The voice behind the unequivocally irritating Aflac duck, Gilbert Gottfried, has been canned by the insurance company following a series of ill-advised jokes he tweeted (quacked?) about Japan this weekend.

For the New Pornographers' latest video for their single "Moves," the band enlisted the help of many funny faces: Paul Rudd, Bill Hader, John Hodgman, Donald Glover, John Oliver, Wyatt Cenac, Horatio Sans, Todd Barry... the list goes on.

Well, we called it. Craig Rowin, the New York City comedian who claimed he got $1 millionaire just for asking for it in a YouTube video, has posted a new video revealing it was all a hoax.

Craig Rowin is a Brooklyn comedian who writes for The Onion. Last November, he posted this Youtube video that simply asked for some rich person to give him a million dollars. Now he says: someone is. Really, Craig Rowin? Really?

For the past two days, Steve Martin has been amusing the masses with Twitter dispatches from jury duty. Didn't Al Roker get in trouble for the same thing last year? Guess Steve gets points for being funny. Sample tweets inside.

Last February, Matt Ruby filmed I Need Laughs, documenting a typical week for him as an underground comic. Through performances at booked shows and open mics, Ruby allows viewers a glimpse into a world to which outsiders are rarely exposed.

Five days after being hospitalized for an accidental overdose from prescription pills, Comedy Central fixture, stand-up comedian, and Last Comic Standing judge Greg Giraldo has died. He was 44. [Image via Getty]

The first sign that Ann Coulter would not be an ideal speaker for a gay Republican group's 'Homocon 2010' came when she called John Edwards a 'Faggot' back in 2007. They had her anyway! And she was... Ann Coulter

Comedian Greg Giraldo overdosed on prescription pills last weekend. He's reportedly in critical condition.

The Chicago Tribune has just released 50 never-before-seen photos of many of today's top actors back when they were struggling comedians at Second City. Try to see how many actors you can guess without cheating inside!

Between showing off his new dance moves and the incessant jokes about his small penis size, Ken Jeong's interview on Lopez Tonight was possibly the best late night guest we've seen in some time. How to do it, inside!

The New York Times found a Rockaway Beach man who personifies the annoying local barfly.

Recently, I was hoodwinked into making two trips across Texas in the space of a month, and over the course of the 14 hours I spent in my car, I soaked up every Ricky Gervais Show podcast I could download.

Sometimes to really stand out, you need to leave a long, juicy comment. Sometimes all you really need is a sentence to get a good joke in. Today we us celebrate the soul of wit found in brevity.

Time magazine funnyman and true American original Joel Stein has revealed at last Which Mistake Taught Him the Most. Spoiler: his answer is about Joel Stein's sex life.

Good news for fans of satirical news shows starring Jon Stewart and/or Stephen Colbert: Comedy Central have signed the two through the 2012 presidential election. But what about... [frightening music] The Conan O'Brien Factor?

Ann Coulter has made a bit of news lately for barely escaping death at the hands of hundreds of angry Canadian students, of all things. Tonight she actually offered them some good advice: Don't take her seriously.

Jay Leno has become the most hated comedian in America. But he's not the only one! These comedians are also hated because they're unoriginal, obnoxious, and out of touch. But one theme ties them all together: they're not funny.

"Lange's suicide attempt has once again exposed the dark side of comedy. Too often, the people who make us laugh are the ones who struggle most with painful personal lives."—ABC News weighs in on Artie Lange. [Photo via]

Edgy comedian David Cross: Just how edgy is he? Edgy as a knife (double-edged). Sniffing coke while sitting near the President of the USA. That's what David Cross did, says David Cross.