June 17, 2015

Jon Stewart Leads the Late Night Pack in Trump Reactions With a 3 Man Orgasm and a Chick Whose Faking It

With Donald Trump's announcement yesterday morning officially kicking Late Night's political season into high gear, Jon Stewart lead the pack with his enthusiastic look at the Trump tape.
June 17, 2015

Adam Scott Invited Luke Skywalker to His Birthday Party

When Adam Scott was in second grade, he invited Mark Hamill to his birthday party, and then told all his friends that Luke Skywalker would probably be there. He wrote a letter to Hamill and gave it to his mom. Needless to say, writing a letter to your mom does not result in a giant movie star showing up to your second grade birthday party. He told this story to Jimmy Kimmel last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live. He also said that years later he thought it would be funny to ask Hamill on Twitter why he never showed up. Hamill wrote back, and we could recreate this whole thing.
June 16, 2015

Judd Apatow Has a Book Out Today, So He Talked About It With Jon Stewart

Last night on The Daily Show Judd Apatow stopped in to talk about his new book, which is in stores today. Sick in the Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy has been in the works since Apatow was 15. Apatow has told stories for years about how when he was in high school, he wanted to learn about comedy so badly, that he used to trick publicists into setting up interviews with big comedians and writers by claiming he was actual press. Finally, all of us can read those interviews, because they're all in the book.
June 16, 2015

Aziz Ansari, Super Tap Dance Electric Sliding Genie

Alfonso Ribera may have been the Tap Dance Kid on Broadway, but Aziz Ansari was a tap dancing super star in his own neck of the woods when he was growing up. Not just any tap dancing kid-- a tap dancing electric sliding genie kid.
June 15, 2015

John Oliver And Jack Warner Are Officially In A Feud

After disgraced FIFA executive Jack Warner threatened to leak incriminating documents in a paid special, John Oliver paid for his own message on Trinidad's TV6 last week to plead for their release. Warner responded in another video, claiming TV6 disgraced their own people and dismissing Oliver as a "comedian fool," all while a dramatic score drowned him out.
June 11, 2015

Colin Quinn and Jon Stewart Try to Fix Everything

When Jon Stewart says "thank you" for your book before you even start talking, you've accomplished something important. Unfortunately the compliment was somewhat limited, "you have solved America's maybe most devastating and urgent issue, race, by using America's least influential medium-- the book. Why didn't you make a vine?" Colin Quinn's new book, "The Coloring Book" is in stores now.
June 10, 2015

Nick Offerman Picks His Favorite Gumption Interviews

Nick Offerman's got a new book out where he talks with some of his heroes. In "Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America's Gutsiest Troublemakers" he talks with, and about some of the ballsiest people who Offerman admires.
June 10, 2015

Denis Leary Jane Lynch Separated at Birth

Denis Leary has a new show about to debut, "Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll" on FX Networks where he plays an aging rock star.  Last night on The Tonight Show he made it very clear that it's no fun to dress like a rock star, which sounds crazy.  
June 9, 2015

Larry David and Jason Alexander and Jimmy Fallon Talk About “Going Backstage”

Larry David is passing his torch over to Jason Alexander. Once again, Jason will take over a role Larry originated. Last time it was his persona, playing a character in Seinfeld largely based on Larry's life, and this time he's taking over for Larry on Broadway, in the hit show Fish in the Dark.