My Favorite Sketch: The State, “The Barry Lutz Show”
When I said last week that MTV was the last place you’d expect to see good sketch comedy, I completely forgot about one of the channel’s greatest offerings to comedy: The State. Known for its off the...
View ArticleMy Favorite Sketch: Mr. Show, “It’s Insane, This Guy’s Taint”
In her latest special, Kristen Schaal offers a hysterical parody of the Vagina Monologues with “The Taintologues.” In case the title wasn’t clear enough, Schaal essentially performs monologues about...
View ArticleMy Favorite Sketch: Saturday Night Live, “It’s Pat”
In case you missed it, we had the chance to speak with former Saturday Night Live cast member Julia Sweeney. And while she’s done a great amount outside her time at 30 Rock studios (as she discusses in...
View ArticleMy Favorite Sketch: Chappelle Show, ‘Dave’s night out with Wayne Brady’
Dave Chappelle pushed a lot of boundaries on Comedy Central with Chappelle Show. My favorite moment of all (technically) three seasons of the show, though, came in the form of hearing Wayne Brady ask a...
View ArticleMy Favorite Sketch: The Tenderloins ‘The Little Slutty Mermaid’
> You may know them as the guys from Tru TV’s Impractical Jokers. Way before that though, these four high school friends from Staten Island (Sal Vulcano, James Murray, Joe Gatto and Brian Quinn)...
View ArticleMy Favorite Sketch: Little Britain, ‘Anne At The Library’
Little Britain has produced some hysterical skits. But one of my favorite characters that David Walliams and Matt Lucas created is without a doubt Anne, the mentally challenged patient being trained...
View ArticleMy Favorite Sketch: The Mighty Boosh, ‘The Legend of Old Gregg’
After featuring Little Britain last week, we immediately remembered another comedy troupe hailing from Britain called The Mighty Boosh. And if you thought Little Britain was bat-shit crazy, then you...
View ArticleBill Hader is leaving ‘Saturday Night Live’
How about this kick in the dink for news first thing in the morning. Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live veteran, and one of it’s most consistent cast members for eight years has decided it’s time to leave...
View ArticleMy Favorite Sketch: Brian Fellows ‘Safari Planet’
Tonight, we are going to see Tracy Morgan perform at the Bergen PAC in Englewood, NJ. That got us to thinking about a few of our favorite moments from Morgan during his time on Saturday Night Live. And...
View ArticleMy Favorite Sketch: The Kids In The Hall, ‘Faux Pas’
Canada’s greatest export is arguably The Kids In The Hall (sorry Jim Carrey, Dan Akroyd, Mike Meyers, William Shatner and SCTV). The five man troupe’s quirky approach to sketch comedy has earned them a...
View ArticleMy Favorite Sketch: SCTV, “Building a Better House with Karl Bildenhausen”
I’ll stand by my claim last week that The Kids In The Hall is possibly Canada’s greatest export. However, the last thing I’d want to do is reduce SCTV contribution to comedy. Giving SNL a run for its...
View ArticleMy Favorite Sketch: Bad First Dates with Gavin
Recently, Rolling Stone ran a feature listing a handful of potential new SNL cast members. Whether I agree with their picks doesn’t matter. However, the feature did introduce me to Gavin Speiller and...
View ArticleAmy Schumer gets a ‘Four Handed Massage’ from Jim Norton and Robert Kelly
The creep factor is high on this one, as is the hilarity. Tonight on Inside Amy Schumer the sketch, “Four Handed Massage” puts Amy in a massage parlor with two creepy individuals played by comedians...
View ArticleBe afraid: Insane Clown Posse have a TV show now
Look, we know this is a comedy site, not a music one – which is why we’re writing about Insane Clown Posse. Shaggy 2 Dope and Violent J might not know how magnets work, but they do apparently know how...
View ArticlePortlandia Set for Two More Seasons
“Portland is a city where young people go to retire” is a defining line from the shows first season. But Portlandia is not ready to retire just yet. IFC has announced that Carrie Brownstein and Fred...
View ArticleMy Favorite Sketch: Real World, This Is The End Edition
Ah, cross-promotion. Sometimes it can actually work really well. An example of this is the recent cross promotion MTV did for the new season of Real World (taking place in Portland this year) and the...
View ArticleBernie Sahlins, co-founder of Second City, passes away at 90
It’s sad to say, but the Chicago Tribune is reporting that Bernard “Bernie” Sahlins has passed away at the age of 90. Bernie was responsible for opening Toronto’s Second City, Chicago’s Off-Off...
View ArticleMy Favorite Sketch: James Gandolfini Edition
Last night, we were stunned to learn that James Gandolfini passed away from a heart attack. While he was a great actor, he’ll undoubtedly be remembered best as Tony Soprano, TV’s most lovable...
View ArticleBill Hader and Saturday Night Live writers relive a sketch gone wrong
There are plenty of skits on Saturday Night Live that made it all the way to the final dress rehearsal only to get cut at the last hour. Thanks to the internet, though, many of the cut sketches get to...
View ArticleMy Favorite Sketch: Saturday Night Live, ‘Schmitts Gay’
By now you’re well aware that the Supreme Court declared the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional. And last week marked the official start of summer. So in honor of DOMA’s death and it being...
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