Back in the late ’80s, Randy “The Ram� Robinson (Mickey Rourke) was a headlining professional wrestler. Now, twenty years later, he ekes out a living performing for handfuls of diehard wrestling fans in high school gyms and community centers around New Jersey. Estranged from his daughter (Evan...

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...

That's right, my peoples. Sunday Night Links is a running feature on Heavy Soul, if "running" means "once or twice." Without further ado... --First of all, everyone at Heavy Soul hopes that everyone was alright after last night's EF-2 tornado here in Omaha. I know that Hales and I were right below a...

Yesterday we brought you the first installment of comedian Hari Leigh's SXSW diary. Today, it's time for part-two, wherein Hari's road-trip is but a memory and she finally experiences the festival: Ah, Comedy Central Blog, my humble beginnings. My private diary when I was sweet and anonymous and ful...

Todd Barry has a new record out on Comedy Central Records. He does! It is called "From Heaven," because it sounds like a thousand angels, in beautiful unison, telling dick jokes. Just kidding. We're having some trouble figuring out how to promote it, as this video will attest. And here's a...

It’s official. We’ve made a bright yellow poster with black writing on it. As you can see, that writing provides details about a party we’re throwing at this year’s South By Southwest music conference. It also elucidates the names of the entertainers that will be performing a...