Weird Al, Dave Eggers, Conan O'Brien, Many More Performing at SF Sketchfest
If laughter is the best medicine, then the three-week long, star-studded San Francisco Sketch Comedy Festival can surely cure anything. The SF Sketchfest has packed its ninth year’s lineup full of comedic heavyweights.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsHow to Survive the Next Year, By Eugene Mirman
In 1996 we all thought that by 2010 the world would be an unrecognizable dystopia... read more
Found in: Culture, FeaturesPatton Oswalt Announces Post-Christmas Show in Chicago
If you happen to be in Chicago the day after Christmas, and you’re looking for a funny way to pass the time, might we suggest taking in a show from the guy we happen to think is the #3 comedian of the decade? We might indeed. Patton Oswalt will be performing at the Lakeshore Theater in the Windy City on Dec. 26.... read more
Found in: TV, NewsLouis C.K.: Hilarious to Be First Stand-Up Movie at Sundance
Louis C.K.: comedian, actor, trailblazer. Not a bad trio of descriptors, right? You probably knew about the first two; C.K.’s recurring role on Parks and Recreation has brought his name to the masses. But in the trailblazing department, his movie Louis C.K.: Hilarious is set to be the first stand-up film presented at the Sundance Film Festival.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsCatching Up With... Paul F. Tompkins
The comedian and former host of VH1's Best Week Ever talks to Paste about his new album, Habitat for Humanity and how he'll go just about anywhere for 300 people... read more
Found in: TV, FeaturesRiffTrax and "Weird Al" Yankovic Mock Rudolph on the Big Screen
Unless you’re one of the six people who thought Jingle All the Way was a good movie, chances are, when you see hokey Christmas flicks, you crack jokes to yourself or the similarly-sarcastic folks around you. Well, this Christmas, you’ll be in good company. On Dec. 16, the wise-cracking RiffTrax crew will take on “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and an assortment of other already-hilarious Christmas shorts and commercials. Best of all, they’ll broadcast the whole thing live to 480 theaters across the country.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsAziz Ansari to Release Comedy Album in January
Aziz Ansari is a funny guy. In fact, in our estimation, there are only nine people this decade who’ve been funnier. On Jan. 19, you’ll be able to own a piece of the laughter; Ansari’s Comedy Central stand-up special Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening, which airs two days earlier, will be released as a CD and DVD.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsCatching Up With... Jared Hess
Director Jared Hess loves science fiction. If you wanted to talk to him for hours on end about rocket ships, space rangers and David Lynch's Dune, he would happily oblige. The dead-pan visionary behind Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre loves the genre so much, that he projected some 16-odd years of mechanical beasts and galactic intrigue into his quirk masterpiece, Gentlemen Broncos. "I had drawings of Battle Stags in my Trapper Keeper," Hess recalls. "That was the kind of crap that I drew when I was 14. It was fun to be able to bring those bad boys to life."... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesThe 10 Best Comedians of the Decade (2000-2009)
Being a funny person on a stage is not easy. It takes a unique determination to stand in front of complete strangers and hope they get it the way you get it... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayPaul F. Tompkins Preps New Album, Freak Wharf, for December
As fans await the resurfacing of VH1’s Best Week Ever from its months-long hiatus, A Special Thing Records is preparing to release the sophomore album of the show’s former host, Paul F. Tompkins.... read more
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