February 18, 2015

Dan Aykroyd Gives Some Clues To New Ghostbusters, And Reveals Plans for Another Sequel Already in the Works (Video Added)

Dan Aykroyd sat down this week at the SiriusXM studios for an episode of "Unmasked with Ron Bennington" and shared a few more details about the Ghostbuster reboot.
February 17, 2015

Can Judd Apatow Help Amy Schumer Go Mainstream?

Amy Schumer is one of Comedy Central’s top stars and will be hosting the 2015 MTV Movie Awards in April. Schumer is a headliner in comedy circles, but she still hasn’t managed to break through to mainstream audiences. That figures to change this summer with the release of Trainwreck, written by Schumer. Starmaker Judd Apatow, is on board as director and producer.
February 16, 2015

SNL 40: Alums Recreate Favorite Characters with Celebrity Jeopardy, Wayne’s World, Bass-O-Matic and a Musical Medley

Last night during the Saturday Night Live 40 year celebration, a few famous former SNL castmembers reprised their old roles. Will Ferrell brought back his fan favorite Celebrity Jeopardy sketch with a lot more than 3 contestants. Darrell Hammond played the ever popular and always confused Sean Connery who loves categories like Whore ads (or Who Reads), Kate McKinnon channeled Justin Bieber, and Alec Baldwin as Alec Baldwin. They were soon joined by Burt Reynolds/Turd Ferguson (Norm McDonald), Christoph Waltz (Taran Killam), Matthew McConaughey (Jim Carrey) with a special video question by Bill Cosby (Kenan Thompson).
February 15, 2015

SNL 40: Live From New York, It’s Saturday Night…On A Sunday!

Saturday Night Live is celebrating its 40th season with gigantic special Sunday Night on NBC. It's a reunion of players, hosts and performers from the original season to current one and every one in between. So far, no one really knows what to expect when the special airs live on Sunday night. One of the anticipated moments is the return of Eddie Murphy to SNL after 31 years and he didn't know how it was all going to work.
January 11, 2015

The 2015 Golden Globe Awards Comedy Preview

It's Golden Globes day! It's Golden Globes day! The country is only 24 hours away from talking about who won, who lost, who looked really drunk and who did hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler destroy in their monologue? The 72nd annual Golden Globes Awards presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press will be given out tonight on NBC. Here's a preview on what to look for in movie and television comedy tonight.
December 29, 2014

The Ten Best Comedy Movies of 2014 (Vote!)

Our picks for the ten greatest comedy movies of 2014 are all over the map. There is a blockbuster, and bunch of indie films among our picks, and we chose several films that you might argue aren't actually comedies. But we stand by the notion that often the best comedies are films that are dark, or mixed genre, so we didn't get details like that get in our way of picking some great films that skirted the edges of being pure comedies. Let us know what your favorite comedy of the year was this year by voting or leaving us a comment.
December 11, 2014

The IBang Comedy Shopping List: The Only Holiday Shopping List You’ll Need This Year

Ho Ho Ho!!! It's almost Christmas, Hannukah and other assorted gift giving holidays. Is there any better gift than the gift of laughter? Support your favorite comedians while making your friends incredibly happy with the greatest gift in the world. Here are some new releases that will make great gifts in 2014. You don't have to leave your chair, just click a few links, and your holiday shopping is done. Don't be a cheapskate! But a few! You need the friends. Just click on the link in each listing to purchase and you'll be done in minutes.
September 11, 2014

The Filtered Excellence: September 11, 2014

Bob Geldof once asked us, “Where is the filtered excellence!?” It’s right here. Here are this weeks picks of the best things to watch, the most interesting things to do, great things to try, the best picks to read, our favorite things to listen to and more