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The Game of Trying to Figure Out Tennis Groans vs. Carnal Moans Gets Made Into Actual Game by Katie Nolan

May 22, 2016
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Katie Nolan and her team at Garbage Time have tapped deep into the collective unconscious and developed this game that we’ve all unknowingly (or very intentionally for some of you out there) played in our own heads whenever watching tennis.

Watch her and SNL’s Katie Rich try to distinguish between the grunts you would hear in a tennis match versus the ones you might hear in the bedroom. 

Get a Better Taste of HBO’s Faux Sports Documentary “7 Days in Hell” With This New Trailer

June 24, 2015
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Andy Samberg and Kit Harrington go all out and beyond and everything else you can imagine in how they would make a tennis match go 7 days long in the faux sports documentary special 7 Days in Hell. 

If anything, after watching this trailer, you’ll probably, ironically, enjoy this specific 7 Days in Hell.

Look for its premiere on HBO on July 11th at 10PM.

Watch Tease For HBO Tennis Showdown Parody “7 Days in Hell”

June 6, 2015
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Andy Samberg and Game of Thrones’ Kit Harrington face off in what has the makings of a great sports rivalry movie in 7 Days in Hell.

Two “tennis stars”, Aaron Williams and Charles Poole, go head-to-head in a “historic” tennis match that lasts a week complete with interviews from real and fake tennis people like John McEnroe and Will Forte.

Watch the teaser here and look for it to premiere on HBO on July 11th.

Rob Riggle to Co-Star in NBC’s Rob Lowe Tennis Comedy Pilot

February 10, 2014
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Rob Riggle to Co-Star in NBC’s Rob Lowe Tennis Comedy Pilot

Rob Riggle who has a history of bringing the worlds of comedy and sports together is now set to play opposite Rob Lowe’s tennis comedy pilot The Pro at NBC.

We’re pretty sure this is what should be called perfect casting, especially considering that you could say Rob vs. Rob.

NBC Orders Pilot of Rob Lowe Tennis Comedy ‘The Pro’

January 24, 2014
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NBC Orders Pilot of Rob Lowe Tennis Comedy ‘The Pro’

Rob Lowe is getting closer to moving from fictional politics to fictional former tennis fame in this comedy project The Pro that just got a pilot order at NBC.

We’re curious who else gets attached to this and if it’s going to be done with the mockumentary style that has gotten NBC so much success.

NBC Orders Rob Lowe Comedy Pilot ‘The Pro’

October 4, 2013
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NBC Orders Rob Lowe Comedy Pilot ‘The Pro’

Off of just the idea that Rob Lowe’s character will be a former tennis champ, we’re almost completely sold. Let’s hope that NBC is actually sold on that idea.

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