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PBS's Make 'em Laugh to do just that in January

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A priest, a rabbi, and a six-hour PBS documentary on the history of American comedy walk into a bar. Well, there’s no punchline, but it’s a damn good lead in to a news piece, right? Anyone? Be sure to tip your waitress…...  read more

Signs of Life 2008: The Best Books We Read This Year

For the second consecutive year, Paste asked a constellation of authors to share with us the books they admired most in the past year. We offer their thoughts, musings and endorsements with no further prologue—after all, you’ve got some reading to do....  read more

Amy Sedaris inks TV deal with 20th Century Fox

Oh, she's made a lot of friends... done a lot of time. She was a boozer, a user and a loser. She stole the show right out from under that wily Steven Colbert. Did some more time (as a kindly cookbook author and movie star, amongst other things). And now Amy Sedaris is booming back, having just inked a deal with 20th Century Fox to write and star in her own comedy series....  read more

Amy Sedaris returns to high school in Gym Teacher

Remember in Strangers With Candy when Amy Sedaris' Jerry Blank hosted a drug party to try to fit in with the cool kids (if not, we'll just say it didn't end well, that is, unless dead cheerleaders are your thing). Well, Sedaris is returning to high school, but she may need to clean up her act a bit this time....  read more