This Sunday is the Super Bowl, which, for the advertising industry, is like the Super Bowl of commercial programming. With many of the ads trying to out-funny each other, here is one that’s ready to rumble, with Jerry Seinfeld (along with some of his best friends and Conan O’Brien’s worst enemies).
Speaking of commercials, Todd Bieber, currently Director of Production for UCB Comedy, used to be a director of local commercials of the cheap and cheesy variety. Check out these clips and his new UCB live show, Commercial Interruption…
All-Stars: “Doug & Devra Meet the Teacher”
We’ve been re-posting some of our all-time favorite videos lately, and here’s one that made our first ever “Best of the Year” list in ’07. From one of NYC’s great comedy duos, Jenny Slate and Gabe Liedman.
All week we’ll be re-posting some of our favorite videos we’ve posted since we launched. Here’s “Surviving Geddes” from Walker & Cantrell. Remember Anne Geddes, that creepy photographer from the 80′s with the young models in the outrageous outfits? No? These ex-models wish they could forget too…
What would life be like if 90% of it didn’t take place while staring at a 14″ screen? Who cares? If God wanted us to know real people, he wouldn’t have created our Facebook pages in his image. After all, it’s Adam and Steve Jobs, not Adam and Eve. Go >
Are you addicted to watching political news? Do hearing the words CNN, MSNBC or Fox News make you salivate and caress an invisible remote? This is what we’re, uh, I mean you’re, hooked on, people. This. Shame on you. From Onion News Network. Go >
Still-confused-about-where-her-toddler could be “tot mom” and free citizen Casey Anthony made a splash this week when she released a video diary. Now, she’s released a second (with help from comedian Giulia Rozzi).
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The Daily Show’s John Oliver reports on Froma Harrop, the President of the Civility Project, a group of journalists “aimed at restoring civility to America’s public discourse.” Clearly, she likes taking the “what not to do” approach. Well worth watching. Go >
In case you missed it: Kristen Wiig didn’t just figure out the very challenging task of transitioning from SNL star to bona fide movie star this year…she also figured out how to solve global warming.
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No one throws down at Chanukah like the The Daily Show. Indeed, their lox, cream cheese and bagels are the stuff of late night comedy show holiday party legend. Which is why their “Best of Chanukah moments” is still the “Best of Chanukah moments” four years running. Go >
Here’s Jerry Seinfeld’s first ever TV performance. Catch his charity gala “A Night of Comedy with Jerry Seinfeld and Friends” on Dec. 5th. Go >
TJ Miller, who has been named a “comic to watch” on every “comics to watch” list (including the super secret, super exclusive “comics not to watch list of comic’s to watch”) will be a comic you can watch in your living room this weekend. TJ’s first one-hour Comedy Central special, ‘No Real Reason,’ debuts Saturday. Here’s his newest video… Go >
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