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April 4, 2013Last month marked 20 years since Beavis and Butthead debuted on MTV. But with that anniversary came the news that the show won't be seen there anymore.
Fans have been petitioning for Comedy Central to pick it up. But if they do they might want to keep in mind the show's controversial history. After ... More >>
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March 6, 2013David Cross discusses Arrested Development’s return with Michael Cera
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February 27, 2013When pictures of Assembly member Dov Hikind dressed up in blackface as a "basketball player" for his annual Purim party hit Facebook this week, it prompted a predictable media firestorm.
Predictable, apparently, to everyone except Hikind, who spent the last two days explaining to anyone who would l ... More >>
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February 27, 2013Lena Dunham teams up with UCBT for a fundraiser
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February 20, 2013Blogs
February 6, 2013Depending on your perspective, Zooey Deschanel is either the cutest,
funniest, most adorable little retro-kookster on earth, or she's an
irritating try-hard with zero comedy chops. The only thing the world
seems able to universally agree on is that Deschanel has nice bangs. As
such, her sitcom - ... More >>
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July 25, 2012The gang's all
at the bellhouse
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March 14, 2012Seth Meyers wants to _____ you
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January 11, 2012Blogs
December 30, 2011We're about to close up shop here until 2012, and what better way to send out the year that birthed trollgaze than to run down the 11 posts on Sound of the City that generated the most pageviews over the course of the past 52 weeks? Enjoy this look back on the psyche of our readers, and have a happy ... More >>
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December 21, 2011The greatest band of all
time reunites, sort of
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November 2, 2011Jokes this good have to be written
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October 19, 2011raybdbomb/FlickrHands off our tots!On last night's Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert weighed in on plans to reduce the potato presence in school lunches. Specifically, officials want to get rid of deep-fried potatoes, such as crunchy, salty tater tots. To put it mildly, Colbert does not approve ... More >>
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October 17, 2011
This past weekend at New York Comic-Con, Beavis and Butt-Head creator Mike Judge presented the inaugural public screening of his crude animation's newly rebooted first episode. Chris Linn, MTV Executive Vice President of MTV Production, introduced the pilot, which premieres October 27 at 10 p.m.. ... More >>
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September 7, 2011Eugene Mirman has the formula for fun
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July 14, 2011waferboard/flickrHappy French Fry Day, fatties!Earlier this week, we brought you a recipe from Food Fest 365, a cookbook that features recipes for each of the year's 365 food days. Monday was Blueberry Muffin Day, and yesterday was National French Fry Day. On The Daily Show last night, Jon St ... More >>
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July 14, 2011
Four songs from this past season of Saturday Night Live—three by the Andy Samberg-led pop-comedy troupe the Lonely Island, and Justin Timberlake's protestation that he's so over being a pop star—have been nominated for Emmys in the Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics category. (That's ... More >>
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July 6, 2011Judy Gold grew up wishing she was in a sitcom starring the much happier Brady Bunch or Partridge Family.
Years later, she wished her life--as a 6' 3" Jewish lesbian comic with two sons--was the subject of a sitcom, so she could impart meaningful messages and her kids could see their experien ... More >>
Columns
June 29, 2011Sitcoms' oldies talk about their new golden years on TV Land
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June 29, 2011Blogs
June 28, 2011And she deserves it.
The hilarious, deadpan Judy Gold returns to the stage in The Judy Show--My Life As A Sitcom beginning June 30th at the DR2 Theater.
I just called the lesbo-visible comic and got the gay lowdown on it.
Me: Hi, Judy. Tell me about your wacky new show.
Judy: It starts w ... More >>
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June 2, 2011Someone needs a lesson in slices.Yes, we all love to make fun of The Donald. But Jon Stewart's nearly-eight-minute-long tirade on last night's episode of The Daily Show takes the cake (um, pie?) when it comes to Trump dressing-downs. What sparked the epic rant was Donald Trump's mysteriously ... More >>
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May 13, 2011Yes, Ashton Kutcher has been announced as the guy who'll fill Charlie Sheen's lumpy shoes on Two and a Half Men, but this isn't like when there was suddenly a new Darren on Bewitched.
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February 3, 2011The biggest problem in the House of Representatives at the moment is Chris Smith's "No Taxpayer for Abortion" Act, which seeks to limit women's choices in reproductive matters by doing things like banning federal funding for abortions in rape cases. Also an issue, though, was the bill's langu ... More >>
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October 13, 2010Kristen Schaal makes us laugh
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September 15, 2010Voice Choices
August 11, 2010Jim Gaffigan jokes around with the folks of The Daily Show
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July 8, 2010We will never own one of these. Whee, the 62nd Annual (Primetime!) Emmys have been announced. There aren't that many surprises: As usual, HBO rocks, as does Mad Men, True Blood, 30 Rock, Glee, Neil Patrick Harris, and Tina Fey. Losties may get another chance to see the objects of their affect ... More >>
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May 8, 2010If you read the internet at all this week, you might be inclined to think there's a cross-generational, interracial sex tape about. As it turns out, all of the buzz is just based on an episode of Saturday Night Live, airing tonight, with host Betty White and musical guest Jay-Z. The show will ... More >>
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May 4, 2010Pill-popping nurse teams with Alison Pill
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March 24, 2010Tracy Jordan, er, Morgan, for your pleasure
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February 23, 2010Help make this summer awesome
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January 26, 2010Skip 30 Rock and head downtown
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December 2, 2009Lisa Whiteman/The Morning News
Actress, writer, and comedienne Kristen Schaal is best known for her role as Mel, Flight of the Conchords's backpack-wearing, one-woman fan club. She's also played a switchboard operator on Mad Men, made numerous appearances as the Daily Show's Senior Women's I ... More >>
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October 13, 2009Voice Choices
September 8, 2009Voice Choices
August 18, 2009A double bill of correspondents from The Daily Show
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July 16, 2009
Emmy-nominated The Family Guy featuring Emmy-nominated Seth MacFarlane.
For us the joy of the Emmy Nominations, announced this morning, is in the less-well-known categories. We see that there are only two shows, for instance, up for Outstanding Children's Nonfiction Program: Grandpa, Do You Know ... More >>
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June 18, 2009Bored to Death, a new HBO half-hour comedy series about an alcoholic writer (Jason Schwartzman) pretending to be a private investigator, a la Philip Marlowe, and which also features Zach Galifianakis as his comic book-writing best buddy, has a trailer up at HBO. The show was created by Jonathan Ames ... More >>
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March 25, 2009Rob Riggle finds humor in the Marines
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April 1, 2008The truth about Janeane Garofalo
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October 26, 2007NYC Life
October 24, 2006'Saturday Night Live' in the post-Tina Fey, YouTube unknown
Art
July 25, 2006Does 'The Daily Show' really make college students apathetic?
NYC Life
July 25, 2006Screens
November 15, 2005There goes the neighborhood: A suburban miniseries drops in on the terrorists next door
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September 20, 2005Screens
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