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February 4, 2016
Published by Kristen Becker at February 4, 2016

Don’t Worry About Paul Mooney

Paul Mooney is getting old. For an African American man in today’s society, that is something to brag about. For an African American male in today’s society that ran with an anti war theater group and Jane Fonda, while spending his whole life as a vocal activist for black America? Well that’s just a goddamn miracle. This week, two articles came out discussing Paul Mooney’s career. The first was from Vulture entitled “The Curious Decline of Paul Mooney” and the second was from Madame Noir entitled “There is Nothing “Curious” or ”Declining” about Paul Mooney”.
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February 3, 2016
Published by Lesley Coffin at February 3, 2016

Remembering Comedy Legend Bob Elliott (1923-2016)

Regardless of whether you know the name or not-- let alone his comedy-- Bob Elliott contribution to comedy is one not only of note, but worth celebrating. From Fernwood Tonight to National Lampoon’s Radio Hour to SNL’s Weekend Update, Bob Elliott and his partner Ray Goulding set a standard that so many comics have tried their hardest to live up to. With partner Ray Goulding, they were masters of both improv comedy and parodying the media they appeared on, while satirizing everything with signature low-key, deadpan humor.
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February 3, 2016
Published by Interrobang Staff at February 3, 2016

Sony Pictures Relaunches Ghostbusters.com for 2016 Reboot

Ghostbusters 2016 is coming! Right we knew that, but film details have been locked up tight for the most part, and its been awhile since Paul Feig has leaked a detail about the upcoming blockbuster. Today Sony Pictures re-launched Ghostbusters.com with all new graphics, updated, modernized and focused on the 2016 reboot.
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February 3, 2016
Published by Interrobang Staff at February 3, 2016

What!? Now Norm MacDonald is Out as the Colonel?

The bizarre KFC marketing plan involving the return of the Colonel is winding its way toward another big and confusing moment at the Super Bowl. Just when you got used to comedian Norm MacDonald as KFC's odd new mascot, a teaser is released portending his demise. The new KFC teaser spot intermingles trippy visuals and discordant audio while a haunted version of the song "So Long, Fair Well" plays and MacDonald waves farewell.
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February 3, 2016
Published by Amy Hawthorne at February 3, 2016

RIOT LA Festival Hits the Mark as a Formidable National Festival

Only four years in and RIOT has grown into a mature and formidable national festival! The two and a half day event was crammed with eye-catching headliners like David Cross, Gilbert Gottfried, TJ Miller and Ron Funches and had more talent scuttled onto the generic Comics To Watch showcases than many festivals have as their top names.
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February 2, 2016
Published by Interrobang Staff at February 2, 2016

Big Jay Oakerson’s ‘What’s Your F@%king Deal’ Gets Premiere Date and Trailer!

Big Jay Oakerson's exciting new series What's Your Fucking Deal debuts on Seeso network on March 17th and we're excited. Also debuting on March 17th are two more comedy series, Bajillion Dollar Propertie$, and New York's Funniest.
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February 2, 2016
Published by Interrobang Staff at February 2, 2016

Watch Colin Quinn’s Cop Show: Season Two

Colin Quinn's amazing web series Cop Show is back with a Season Two today on Lexus-backed LStudio.com. Season Two features some serious names doing serious things. Colin is back, so are series regulars Griffin Newman, Keith Robinson, Elsa Carette, Sue Jean Kim, and Peter Grosz, with many more dilemmas and adventures in the gritty world of making drama about cops.
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February 1, 2016
Published by Jeffrey Gurian at February 1, 2016

Jeffrey Ross, Gilbert Gottfried Pay Tribute to Abe Vigoda, the Impractical Jokers Take Over Radio City, We Head to Florida 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. This week Jeffrey covered the scene at Radio City Music Hall, and took a trip to FLA to check out comedy in Boca and Miami.
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January 30, 2016
Published by Interrobang Staff at January 30, 2016

Impractical Jokers are Back! Watch the Trailer for the Season 5 Premiere

The Impractical Jokers are big and they just keep getting bigger. After a gigantic season four that culminated with a Live Punishment Show in New York City in Howie Mandel, and fresh off the Impractical Jokers Comedy Cruise, season five premieres on truTV on Thursday, February 11th at 10:00pm.
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January 29, 2016
Published by Interrobang Staff at January 29, 2016

Jon Lovitz Joins New Celebrity Apprentice Cast With Host Arnold Schwarzenegger

Saturday Night Live alum, and creator of The Critic Jon Lovitz will be in the board room this year trying to be the next Celebrity Apprentice, and we can't wait to see him battling Jersey Shore's Snookie.
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January 28, 2016
Published by Kristen Becker at January 28, 2016

Last Comic Standing Top 5 Finalist Quits Festival, Sets Off Conversation About Harassment and Assault in Comedy

There has been a story bouncing around social media this week about comedian Andy Erikson withdrawing from the SLO Comedy Fest (an annual comedy festival in San Luis Obispo). People drop out of comedy festivals all the time, but when it is a recent Last Comic Standing top three comedian, particularly one with the stage persona of unicorns and rainbows, people take notice.
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January 28, 2016
Published by Interrobang Staff at January 28, 2016

Neil DeGrasse Tyson Drops The Mic On B.O.B

Neil DeGrasse Tyson decided to take matters into his own hands in the most unlikely feud of the century. He appeared on 'The Nightly Show' to set the record straight with a diss rant that would put any wannabe rapper in their place. He finish his verbal beat down of B.O.B by saying "The Earth isn't Fucking Flat!", then adds, "and by the way, this is called gravity", before dropping the mic. The Earth may not be flat, but B.O.B's ego sure is.
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January 27, 2016
Published by Debra Kessler at January 27, 2016

The State of Comedy in 2016: Is This a Diamond Age of Comedy?

The business of comedy seems to be booming. There are more clubs than there were ten years ago, the number of stand up comics is greater than ever before, and there are new outlets for comedy popping up on what seems like a constant basis, It seems that everyone wants a piece of the comedy business these days but is comedy really booming? We talked with Brian Volk-Weiss, President of Comedy Dynamics about the state of the comedy industry in 2016. Brian Volk Weiss has been in the business of creating comedy for two decades, and helps to create some of the best albums and specials from some of the top comedians working today.
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