March 9, 2015

Hey Hey Hey Bill Cosby Has Released a Video Statement

There's a new video that comedian Bill Cosby has sent out to his fans. It looks like Cosby is trying to get back to the 1970's with an odd setup that includes a rotary phone and a message that harkens back to his old 1970's character, Fat Albert. His important message says,
March 5, 2015

Six Comedy Giants Who Got Their First Television Roles in Sitcoms

Everyone has to start somewhere. Comedians get their start in stand up of course, but those end up with giant television careers also had their first tv appearance, and it's usually pretty unglamourous. Here are six comedy giants who got their first television appearance in small guest roles on sitcoms. Enjoy these fresh young faces with their entire career ahead of them. These six youngsters had no idea where they would end up when they took these six first television roles.
February 24, 2015

CNN Airing Special Report On Cosby Rape Allegations. Is Apatow’s Pressure Paying Off?

Tuesday night, the CNN news network will air "No Laughing Matter: Inside The Cosby Allegations". The special looks at Cosby and how he went from comedy superstar and America's favorite TV dad to an accused rapist. Several of the women who have gone public with the allegations will be part of the report to tell their side of the story and what they claim Cosby did to them. In today's news culture, it's not uncommon for even a big story like the Cosby allegations to lose traction and fall to the wayside when new scandals come to light, but it doesn't look like the stories surrounding the Cosby allegations are going away any time soon.
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 11, 2015

Jim Norton, Jim Breuer, Lisa Lampanelli Featured In New Epix Comedy Specials

Epix believes that comedy comes in threes and has announced 3 brand new one hour specials from 3 talented comedians. This Spring, Epix is debuting stand up performances from Jim Norton, Jim Breuer and Lisa Lampanelli.
January 22, 2015

Jay Leno Goes Anti-Cosby

Jay Leno is a comedian who has repeated on more than one occasion that he won't discuss his politics. He's considers himself an observer who doesn't have a personal stake in the news of the day other than finding the humor in it. That's changed with the Bill Cosby story. The former Tonight Show host took a definite stand on how he feels about the sexual assault allegations against TV's former favorite dad.