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Jon Stewart Announces He's Leaving The Daily Show
Hudson Hongo · 02/10/15 06:54PMAfter 16 years as host of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart announced at a live-taping on Tuesday that he would be retiring from the show, The A.V. Club reports. In a statement to Entertainment Weekly, Comedy Central president Michele Ganeless said that Stewart will stay with The Daily Show "until later this year":
Kroll Show Returns to Pawnsylvania in Another Dirtbag Accent Showdown
Dayna Evans · 02/09/15 09:55AMArguably Kroll Show's most underrated sketch revolves around dueling pawn shops in the cities of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, where the accents are sharp and the deals are dirty. In the latest sketch, Murph and Don team up to make some cash for Murph's forthcoming wedding to Teresa. But there are troubles in the Schuylkill River.
Justin Bieber Will Finally Get the Comedy Central Roast He Begged For
Jay Hathaway · 01/20/15 12:44PMStephen Colbert Didn't Die In His Final Episode, He Became Immortal
Jay Hathaway · 12/19/14 12:55AMHere's the First Promo for Larry Wilmore's Nightly Show
Jay Hathaway · 12/16/14 06:33PMWatch the Dick-Joke Filled First Trailer for Broad City Season Two
Andy Cush · 11/10/14 04:15PMThe finale of Broad City's debut season aired about half a year ago, but if you've spent the entire interim in bed, watching torrented copies of every episode on an endless loop (what a weird thing to do!), it feels like it's been much longer. Today, Comedy Central gave us a precious taste of season two.
Stephen Colbert's Last Report Is Only a Month and a Half Away
Jay Hathaway · 10/31/14 09:50AMAmy Schumer's Interview With a 106-Year-Old Woman Is Perfect
Rich Juzwiak · 05/07/14 07:43AMIn the "Amy Goes Deep" segment from last night's Inside Amy Schumer, Schumer deftly walks the line of vibing with and mocking 106-year-old Downing, who's being interviewed precisely because she is 106 (no other reason is needed). I love that Downing regularly lets Schumer's smart-assed questions fall flat, sometimes to the point of ignoring them. If that isn't shade, it sure reads like it. I love Downing's one-liners (on not using Twitter: "I don't know any of the new things"; on social changes she's seen women go through: "Well, everybody's wearing pants").
James Franco's Friends and Roasters Agree That He Is Very, Very Gay
Rich Juzwiak · 09/03/13 09:25AMJames Franco is repeatedly telling the world that he's straight, but that didn't stop the likes of Seth Rogen, Sarah Silverman, Natasha Leggero, Andy Samberg, and Jeff Ross from running the speculation about his sexuality into the ground during last night's Roast of James Franco on Comedy Central. All of the gay jokes are collected above.
Stephen Colbert on Daft Punk Feud: “I Found the Whole Thing Joyful”
Rich Juzwiak · 08/13/13 02:20PMStephen Colbert has shed more light on last Tuesday's episode-long Colbert Report response to MTV barring Daft Punk from playing his show. On comedian Paul Mecurio's podcast, Colbert explained that there was trouble with booking Daft Punk from the start — they didn't want to perform "Get Lucky" or be interviewed (since part of the Daft Punk members Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter's schtick is that they are robots who do not speak). "I’m beginning to see why they don’t do TV," Colbert recalled thinking weeks ago, during the negotiations for the proposed appearance.
Tom Arnold's Tenderness, Ellen Barkin's Valium, Gilbert Gottfried's Tsunami Revisiting: The Adorable Messes of Roseanne's Roast
Rich Juzwiak · 08/13/12 12:50PMAbove is a highlight reel of last night's Roast of Roseanne on Comedy Central. Its messiness was an aesthetic choice — many members of the panel, whose star power was repeatedly called out for being underwhelming, aired out their dirty laundry. Carrie Fisher talked about her addiction and its affect on her memory, but best of all was when she read Jeff Ross with drag queen's precision. Ellen Barkin talked about popping Valium and drinking several cocktails before taking the stage — good thing, because I wanted to get to the bottom of why she could barely open her eyes all night before that. Gilbert Gottfried joked about his tsunami joke that went awry and got him fired as the Aflac duck's voice last year. He wants his job back, of course.
This Is the Aurora Theater Shooting Joke Comedy Central Removed from the Roast of Roseanne Barr
Neetzan Zimmerman · 08/06/12 01:18PMRemembering Stephen Colbert's Legendary Defense of Planned Parenthood
Emma Carmichael · 02/04/12 02:21PMSouth Park Will Never Die
Brian Moylan · 11/16/11 04:52PMThe creators of aging animated relic Beavis and Butthead Family Guy The Simpsons South Park just signed a deal to keep it ripping jokes from the headlines for five more years. Yes, Comedy Central will have Cartman and Co. until 2016. I should make a joke about killing Kenny or something, but I just don't care to.
Mike Tyson Breaks Steve-O's Nose as Charlie Sheen Concludes Comedy Central Roast
Matt Cherette · 09/19/11 11:37PMTonight's Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen featured jokes so offensive we almost felt guilty laughing at them, all told rapid-fire in one bit after another. That's probably why Sheen's more subdued remarks at the end balanced out the otherwise crazy 90 minutes.
Kanye West's Failed Pilot Had Kim Kardashian Star Wars Roleplay Fantasy
Matt Cherette · 09/14/11 08:17PMIn 2008, Kanye West loved Comedy Central's Crank Yankers so much that it inspired him to film the pilot for a hip-hop puppet variety show called Alligator Boots, but the episode never made it to air. After watching this recently discovered behind-the-scenes footage—which includes Stormtrooper Kanye acting on his Star Wars role playing fantasy with Kim Kardashian as Princess Leia and a puppet named Beary White—you'll wish it had. [via NYM]