April 29, 2016

Eight Cutting Edge Comedy Series We Loved Thanks to MTV

MTV is known as the place that changed music forever, everybody knows that. What a lot of people don't realize though, is that MTV is also the place a lot of today's biggest comedians got their start. From crude animated shows to bizarre sketch comedy shows to absurd humor, MTV had it all. Of course everyone wants the music back but maybe people should start asking for the comedy back as well. Here are some of the most prolific comedy shows on MTV, that were so cutting edge that we almost forgot that we missed the music.
April 9, 2016

Elizabeth Banks’ WhoHaHa; Upbeat and Bright, But More Targeted to Trendy Millennials Than Older Women

This week, I had to chance to check out WhoHaHa, a new female-centric comedy website created by actress, director, and producer Elizabeth Banks. The website is a conglomerate of clips from comedians, YouTube personalities, Vine stars, and more. It’s similar to FunnyorDie, except it is entirely women based. It’s a home for Elizabeth and her team to bring together the best female-created videos all in one spot.
April 1, 2016

Bill Murray Sings, Reads Poetry, and Shares Advice He Learned From Gilda Radner

Bill Murray is one of the stars of Disney's The Jungle Book and appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live Friday night with his co-star Neel Sethi. They sang a little of the Jungle Book classic The Bare Necessities for Jimmy Kimmel's audience and somehow it was both "classic Murray" and "perfect Baloo."
March 29, 2016

Trailer Park Boys Take Over Jimmy Kimmel Live

Canadian sensations, the Trailer Park Boys sat down on Jimmy Kimmel Live Monday night to promote the release of Season 10 of their show on Netflix. Ricky, Julian and Bubbles-- known offscreen as --- Rob Wells, John Paul Tremblay, and Mike Smith made quite an entrance as you can see below in the clip.
March 18, 2016

A Craig Ferguson Fan Explains Why Join or Die Doesn’t Connect For Him

Mind you, Craig Ferguson is a very funny fellow, as anyone who followed him on The Late, Late Show (or even Drew Carey’s show before that) can attest. In his most recent venture, a show called Join or Die on the History Channel, he is a good deal less so. Part of that may be because, as he himself probably realized when he left Late Late, he is running out of gas. Perhaps a bigger part may be that this show does not provide a particularly good format for him or any of his guests to generate laughs.