March 14, 2018

Film and Comedy Collide at SXSW: Leonard Maltin on Stage with Jim Gaffigan to Talk Gaffigan’s First Film Lead, and Adam Pally Hosts Live Storytelling Show to Promote Film

In previous years, the SXSW Film and Comedy festivals operated fairly independent of one another, save the natural overlap of Doug Benson’s Doug Loves Movies podcast […]
May 11, 2016

Michael Ian Black Reads Passages From “A Child’s First Book of Trump”

You should hit the clip and hear MIB read the passages himself, but for those of you with poor wifi, we don't want you to miss out entirely on the preview. "The beasty is called an American Trump. It's skin is bright orange, its figure is plump; its fur so complex you might get enveloped, its hands are sadly, underdeveloped."
May 6, 2016

It’s Official, Comedy Central Announces Dan Soder: Not Special

Dan Soder's first one hour special was filmed at the Trocadero Theater in Philadelphia last year, and we've been excited since the day of the taping to find out when we'd be able to see it. Finally, Comedy Central has announced that Dan Soder: Not Special will air on Saturday May 21 at 11:00pm.
March 26, 2016

Greg Giraldo Biography Coming Later This Year

Comedy enthusiasts Matt Balaker and Wayne Jones have launched a website for their upcoming biography of the late, legendary comic Greg Giraldo. The as-yet untitled book has been a work in progress since Balaker launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for the project in September of 2015. The writer hit his $3,000 goal within two weeks of creating the Kickstarter page, and has spent the time since then collecting photos of the comedian and interviewing his friends, family, and comedy peers.
March 11, 2016

Fans Target Gilbert Gottfried as Next Colonel Sanders

The long, twisting rabbit hole of insanity and fried chicken that is KFC’s recent ad campaign has taken yet another turn. In the fast food joint’s latest commercial, Colonel Sanders (played by Jim Gaffigan) gazes at a wall of celebrity faces and ponders who the next Colonel should be. The top 3 contenders seem to be SNL alum Tim Meadows, a golden retriever (who rocks a bolo tie with authority,) and Gilbert Gottfried.
February 6, 2016

Who Is the New Colonel Sanders!?

First KFC brought us Darrel Hammond as the new KFC spokesperson. Then Norm McDonald took over in a gigantic shakeup. And just when we thought, okay so it's Norm, the chicken people pulled the rug out from under us telling us we were getting yet another "real" Colonel Sanders.