While many a man can be distracted by a well-endowed bosom, that is not the way that Ms. Pat’s titties saved her from a shootout. It’s not a sentence you get to hear everyday, but it’s one that just happens to be singularly true.
Hear her whole story in the latest installment of This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir.
Self-diagnosing seems to be a pretty routine habit for Marc Maron, though Marc often goes to the extreme of suspecting that he has cancer.
For his episode of This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir, Maron details the various stages of being slowly convinced that he doesn’t have cancer.
The latest story on This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir comes from Barry Rothbart and the events that transpired on his 18th birthday.
At this point, we’ll just say that Barry got taken to Atlantic City by his Dad and after everything that went down, Atlantic City lived up to it’s shady reputation.
It’s the moment that so many of you have been waiting for. The 2nd season of The Meltdown with Jonah & Kumail is getting under way and will be shooting near the end of March and going through April. Of course, the line-up has yet to be announced and, if it was anything like their first season, they’ll try to keep it as under wraps as they can.
Specifically, there will be tapings on Mar. 25th, 27th, Apr. 1st, and 4th. Unfortunately, all the tickets for all those tapings have been reserved, but, fret not, as there will be a waitlist for 8 shows. Make sure to follow @meltdown_show for more updates in that regard.
Comedy Central just sent out this press release out that the Jon Stewart who has arguably been one of their biggest stars is leaving his post at the The Daily Show later this year. His departure will come after years of delivering such a great satiric angle on the news that other pundits at actual news programs would reference his take on the news as a talking point as well as fostering The Colbert Report and The Nightly Show.
Of course, this leaves The Daily Show desk vacant and The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore in unsure territory with their lead-in. Had this been a year or two earlier, maybe the desk would have gone to Stephen Colbert or John Oliver, but now, a name doesn’t immediately come to mind fill in Stewart’s giant shoes. Also, bumping Larry Wilmore later this year would seem very unorthodox and unlikely, though weirder things have happened in the world of late night.
However, Comedy Central has another chance to continue their streak of bold, groundbreaking programming over the last few years. While the chances of hiring another great, established white male comedian, someone like Norm MacDonald perhaps, are high, Comedy Central would definitely have an audience rallying behind them if they went a different direction and hired someone who wasn’t another white guy like Fallon, Kimmel, Conan, Corden, Hardwick, Meyers, and most of the recent fill-in hosts of The Late Late Show.
The bigger issue here is finding someone that Stewart’s fans can get behind that is somehow free or can free themselves up to take on the year round commitment of The Daily Show. While it would be perhaps great if Tina Fey and Amy Poehler could co-host like they did in the great three-year run at The Golden Globes or like they did at SNL’s Weekend Update, they both have overall deals, star in a multitude of projects amongst a whole other multitude of things they take on.
So, for now, we’ll be reminiscing about our favorite Jon Stewart moments over the years.
We’re sure that you’ll be sure to check TV Land and Comedy Central this summer for the series premiere of The Jim Gaffigan Show.
Based off their first promo, you and everyone else in the streets won’t be able to resist.
The latest story from This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir has Tom Papa showing us why being able to intrude into a child’s life as their parent in 2015 hasn’t been a good thing necessarily.
We’re going to guess that you’d wish your parents had seen this story when you were a kid (or right now if you’re currently a kid).
(via Deadline)
Of all the ways that you can currently watch Archer on FX and stream it online, you’re going to get a new way to catch the hit animated espionage comedy series.
Starting some time in May, reruns of Archer will air on Comedy Central.
So, if you don’t like changing the channel because you’re really obsessed with Comedy Central’s programming slate including Broad City, This Is Not Happening, new hour long stand-up specials, etc., then you’re in luck and will get to watch Archer soon.
Matt Braunger’s latest stand-up special Big Dumb Animal is almost here. this Fri. at midnight, it’ll premiere on Comedy Central.
Before you see a refined hour of stand-up and live performance from Braunger, prime yourself properly by seeing what a Braunger is like off the stage and in the wild.
Fri. Feb. 6th 12AM on Comedy Central, Matt Braunger’s new hour stand-up special, “Big Dumb Animal” will have its premiere.
To whet your comedy appetite, here’s a preview summing up how ridiculous a correlation between homosexuality and hurricanes is. Also, take note how comedy specials like Bill Burr’s I’m Sorry You Feel That Way directed by Jay Karas and Braunger’s Big, Dumb, Animal directed by Steve Feinartz are getting to look more subtly, but nicely stylized.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
Comedy Central’s digital arm CC:Studios has been on a streak and with the announcement of their latest development slate, it seems like they will definitely continue said streak.
They’re renewing the fantastic New Timers web series from Good Cop Great Cop as well as putting five new projects into development from the likes of Matt Braunger, Sean O’Connor, Rich Fulcher, David Angelo, and Broken People (Taylor Orci and Jared Nigro).
The premises of Braunger being the last white guy in LA, a Vine celebrity attempting to adapt his videos into a book from Sean O’Connor, Fulcher as a high school teacher, David Angelo being David Angelo, and more of Broken People are all things we’re on board for.
For part of a TV show that Bert Kreischer used to star in, he was once forced to fight a bear.
Kreischer tells the whole story, which is actually kind of a love story, for This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir.
Kyle Kinane’s new hour stand-up special I Liked His Old Stuff Better does premiere tonight on Comedy Central at midnight.
We know that you’re probably been waiting to watch it for awhile, but, before the premiere, you should watch Kyle Kinane work as the VO for Comedy Central.
That’s right. Kyle is the person who says things like “[insert show name] at 8” for Comedy Central.
This Is Not Happening starts tonight at 12:30! We started it as a live show for 12 people with Maron & Diaz 5 years ago. Tonight it’s on TV!
— Ari Shaffir (@AriShaffir) January 22, 2015
Like the host Ari Shaffir tweeted out, This Is Not Happening had humble beginnings here in LA and has built up to one of the best storytelling shows around to a fantastic web series to, now, Comedy Central’s latest show.
Watch the premiere tonight at 12:30AM on Comedy Central.
None of us really knew what to expect when Kurt Braunohler started his journey on a jet ski from Chicago to New Orleans for the series Roustabout.
Though several months of planning went into this project, the whole team also didn’t expect certain, damning obstacles that they encountered right from the get go.
Watch Kurt’s launch and see what happened here in Yahoo’s exclusive clip. The whole series premieres Jan. 26th.
Up until now, late night has only joked here and there about the rape and sexual assault allegations against Bill Cosby.
Determined to hit the ground running, Larry Wilmore takes Cosby to task on The Nightly Show, only having premiered just last night, and Wilmore and company stick it to the comedy legend pretty damn well.
Watch the whole episode here.
Also, take note how The Nightly Show is shaping up with a bit of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and Real Time with Bill Maher mixed, but also distinctly its own unique show.
Kyle Kinane’s brand new hour special “I Liked His Old Stuff Better” is premiering on Comedy Central this Friday Jan. 23rd at midnight. You can also buy it and watch it through CC:Stand-Up Direct right now for $5.
To help bring you this message, Kinane enlisted the help of a “tag team partner” in none other than Dolph Ziggler.
Larry Wilmore has now casted off into the waters 11:30PM at Comedy Central with The Nightly Show. The show’s debut definitely set itself apart from The Daily Show, Last Week Tonight, and The Colbert Report by having a big panel that has potential to get into the spirited back-and-forth that Tough Crowd got into, especially with the “Keep It 100” portion.
Wilmore’s opening segment was pretty sharply written bringing The Nightly Show to a solid start.
Give the first episode a watch here then make sure to tune into tonight as Kathleen Madigan, Keith Robinson, Baratunde Thurston, and Jamilah Lemieux discuss Bill Cosby.
The #NightlyShow with @larrywilmore premieres tonight. pic.twitter.com/XfO6BlCjJo
— The Nightly Show (@nightlyshow) January 19, 2015
The changing of the guard in late night officially begins tonight with Larry Wilmore and The Nightly Show taking over The Colbert Report’s slot.
Tune in at 11:30PM after The Daily Show and watch TV history.
When it comes to very long international flights, many people’s preferred method of handling the long period of time in a confined space is drugs.
Ari Shaffir happens to specifically employ weed for that purpose and loves that he can do so now with Gummi Bears.
However, here’s the story of how that didn’t go exactly to plan on This Is Not Happening premiering Thurs. Jan. 22nd on Comedy Central.
Much of America was first introduced to Bobby Lee through a show known as Mad TV.
Some of you might not know that he got fired from that show for a time and there’s a pretty funny, but harrowing story behind that.
Lee tells that story for This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir and you can watch it here.
The #NightlyShow premieres Monday night after @TheDailyShow! @larrywilmore welcomes Senator @corybooker, @TalibKweli, and @billburr.
— The Nightly Show (@nightlyshow) January 16, 2015
The premiere of The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore is just on the other side of this weekend.
Mon. Jan. 19th at 11:30PM will see Wilmore take The Nightly Show desk for its inaugural spin as well as have pretty great inaugural line-up of guests. Comedian Bill Burr, Senator Cory Booker, and rapper Talib Kweli should make for a solid, varied half hour premiere.
With that many guests, we’re guessing The Nightly Show will definitely be different than The Daily Show.
Last Summer, Kurt Braunohler took a jet ski down the Mississippi River from Chicago to New Orleans in order to send goats to Africa for Heifer International.
Just so you know, goats did get sent to Africa and Kurt did make it New Orleans.
He did all this for his up coming CC:Studios web series Roustabout, which gets released on Jan. 26th.
It’s as epic as you’d imagine and if you don’t think so, then just watch this trailer right now.
Kyle Kinane’s latest stand-up special on Comedy Central is only a week away. If you’re planning on sitting and counting the hours until then, that might be a long wait.
However, if you watch this preview clip of I Liked His Old Stuff Better, it’ll probably make the way to midnight on Jan. 23rd a lot easier.
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore is coming next week Mon. Jan. 19th and the crew is working hard to make it to the premiere date.
Apparently, according to this promo featuring Sean Donnelly, they’re working really hard. Maybe too hard?