Following the Comedy on Monday at SXSW: Jesse Ventura Will Haunt Your Dreams
Yesterday, we ditched interactive panels at SXSW in favor of having some laughs. Check out our comedy coverage here: read more
Found in: Culture, FeaturesDelocated Review: "Sample" (Episode 3.06)
Delocated is clearly Jon Glaser’s show. He writes it, he produces it, he plays the main character – it’s probably as pure a distillation of Glaser’s comedic vision as will ever exist on TV. Even if every other character left the show I’m pretty sure Delocated could exist in a recognizable and satisfying form if the character “Jon” was still around. So is it weird that, halfway through the third season, I’m way more interested in the Mirminskys than Jon?... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsComedy Central Announces 19 New Shows In Development
Over the years, Comedy Central have made some of the greatest comedians of our times into the forefront and made them household names. Comedians live Dave Chappelle, Jon Stewart, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell all got their start on Comedy Central. Now Comedy Central have released their 2011-2012 slate of shows in development, which among the 19 shows, includes some of the greatest comedians of today getting their own programs. read more
Found in: TV, NewsBob's Burgers Review: Series Premiere
In 1999, Lauren Bouchard and Brendon Small teamed to create Home Movies, a charming cartoon about an eight-year-old would-be auteur. It was canceled after a season on UPN before being rescued by Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsHigh Definition: Fall 2010 TV Pilots That Might Not Suck
Keeping an eye on the TV pilots in development for the major broadcast networks is a little like the baseball draft. You can get excited about that lanky lefthander with the 96-mile-an-hour fastball, but there’s no guarantee that he’s ever going to even play for your major league team. Still, there’s no real harm in getting a little excited about the possibilities of TV shows which sound more original than they probably are—even though they’ll probably get beat out by a remake of Hawaii Five-O, another procedural spin-off (this time, from Criminal Minds) and the third Christian Slater vehicle in... read more
Found in: TV, ColumnsEugene Mirman, Isaac Brock, James Mercer, Todd Barry to Play Cancer Benefit in Seattle
Getting defriended sucks. As we rack up friends on Facebook, Twitter and all the other myriad social media outlets cropping up, defriending is reserved for the worst of the worst—the scourge of the earth. Really, who could deserve such a fate more than cancer?... read more
Found in: Music, NewsComedian Eugene Mirman to Host SXSW 2010 Film Awards
This year’s SXSW festival just got a little funnier. Paste’s eighth favorite comedian of the last decade and all-around hilarious dude, Eugene Mirman, is slated to host the 2010 SXSW Film Awards in Austin, Texas on March 16.... 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, FeaturesJohn Oliver's TV Show to Feature Eugene Mirman, Paul F. Tompkins, Janeane Garofalo, Many More
Comedy Central certainly can recognize when it’s found talent. First, it spun off the popular Stephen Colbert into his own Colbert Report, propelled from his success on The Daily Show. Now, the cable network has offered another one of Jon Stewart’s correspondents the chance to go solo.... read more
Found in: TV, NewsThe 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
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