Todd Barry and Eugene Mirman flew in some manner of metal bird with internet access today and took the time to answer some questions. [A Special Thing] Jeffrey Ross puns, "Nixon had a bowling alley and Clinton put a golf putting green, so Obama needs the audacity of hoops." I love puns mor...

The headline for this post was going to be "Peggy Olsen Engaged to Barack Obama", but then Videogum took STOLE my idea and now my headline is boring. Regardless, Fred Armisen and Elizabeth moss are now baracking the casbah as fiancees. Less than a week after word got out that Mad Men's...

Jim Norton is "especially fond of the Irish author, poet and playwright Samuel Beckett." Beckett's that guy who created that show Happy Days, right? [All Headline News] Lisa Lampanelli says "anyone can stand up there and tell dumb jokes or observational crap. But the fact is, ther...

Punchline magazine just published an enlightening new piece written by a Pakistani comedian named Sami Shah, who writes about his experiences being a Pakistand-up comic (I should clearly be shipped off to a Pun-tanamo Bay). Shah writes... ...Having a capacity for shame means shielding ones naughty b...

It's hard to believe The Daily Show with Jon Stewart has been around for 10 years. But since I've been constantly reminded by the blog I write for, it's time for me to accept the facts. I've been watching The Daily Show since I was 12. I am now 22. I'm an old man! Pretty soon I&#...

Larry Wilmore talks about his new book, I'd Rather We Got Casinos. As a Hispanic person, I'd rather we got not deported all the time. [USA Today] Gilbert Gottfried CRACKS THIS ANNOUNCER UP! He isn't even making that many jokes and the guy is already CRACKING THE FUCK UP! [ABC Local News]...

Remind me not to insult Tina Fey ever. She will find it and slam me at the next awards show. [Yahoo!] Leon and Andy, Paul F. Tompkins, Jerry Minor, and Kristen Schaal bring relief to old timey cartoons. [Bob and David] Ricky Gervais and Sacha Baron-Cohen flopped with some jokes deemed offensive. I d...

They say comedy isn't an exact science. But what happens when a science nerd becomes a comedian? Well, it's still not a science, because that's not how science works, but it's still kind of interesting... For two seasons, the CBS hit sitcom "The Big Bang Theory" has demonstrated that science - in a ...

I was all up on the "Children's Hospital is amazing" bandwagon weeks ago. Entertainment Weekly finally caught up to my Rob Corddry trendsetting. [Entertainment Weekly] If you're like me, you are always wondering, "What ever happened to Jackie Mason's abandoned daughter?&qu...

I can't believe today is the last day of 2008. When I look back at all the fond memories, including saying goodbye to all my money in the failing economy, hearing countless terrible Joker impersonations, and losing Paul Newman and Eartha Kitt, I can honestly say in all sincerity, good riddance t...