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December 5th, 2014
Follow Friday

Talking to @JuliaDavidovich About Internet Backlash and Tweeting in a Series

by @ 11:00 am

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Julia Davidovich is a writer living in LA. She co-authored the book Stats Canada: Satire on a National Scale, and together with her friend Zoe Klar (@madamezooble), Davidovich runs Lady Parts Mag, whose website launching next year will feature parody Cosmopolitan magazine style articles to accompany their parody Cosmopolitan magazine covers. This week I talked to Davidovich about three of her favorite things she's ever tweeted. In our discussion we covered, among other topics, tweeting as part of a series, McRibs, and musician Mark McGrath.

I just wanted to display a very sarcastic statement about Charles Manson deserving this ridiculous marriage. Amazingly I received exactly zero backlash and across the board people understood it was a joke, and thank goodness, because I will be marrying Charles Manson in a simple Synagogue ceremony next year. READ MORE

Late Night

Watch Trevor Noah Make His 'Daily Show' Debut

by @ 10:20 am

Back in October, Comedy Central announced that South African standup Trevor Noah would be joining The Daily Show as a contributor in December, and he made his debut last night to teach Jon a few things about his home country. It turns out that Africa isn't as bad as a lot of Americans think it is — in fact, some might say it's even better than the US.

Late Night

Bill Burr Explains Why Black Friday Is the Worst on 'Conan'

by @ 9:40 am

Here's a clip from Bill Burr's visit to last night's Conan, where he breaks down why Black Friday is both the worst and saddest thing in America: "There is nothing in Walmart worth getting trampled over." Watch more clips from Bill's interview below: READ MORE

Late Night

President Obama Is Monday Night's 'Colbert Report' Guest

by @ 9:00 am

Earlier this week, Stephen Colbert revealed that Monday night's Colbert Report will be broadcast from Washington DC, and during last night's show he dropped an even bigger scoop — one of the guests of the star-studded episode will be President Barack Obama: "I cannot overstate how huge this is. The size of the hugeness? Large. I am so honored to be sitting down with the man who sat down with Bill O'Reilly."

Tweetin

Today's Funniest Tweets

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TV

Behold This Year's Christmas-Themed 'Simpsons' Couch Gag

by | December 4th, 2014

This year's Simpsons holiday episode "I Won't Be Home For Christmas" airs on Fox this Sunday, and the network released a clip of the very Christmassy couch gag featuring all the best things about winter, which apparently are polar bears, snowboarding, hockey, Festivus, and obligatory Frozen references.

sneak peeks

Abbi and Ilana Get Their Bed Bath & Beyond On in This 'Broad City' Preview

by | December 4th, 2014

Broad City's second season premieres on Comedy Central January 14th, but in the meantime here's a sneak peek featuring Abbi and Ilana paying a visit to Abbi's favorite place in the world, Bed Bath & Beyond. New fun Broad City fact: Lincoln (Hannibal Buress) has a homemade pasta-themed blog called "The Al Dente Dentist."

Jam Session

Chris Hardwick and Reggie Watts Sing a Song About a Lonely Pony

by | December 4th, 2014

IFC just released the latest installment of Reggie Watts's web series Reggie Makes Music featuring guest Chris Hardwick, who embarks on a two-minute jam with Watts about the one thing in the world that makes everyone happy — ponies. It's clear from watching Hardwick pour out these soulful lyrics that ponies hold a very special place in his heart.

sneak peeks

Hannibal Buress Takes Over 'The Eric Andre Show' Tonight

by | December 4th, 2014

When The Eric Andre Show airs tonight at 12:15am, the roles of host and sidekick will finally be reversed when Hannibal Buress takes over for a special edition of The Hannibal Buress Show. Adult Swim just released the above sneak peek of the episode, and it looks like Buress will be creating plenty of chaos during his turn behind the desk.

Movies

Leaked Sony Documents Confirm That Adam Sandler Films "Have No More Value"

by | December 4th, 2014

Sony has been dealing with the effects of a major hack from last week, and among the many leaked documents is a 25-page collection of Sony employee complaints that reveal even the people who make Adam Sandler movies hate Adam Sandler movies. Gawker combed through the complaints and highlighted some of the best digs at Sandler's expense:

Be more focussed and ruthless in directing our resources to businesses that will sustain the long term health of SPE – networks, broadcast TV shows, new movie franchises, digital distibution By the same token, stop or reduce support for areas that have no more value (Sandler movies, DVD)

There is a general "blah-ness" to the films we produce. Althought we manage to produce an innovative film once in awhile, Social Network, Moneyball, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, we continue to be saddled with the mundane, formulaic Adam Sandler films. Let's raise the bar a little on the films we produce, and inspire employees that they are working on the next Social Network. That said, there's a strange dichotomy of encouraging us to be fiscally responsible, but then upper management allows certain talent and filmmakers to bleed us dry with their outlandish requests for private jets, wardrobe and grooming stylists- and are surprised when they are asked to work more than 5 hours to promote their film.

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New Shows

Duplass Brothers Comedy 'Togetherness' Premieres on HBO January 11th

by | December 4th, 2014

A year after ordering a pilot written and directed by Jay and Mark Duplass called Togetherness, HBO announced today that the new comedy series will debut its eight-episode season on the network Sunday, January 11th at 9:30pm. The show follows "four adults nearing 40, living under the same roof and struggling to keep their relationships and their dreams alive" and stars Mark Duplass, Melanie Lynskey, Amanda Peet, and Steve Zissis, with guest appearances set from Peter Gallagher and Mary Steenburgen.

Click through for HBO's official description of the first three episodes: READ MORE

Awards

2015 WGA Award Nominees Include 'High Maintenance,' 'Inside Amy Schumer,' and 'Louie'

by | December 4th, 2014

The Writers Guild of America just announced its list of WGA Award nominees for next year's ceremony, which is set to take place on February 14th in New York with host Larry Wilmore. Nominees for Comedy Series include Louie, Orange Is the New Black, Silicon Valley, Veep, and Amazon's recent hit Transparent starring Jeffrey Tambor, while Inside Amy Schumer managed to break into the Comedy/Variety category for the second year in a row with SNL, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Real Time with Bill Maher, and Last Week Tonight. Returning Vimeo web series High Maintenance also got some love in the Short Form Media category, and the Animation category consists only of Simpsons and Bob's Burgers episodes. Click through for the full list of comedy-related nominees. READ MORE

Podcasts

This Week in Comedy Podcasts: Marc Maron Chats with Norman Lear

by | December 4th, 2014

The comedy podcast universe is ever expanding, not unlike the universe universe. We're here to make it a bit smaller, a bit more manageable. There are a lot of great shows and each has a lot of great episodes, so we want to highlight the exceptional, the noteworthy. Each week our crack team of podcast enthusiasts and specialists and especially enthusiastic people will pick their favorites. We hope to have your ears permanently plugged with the best in aural comedy.

WTF with Marc Maron - Norman Lear
WTF_with_Marc_MaronMarc: As we round on the end of another year, it’s worth noting that podcasts are drawing guests of increasingly notable status. (True, a number of them think they’re doing a radio interview but, that aside, the pool is getting deeper and more interesting.) Marc Maron ventured forth from his garage this week to sit with television and film comedy legend Norman Lear. The creator of such historic and hysterical fare as All In The Family, Maude, and Good Times, at the age of 92, has a lot to relate and Maron guides him thorough telling us some great highlights. As his guide, the host of WTF is using Lear’s recently published memoir, Even This I Get To Experience, and it’s great to hear some of the behind the scene stories brought to life. Like when, as a comedy writer, he received a gift from his then-boss Jerry Lewis back in the comedian’s heyday, only to be abruptly dismissed the next day. Or how executives from NBC had to sneak into CBS Studios in Los Angeles to watch a presentation of Sanford & Son because Lear’s home network passed on the project. Then there were the first two pilots he shot of All In The Family WITHOUT Rob Reiner in the role of Mike “Meathead” Stivic… Great stories within a great conversation. And one of the best things about Norman Lear being on a podcast? More legends will likely want to start doing them, too. READ MORE

Movies

Jonah Hill to Star in Todd Phillips-Directed Comedy 'Arms and the Dudes'

by | December 4th, 2014

Jonah Hill just landed a new starring film role. THR reports that Hill has signed on to star in Arms and the Dudes, a crime drama directed by Todd Phillips based on a 2011 Rolling Stone article about "two stoners from Miami Beach who ended up becoming arms dealers for the US government." Prior to Hill signing on, both Shia LaBeouf and Jesse Eisenberg considered the role. Todd Phillips is also producing alongside Mark Gordon, Bryan Zuriff, and Bradley Cooper.

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