This is the five minute set that started Jerry Seinfeld's career. He has always said that this was the most definitive moment in his life as a comedian. Watch as Jerry introduces the world to his "what's the deal" schtick.

As of right now, major networks and newspapers are failing to report what's being noted on Twitter as a giant fucking earthquake that just hit somewhere around Humboldt County. But Twitter users sure seem to know what's up.

Harry Reid somehow rose to be the Senate Majority Leader! Reid recently used the descriptor "negro" when talking about President Obama. It made no sense. He has now apologized. Especially because he realized he's losing his office on it.

O HAI HOMELESS PPL! So sad and homeless. : ( Instead of taking our BigDick Hollywood Money to subsidize programs moving them into jobs/homes, we'll move $100 under-the-table for them to hold signs of our shitty movies! "Genius!" : ) [DHD]

A found-everywhere band of the last two years, Brooklyn-bred Vampire Weekend's back with a new album, and new press lines to go with it: they've transitioned from their "prep-chic" Ivy League linage image into ostensibly different "California"-style brand identification.

Find out in the new book Cosmic Coupling by celebrity cosmic consultants Stella Starsky and Quinn Cox. With rich knowledge and wry humor, Starsky and Cox delve into the rules of attraction inherent in each star-sign combination on the astrological block.

If you enjoy Sketch Comedy, you have these fine English gentlemen (and one Yankee) to thank. Monty Python's Flying Circus paved the way for any type of sketch comedy that embraces absurdity and pushes boundaries.

Today in counterpoints of miserable: man commits sucide after laying off staff.

If you're ticketed for not wearing pants on the subway today, you might consider invoicing Guest of a Guest or NYMag's The Cut for misinforming loyal readers on "No-Pants Subway Day." Which is, despite their reports, actually tomorrow. [True/Slant]

Will Lady Gaga supersede athletes as the new go-to endorsement deal? The Gags is gonna be the "Creative Director" of Polaroid, who revitalized the brand by dying and getting awesome investment capital. She's also got her own Dr. Dre headphones.

Tony Judt's never been one to stand down. The Jewish, British, leftist historian and professor who's been called a self-hating antisemitic terrorist-sympathizer and a liberal-hater isn't one to back down. Ravaged by Lou Gehrig's disease, he's not pussying out, either.

Mother Goose and Grimm was a great comic strip, yet the cartoon version was never quite as successful. It really should have been.

Madonna and Sean Penn having laff riots, reminding us of Gossip's Glory Days. Jay-Z and Jonathan Safran Foer meat in the middle. Snooki's Fist Pump fees. Kate Gosselin's new 'do/Jon Gosselin's new "do." Presenting your Saturday Morning Gossip Roundup:

Nick Jonas wanted to go solo for a change, and his new band—Nick Jonas & The Administration—is the result. Tonight, Jonas performed the title track of his upcoming album, Who I Am, on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Just moments ago on The Tonight Show, Conan O'Brien addressed the reports that NBC is giving the 11:35 PM time slot back to Jay Leno for the first time since the news broke—and he didn't hold back. Video inside.

Richard Heene, manufacturer of hoaxes and believer in reptilian humanoids, graced Larry King Live with his presence tonight for an ~*~EXCLUSIVE~*~ interview. How did Heene fare when faced with hard-hitting questions from Lar Bear? Well, he cried—a lot.

The Sarah Silverman Project's Steve Agee tells us about his first time doing stand up at a college campus. He resorts to telling a grotesque story about road head that ends in tragedy.

What a week. Mariah Carey officially went crazy, we called out Dr. Drew on the hypocrite that he is, controversy surrounded the Cowbell Girl and how funny she actually is, and more!

[Forbes sold their Manhattan headquarters to New York University this week. The publishing company will remain a tenant in the building for the next five years. Image via Getty]

Before Bradley Cooper solidified his status as a comedic heartthrob in The Hangover, he sporadically hosted Globe Trekker, the show that has non-experts travel to unexpected locales. Here is his most memorable trip, to a Croatian nude beach.