follies comedy show at SXSW. A vegetarian option will be provided. […]
  14. Modern Family Recap: Send Out the ClownsSay it with me: CLOWN FUNERAL. CLOWN FUNERAL. CLOWN FUNERAL. Screw the rest of the family, I would have watched Mitch and Cam pay their […]
  15. Jonah Hill Is Really Surprised That 21 Jump Street Is Funny Jonah Hill seems legitimately shocked that 21 Jump Street is good and funny. It’s a little disconcerting! But even more unsettling is the […]
  16. Weeds Returns For Season One Million (Okay, Eight)The annual winner of the That Show Is Still On? Prize, Weeds, is coming back for season eight on July 1. May it stay on for 20 more seasons […]
  17. The Modern Family Cast Is Just Like Their CharactersCam wants to go home to Missouri, Phil worries about being a good dad, Claire falls down, Gloria talks about growing up in Columbia, and Mitch […]
  18. Casey Wilson on Doing a Birthday Suit Birthday Dance With Whitney CummingsTonight on Happy Endings, Penny will celebrate her 31st birthday, but it’ll be hard for the character to top Casey Wilson’s 30th: For my […]
  19. Community Heads to Comedy Central and Gillian Jacobs Revisits RedditComedy Central will start airing repeats of Community in 2013! Great news for the small but powerful cabal trying to brainwash the rest of the […]
  20. Paul Rudd and Tina Fey to Pair Up and Give Us All Love Overdose Heart […]It is a truth universally acknowledged that the only person more beloved than Paul Rudd is Tina Fey and the only person more beloved than Tina […]
  21. What’s Good on Netflix Instant This Month?The worst feeling in the universe may be the desperation of aimlessnessly poking around Netflix Instant trying to find something better than […]
  22. Portlandia Will Be Coming Back for a Third SeasonHuzzah! Carrie Brownstein confirmed today that Portlandia will be back on IFC next year for a third season. Will they go back to the 1790’s […]
  23. Listen to Woody Allen Talk About Midnight in Paris in the 1960s So it turns out Woody Allen basically figured out the plot of Midnight in Paris in the late 1960s. That’s how it seems when you listen to this […]
  24. Will Ferrell and Jimmy Kimmel Butcher the Spanish Language Together Will Ferrell’s Casa de Mi Padre promotional stunts continue with this Kimmel appearance, in which he and “Yimmy” hold their interview entirely […]
  25. Moustache-less Nick Offerman on Megan Mullally and Meat Products This clip of Nick Offerman telling the story of how he met Megan Mullally is probably cute and sweet, but honestly, I couldn’t even focus on […]
  26. Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis Will Act Like They’re Awkward in RelanxiousReal life boyfriend and girlfriend Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis will pretend to be shy people with psychological issues instead of gorgeous, […]
  27. Improv Everywhere Takes on the TED Conference Improv Everywhere really is everywhere, even at technology, entertainment and design conferences in Long Beach, California. The group faked […]
  28. Don’t Trip on Your Way to Reading This“Your foolishness – the foolishness that lead you to trip, on the sidewalk no less – is mythical. In the future, unexaggerated tales of your […]
  29. Alison Brie Is ‘Ecstatic’ for Community’s ReturnThis interview with Alison Brie on the eve of Community’s return is jolly good fun, and not just because she teases “a great episode with Annie […]
  30. Andy Richter Explains Why His Newt Gingrich Is So Convincing“We have the same doughy, old-baby face. It’s like an elderly baby. That’s where the genius of my impersonation begins and ends.” - That’s Andy […]
  31. Relive Your First Sexual Experience With Lena Dunham’s Tight Shots If you are like me and all you’re doing this month is whiling away the hours till the April 15 premiere of Lena Dunham and Judd Apatow’s HBO […]
  32. Ian Edwards on Black Comedy and Hipster ComedyHere’s an interesting interview with comedian Ian Edwards, who’s currently writing for Fox’s In Living Color. In it, he laments the modern […]
  33. Lewis Black and BBC Radio Are Pairing Up for a Satirical Quiz ShowThe kindly Brits over at the BBC have decided to make an American version of their longtime news quiz satire show The News Quiz, called The […]
  34. Here’s a Few Little-Known Late Night Ratings FactsDid you know that Conan has the highest concentration of Hispanic viewers under 50 of any late night host, and Jimmy Kimmel Live! the highest […]
  35. You Ready for a Film Noir Puppet Comedy From Jim Henson’s Son?Yeah, you read that headline right. Jim Henson’s son Brian Henson is directing a film noir comedy with puppets called The Happytime Murders. It […]
  36. Inside the Pre-Late Show Mind of King Bacchus, Will Ferrell Now that we know how blissfully untroubled Will Ferrell is, it makes a lot of sense that the top ten things he’s thinking before his Late Show […]
  37. A Thousand Words May Be Even Worse Than Jack and JillYikes. Eddie Murphy’s latest family comedy A Thousand Words has a 0% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes right now. To put that in perspective, […]
  38. Live a Little With Three Jeff, Who Lives at Home Clips If you’re not the type to shy away from advance clips of awesome-looking movies, check out these three clips from the Duplass brothers’ Jeff, […]
  39. What Does the Onion Think of Recap Readers?“Sometimes me and another guy or two will be on there for hours, commenting back and forth about what’s happening with the show. It’s one of my […]
  40. Jonah Hill Refuses to Compare 21 Jump Street to Never Been KissedWait a second. Jonah Hill describes the central conceit of 21 Jump Street as “getting to relive the most important part of your youth, high […]
  41. Will Forte Is Finally Getting a Starring RolePerennial bit player Will Forte is finally getting the chance to play a regular joe instead of a cross-dressing love interest or an out-of-town […]
  42. A Day in the Life of Marc Maron Is on Hulu Right NowHulu’s A Day in the Life series has an episode up now that follows Marc Maron as he records a WTF episode with Mindy Kaling and does some time […]
  43. Mike Birbiglia’s Sleepwalk With Me Is Coming to TheatersMovie of our dreams Sleepwalk With Me, based on Mike Birbiglia’s one-man show of the same title, has been acquired by IFC Films for a North […]
  44. So Louis C.K. Is a Women-Denigrating Pig Now, According to Greta Van […]Following a series of events that most comedy fans will agree is absolute bullshit, Louis C.K. has withdrawn from his role hosting the Radio & […]
  45. Things Everyone Is Tired of Watching on TVHere’s a fun list of TV tropes and jokes that are overused to the point of exhaustion. Seriously, TV way overuses these cheeseballs, it’s […]
  46. Sofia Vergara Will Host SNL in AprilModern Family’s Sofia Vergara will host SNL on April 7 with musical guest One Direction. I smell a sequel to a certain Helen Mirren sketch from […]
  47. A Reminiscent Week in Comedy- We have a newsletter now! - The votes have spoken, and they have anointed “Remedial Chaos Theory” the Best Sitcom Episode ever. […]
  48. Peeking Under the Bun of Bob’s Burgers Caution: after watching this video of the Bob’s Burgers cast recording their voice overs, you may never look at Bob Belcher without seeing H. […]
  49. Let’s All Mainline the ‘Real Housewives of Disney’ Deleted Scenes Till We […] Oh boy, the deleted scenes from last week’s “Real Housewives of Disney” SNL sketch are amazing. I would listen to Taran Killam’s Prince […]
  50. Ed Helms on the Little Bunny and the Dog Track of Life“That’s the little bunny that keeps you running around the dog track, and it actually is an illusion. You always think that next horizon is […]
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