Remember that video I posted yesterday with all the funny people talking about how important Monty Python was to them? Yeah, well, I'm younger than them, so the life-changing comedy troupe for me was The State. So you can imagine how exciting it is for me that they're reuniting for this year...

I hate to sound like a shameless shill for the network, but let's face it, I'm a shameless shill for the network, and sometimes I just can't help but gush. Here's the thing that makes Jon Stewart so great: He's got a keen understanding of geopolitical affairs. And he's able t...

Remember earlier this month when Stephen Colbert interviewed Lawrence Lessig? I know, it's hard to think back that far. So much has changed since those days of yore. We didn't even have black Presidents or know about the grave threat posed to us by radical geese. And what was with those hair...

From Indecision 2008... Boing Boing points us today to a Hong Kong-based toy company that is manufacturing a line of Barack Obama action figures like this one: Okay, it's time to draw the line. We've all been having fun this week, but this has officially gotten out of control. Barack Obama w...

Oh man, there were so many balls last night. I mean, I expected a lot of balls, but not that many. And they were all such big balls. I've really never seen that many balls in my life. Everywhere I turned there were just more lavish balls right in my face. I really just had an inordinate number o...

Today is undoubtedly historic. Barack Obama was officially sworn in, and America bid goodbye to George W. Bush, the nation's last ever white President. So obviously it's a great opportunity for wisecracks, right? But where can one find the choicest of laughs on this unforgettable January day...

Can you believe Inauguration Day is finally here? I mean, INAUGURATION DAY. Man, I think we need to invented a third, even higher letter case, because capital letters just aren't cutting it for today. I'm sure Obama is working on that. He's working on everything. Change is coming. In jus...

Daily Show writer Rob Kutner recently got into a discussion about Battlestar Galactica with the BSG fanblog Galactica Siterip, and the nerding-out got pretty deep. With too many unanswered questions on their hands, they decided to call for reinforcements, namely John Hodgman. And while he wasn't...

If the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles end up facing each other in this year's Super Bowl, it won't just be notable because they share a state (Actually, it's a commonwealth. (Actually, you're a commonwealth!)), but also because they once shared a team. As The New York Ti...

As you may have heard, MTV has picked up a new series that offers a behind the scenes look at the College Humor offices. They've released a trailer, and it looks a lot like their Hardly Working web series, which is to say it looks hilarious and they seem to be having so much fun making it and li...