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Tom Coughlin Boasts of the "Superior Preparation" of His 9-7 Team

Hope you caught Tom Coughlin on The Daily Show last night, plugging his new book, Earn the Right to Win: How Success in Any Field Starts with Superior Preparation before a beaming Jon Stewart (obviously a Big Blue fan). The clip is at the bottom of the post. One particular comment intrigued me: Coa ... More >>

Melissa McCarthy Is Not Your Best Friend Anymore

Ben & Jerry's Announces New 30 Rock-Themed Flavor: Liz Lemon's Greek Frozen Yogurt

Blerg. We felt sad and hungry the second the 30 Rock finale ended last night, so Ben & Jerry's new ice cream is well-timed. The company teamed up with NBC for their newest flavor, named after Tina Fey's character, Liz Lemon: a lemon-flavored Greek frozen yogurt with a blueberry-lavender swirl. F ... More >>

Relax, Community Fans: Your Show Is Still Dancing Up Its Own Ass

"Wait a minute-- something's changed," Donald Glover says just moments into the premiere of the final season of Comminuty, NBC's rococo and weirdly earnest meta-analysis of the sitcom form. For Glover's character, the Greendale Community College student Troy Barnes, the thing that's changed involves ... More >>

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Jon Stewart Writes Hostess a Fine Obituary

When bankrupt food manufacturer Hostess announced its plans to shut down and sell assets after a series of nationwide employee strikes, fans wondered what the future might hold for Hostess products like Ding Dongs, Wonder Bread, and Twinkies. On The Daily Show last night, Jon Stewart had a go at t ... More >>

Congresswoman Yvette Clarke On The 1898 Dutch Enslavement Of Brooklyn (That Never Actually Happened)

Democratic Brooklyn Congresswoman Yvette Clarke attempted to re-write history last night during an appearance on the Colbert Report, during which she struggled with the details of hypothetical time travel and then claimed that slavery existed in Brooklyn in 1898, where the Dutch kept people in bonda ... More >>

The 14th Annual Del Close Marathon

Will GLAAD Condemn Dan Savage for His "House Faggots" Tweet?

In this week's feature in the Voice Pride Issue "Does 'Gay Inc.' Believe in Free Speech?" we take a long look at GLAAD, the self-described "PR firm for the LGBT community." Since the story was published Tuesday afternoon, a few events have happened as if on cue (one nationally, the others on a muc ... More >>

3C: Bad Company

David Adjmi's new comedy is sadly no laughing matter

Johan No-Shows Letterman

Mets fans are still basking in the afterglow of Johan Santana's no-hitter, among them Jon Stewart, who began Monday night's Daily Show with camera phone videos of him and his family celebrating in the stands at Citifield (see video embedded below). About 45 minutes later David Letterman celeb ... More >>

Diane Keaton On Colbert Last Night: Was She Being Annie Hall, Kay Adams-Corleone, Or Just Plain Nuts?

The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video ArchiveTwitter was abuzz last night about Diane Keaton's appearance on the Colbert Report, with people wondering if the Annie Hall and Godfather star was drunk, high, or just plain nuts. Watching it, we wond ... More >>

Oddsmaking: Will Louis C.K. Or Lonely Island Overtake "Weird Al" And Win Best Comedy Album?

​Throughout the award's history, Grammy voters have tended to bestow Best Comedy Album upon trusted favorites: Bill Cosby closed out the 1960s with six straight victories; Richard Pryor took home three trophies in the '70s and two more in the '80s; and Peter Schickele opened the '90s with four ... More >>

How Scientology Spied on Tom Cruise

Three former Church of Scientology officials tell the Voice that for years -- at least between 1991 and 2005 -- church leader David Miscavige kept a close watch on Tom Cruise with the use of a man named Michael Doven, who served as Cruise's personal assistant. For much of that time, 1991 to 2001, C ... More >>

Scientology Story of the Year -- The Vote Is In!

​As we continue our year-end celebrations, we've come to a big moment. We asked voters to decide which story had the most impact on Scientology watching this year. We chose five finalists that we think had lasting importance as well as immediate punch. There were many other stories worth cove ... More >>

Friends Don't Let Friends

Marge Becomes a Food Blogger on this Sunday's Simpsons [Yawn]

20th Century Fox via Grub StreetI recognize most of the characters, but who's the bald guy?​ The end-times for Foodism are near, my friends. This Sunday, Marge Simpson turns into a food blogger, as reported in an extensive Grub Street interview with Simpsons executive producer Matt Selman. To ... More >>

Stephen Colbert Interviews Occupy Wall Street Protester, 'Ketchup'

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Scientology Dumpster-Dive: Commenters of the Week!

Clearing the planet, one dumpster at a time​For our longtime, loyal readers and commenters (of all persuasions), I just want to say how much I appreciate your continued interest in things we're doing here at the underground bunker. This week, we got a huge influx of new folks as our stories we ... More >>

The Exterminating Angel

Did Getting Pied Save Rupert Murdoch? Stephen Colbert Thinks So.

Poor Rupy​On The Colbert Report last night, a case was made for being humanized by pie. When Rupert Murdoch, under investigation for wiretapping victims' phones, was attacked with a foam pie on Tuesday, it caused his stock to spike. Is there anything pie can't do?

A Sitcom Version of Suburban Angst in A Little Help

Cheesy Poofs, from South Park to a Wal-Mart Near You

"Those are mah cheesy poofs!"​If you're a South Park fan -- and who isn't these days -- get excited for a new snack the Frito-Lay division of PepsiCo is preparing to launch next month. Finally, Cheesy Poofs will be real, for a limited time.

Ernie Kovacs' Kitchen Symphony

In the 1950s, American comedian and television personality Ernie Kovacs invented many of the tropes that still prevail today in TV comedy, including sketch comedy, conceptual comic films, and a tendency to ad-lib nearly everything.

Apichatpong Weerasethakul Recalls Past Lives; Car 54 Answers the Call

Charlie Sheen Not Submitted For an Emmy. Here's Why

​In light of the rather icky publicity the show has gotten in the past year, along with the ill will accorded its unruly, departed star Charlie Sheen, the bigwigs over at Two and a Half Men will submit the show in a lot of Emmys categories, but not the biggies. In other words, there is no sub ... More >>

Richard Ayoade, IT Boy

TO JAPAN, WITH LOVE

An all-Brooklyn benefit for disaster relief

Watch Lewis Black Go Bat-Shit Over Taco Bell's Lack of Meat

Black sees red over taco filler.​No taco chain scandal is complete without a frothing-at-the-mouth rant from Lewis Black. At first, he seemed unfazed (well, for him) at the lawsuit claiming the taco meat filling is mostly filler on his 'Back in Black' segment on The Daily Show last night. Afte ... More >>

Stephen Colbert on Christ's 'Snackrifice' and the Tragic Events of 7-Eleven

The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cwww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical Humor & Satire Blog</a>Video Archive The "Thought for Food" segment on The Colbert Report last night covered it all: PepsiCo's announcement that it would "snackify" drinks and "drinkify" sna ... More >>

Jon Stewart Addresses Arizona Shooting Like a Human Being

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Stephen Colbert On 'The HIV of Bananas'

The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cMarch to Keep Fear Alive Last night on The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert looked at the banana blight that is plaguing many countries that grow them. But the super-fungus Tropical Race Four might have a silver living. Or shall we say, a yellow one? Ha ... More >>

Following San Francisco's Happy Meal Ban: The Crappy Meal

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Stephen Colbert Demonstrates How to Use Pancakes to Fool TSA Scanners

The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cMarch to Keep Fear Alive Here's some great advice if you're traveling this holiday season. Last night on The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert showed viewers how to use an inch-thick pancake to hide one's "sausage and eggs" from the prying eyes of airport ... More >>

Ugly Betty Actor Michael Brea Kills (or "Smites") Mother with Samurai Sword in Brooklyn After "Religious Rant"

​Let's hope what follows is the strangest, darkest, worst news item any of us will have to read over the next two weeks. According to the NYPD, Michael Brea, an actor who once appeared on Ugly Betty, has killed his mother with a samurai sword after a "religious rant."

This is What You Get for Saying "Fuck" On Your First Episode of Saturday Night Live: The New SNL Cast Primer

​Saturday Night Live is switching up their cast, and the New York Times has confirmed the new lineup. Who's out and who's in this season, which everyone will tell you is worse than the season before regardless?

Bloomberg Vows to Fight Sliced Bagel Tax

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Stephen Colbert Puts the Kobayashi Kerfuffle into Perspective (Plus: the Friendly's Grilled Cheese BurgerMelt, a Sandwich Orgy)

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Vanessa Williams Is Doing Her Memoirs

Richard Termine​That's what I'm hearing, and it'll surely be a rewarding read. After all, Vanessa Williams came to national attention as a lovely beauty queen whose crown was ripped off her pretty head when a lesbo-nudie spread surfaced.

The Daily Show on Foie Gras

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PARTY LIKE A PERSIAN

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RESCUE HAITI

Laughing for a good cause

The Daily Show Gets In On the Times-Baiting Act

The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cEnd Timeswww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorNewt Gingrich Unedited Interview So the Daily Show's Jason Jones was somehow invited to infiltrate the Times for a segment that ran last night called "End Times," in which Jones w ... More >>

Michael Pollan on the Colbert Report

The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cMichael Pollancolbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorGay Marriage The Colbert Report was food-centric last night, including Colbert dining and dashing on the ridiculous $1000 sundae at Serendipity, and this interview with Michael Po ... More >>

Daily Flog: Obama installs Rahm to boot up Congress

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