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October 30, 2014

Stephen Merchant Gets To Wrap Cancelled Series for HBO With a Movie

HBO takes some of the biggest, smartest risks in comedy, and then sometimes they cancel them.  Stephen Merchant's show, Hello Ladies is one of those great shows that got cancelled.  But this time, HBO isn't leaving the fans hanging, they are giving Merchant a chance to wrap the series with a movie that will air exclusively on HBO.
October 30, 2014

Michael Che Apologizes For Catcalling, Then Apologizes For His Apology

After a video of a woman walking the streets of New York and enduring ten hours of catcalls, whistles and other forms of harassment went viral, Saturday Night Live Weekend Update anchorman Michael Che spoke up about it.
October 30, 2014

Paul Rubens Announces New Pee Wee Movie on The Tonight Show

Last night Paul Rubens told Jimmy Fallon that there is another Pee Wee movie coming. Judd Apatow is producing. A director has been hired, and the movie starts shooting in February. The big big announcement is still a week away. For now you can just assume that Spielberg is directing and they're calling it P.T. But stay tuned for the big announcement in about a week.
October 29, 2014

Ron Bennington to Interview Pete Holmes for New York Comedy Festival on Unmasked

pecial Taping Announcement in New York City!! Pete Holmes will sit down with host Ron Bennington for an episode of Unmasked at the world famed Caroline’s on Broadway Comedy Club in New York City for the New York Comedy Festival!
October 29, 2014

Hari Konabalu Kicks Off NYT Series on Comedy and Race

The New York Times is taking an in depth look at those who are using stand-up as a way to address how race - subtle and obvious - is being played out in America today. Off Color is a new online series that profiles four comedians of different ethnic backgrounds who are using their craft to confront and challenge stereotypes that they have dealt their entire lives.
October 29, 2014

Mike Tyson Doesn’t Like Halloween Very Much

Mike doesn't like seeing people dress like him for Halloween, or carve Tyson-y pumpkins. It's creepy seeing someone be a shitty version of yourself. He hated those shitty plastic Halloween masks and plastic "pee sheets" that costumes used to be made out of.
October 27, 2014

George Carlin Honored, Ardie Fuqua Talks About His Devastating Injuries, Jay Pharoah, Mel Brooks, Rick Newman, The Naked Show and More!

Jeffrey Gurian is a writer and comedian in New York who loves to Jump Around. Follow his regular column, right here, to find out what’s happening in comedy, and who Jeffrey Gurian ran into this week in and around New York. In today’s column, we get an update on what comedian Ardie Fuqua has been dealing with since he was in a terrible car crash with Tracy Morgan this summer, plus news from the George Carlin Way dedication ceremony, what's Rick Newman doing these days, and a Mel Brooks update.
October 27, 2014

Michael Ian Black, Jim Norton, Kurt Metzger Part of @Midnight New York Line Up

Comedy Central's talk show game show @Midnight is coming to New York City for a weeks worth of episodes starting November 3, 2014 and will feature some great comedy names. Every night on @midnight three comedian guests join host Chris Hardwick to compete for points by coming up with hashtags, captions and answering questions about news and pop culture.
October 27, 2014

New York Comedy Festival Lineup 2014

The New York Comedy Festival is coming to town and New York is ready, planning FIVE spectacular days, over ONE HUNDRED shows, nearly TWO HUNDRED performers. Stay tuned for our Editors Picks and more names to be added as the New York Comedy Festival approaches.
October 27, 2014

The Lucas Brothers’ Talk Friends of the People, Lucas Bros Season 2, and 11 Great Animated Television Series

If you don't know the Lucas Brothers yet, hurry and catch up because they are about to blow up. Their Comedy Central digital series, The Super Late Morning Show, and their Fox ADHD animated show, Lucas Bros Moving Company are already cult favorites, and tonight their third comedy series, Friends of the People premiers on TruTV. We caught a preview of the first episode, and we're already big fans.