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Please redirect yourself here, to http://thecomicscomic.com or http://www.thecomicsomic.com Thank you! Continue reading
Posted Aug 3, 2011 at the comic's comic
Greetings readers! If you're still landing here -- and especially if you aren't -- then you probably sensed something different. Something special in the air. I've decided to launch a major redesign and overhaul of The Comic's Comic to take... Continue reading
Posted Jul 28, 2011 at the comic's comic
Seriously. What can't you do in an Apple Store? In his latest video stunt for My Damn Channel, Mark Malkoff investigates, and finds out that these geniuses will let him get away with pretty much anything. Roll the clip! Continue reading
Posted Jul 26, 2011 at the comic's comic
It's that time of year, people. Montreal's Just For Laughs festival heads into the homestretch, and with it, many show business scouts, agents, managers and executives brush up on their French and head toward Canada to talk about the best... Continue reading
Posted Jul 26, 2011 at the comic's comic
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Dear members of the mainstream media, gossip sites and bloggers, Your coverage of Dave Chappelle's comedy "comeback" has grown beyond wearisome and expanded into outright ignorance. Sure, Chappelle had a rough gig Friday night as the closing act of a... Continue reading
Posted Jul 25, 2011 at the comic's comic
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This photo has been zipping around the Internet today, and for good reason: It's funny and involves a famous comedian. In this case, Will Ferrell. But what about the golf tournament itself? Where is it? When is it? Why is... Continue reading
Posted Jul 25, 2011 at the comic's comic
Matt Kirshen performed Friday on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and he wondered aloud about the rules for an overnight drive-thru window at a fast-food restaurant, as well as how they're applied. After you watch this clip, you'll wonder, too.... Continue reading
Posted Jul 25, 2011 at the comic's comic
BBC America announced today that it has ordered 13 episodes of a new comedy game show featuring American comedians and hosted by British chat show host Graham Norton. Would You Rather with Graham Norton will debut later in 2011, inserted... Continue reading
Posted Jul 25, 2011 at the comic's comic
Remember way back when NBC launched Last Comic Standing and Dat Phan emerged as its first winner? Of course you remember, either because you were surprised that Ralphie May didn't win, or because you were busy changing your stand-up material... Continue reading
Posted Jul 24, 2011 at the comic's comic
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Point. Counterpoint. Here's Slacktory's take on jokes via charts and graphs... Continue reading
Posted Jul 22, 2011 at the comic's comic
Ten years ago, the kids from The State had grown up enough to get nostalgic about their childhood days attending summer camp, and Michael Showalter and David Wain wrote a movie about it, with Wain directing, called Wet Hot American... Continue reading
Posted Jul 22, 2011 at the comic's comic
Scenes from the new edition of MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head screened yesterday at San Diego Comic-Con. Here you go. More Cornholio. Just like you remember it. Only this time, with the Jersey Shore instead of music videos. Because. You know.... Continue reading
Posted Jul 22, 2011 at the comic's comic
Myq Kaplan was on Conan last night, and he schooled us all on how summer never never can be "hot as balls," as well as how people who don't pronounce Target correctly should just get away. You get it. Or... Continue reading
Posted Jul 21, 2011 at the comic's comic
So far stand-up comedians are 0-2 in making it past the quarterfinal stage in the 2011 season of NBC's America's Got Talent -- although, of course, there will be a wild-card addition which gives both J. Chris Newberg and Geechy... Continue reading
Posted Jul 20, 2011 at the comic's comic
So about that guy who threw a shaving cream pie at the face of News Corp. overlord Rupert Murdoch during his live globally-televised testimony before British Parliament. We all quickly learned that Jonnie Marbles was a comedian, who even made... Continue reading
Posted Jul 20, 2011 at the comic's comic
Stephen Colbert has joined the growing chorus of famous voices for the It Gets Better project, letting kids and teens know that there is life after being bullied. I was the shortest kid in my grade throughout elementary school, so... Continue reading
Posted Jul 20, 2011 at the comic's comic
Paul Scheer's new Adult Swim parody procedural series, NTSF:SD:SUV::, premieres this week. And AOL TV (which hasn't been absorbed by The Huffington Post...yet) visited the set to interview Scheer and the rest of the cast, which includes Brandon Johnson, Rebecca... Continue reading
Posted Jul 19, 2011 at the comic's comic
What was the fuss all about, again? NBA player Ron Artest, who wants to change his name to Metta World Peace, says silly things when he's not shooting hoops or starting fights on the basketball court. This summer, show business... Continue reading
Posted Jul 19, 2011 at the comic's comic
Yesterday, a website asked if Zachary Levi (NBC's Chuck) had taken a bit from stand-up comedian Demetri Martin. Clearly, Levi, appearing several months ago on the Dec. 23, 2010, episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, got his first... Continue reading
Posted Jul 19, 2011 at the comic's comic
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What a relief that GQ's 2011 Comedy Issue also managed to put a male comedian in a bathing suit! Well, it is Ken Jeong. And the magazine wants us to believe that he is photobombing this shoot with model Kate... Continue reading
Posted Jul 19, 2011 at the comic's comic
Funny or Die is getting into the comedy podcasting business, and they've picked one of their most popular video producers to help them do it. Earwolf broke the news of its deal with FoD tonight. As of September 2011, Earwolf... Continue reading
Posted Jul 18, 2011 at the comic's comic
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If you're watching AMC's Breaking Bad, or just catching up to this Emmy-winning drama, then you're well-aware of Bob Odenkirk's rascally role as attorney Saul Goodman. In season four (which premiered last night), Saul has hired himself a bodyguard, Huell,... Continue reading
Posted Jul 18, 2011 at the comic's comic
The Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival, now in its fourth year, is unlike any other comedy festival. Intended to be a joke on the notion of comedy fests, it has nevertheless become a Brooklyn institution now, and as Mirman and his... Continue reading
Posted Jul 18, 2011 at the comic's comic
The final Harry Potter movie opened across America at midnight, and with it, the final chance for comedians and comedy troupes to toast, roast and boast about their parody videos. Let's take a look at a few making the rounds... Continue reading
Posted Jul 15, 2011 at the comic's comic