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9 Life Lessons Learned From Roger Ebert (1942-2013)

Roger Ebert was an American film critic, screenwriter, and journalist, whose columns and reviews appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times and were syndicated in more than 200 newspapers across the country. Ebert made a name for himself in the candid and no-apology approach he had toward film review, earn ... More >>

50 First Jokes L.A.

Thank God: There Is Now a Parody of "Free to Be You and Me"

If you're over the age of 30, you probably have at least a few songs from Free to Be You and Me engraved in your memory. Conceived by '60s-era TV actress Marlo Thomas and produced as a project of the Ms. Foundation for Women, the 1972 album jumped on the progressive feminism wave via catchy tunes fo ... More >>

Is Ok to Spoof the Dead? Comedy Writer Jim Earl's Book Mourning Remembrance Tries It

It is said that one shouldn't speak ill of the dead. No proverb, however, seems to proscribe writing about the dead with a dark, cutting sense of humor and a jaundiced appraisal of their worldly accomplishments. Mourning Remembrance: A Collection of Mocking Obituaries Ripped From the Headlines is t ... More >>

Kevin Bleyer

Lizz With Two Zs, Not Liza With a Z (what a stupid fucking headline)

The Daily Show on the Park Slope Food Co-op Monday Night's Vote: The Hummus Shall Remain

It is classic Daily Show. An intrepid Christiane Amanpour type diving into a roiling human rights stew. A few foils setting themselves up for easy ridicule with every utterance. A righteous skewering of extremely small-scale activism-gone-absurd in the land of $1,000 strollers. Samantha Bee brin ... More >>

Follow Mario Batali's Croc-Steps in Hulu's "A Day in the Life"

A Day in the Life, a Hulu original series created by Super Size Me filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, is, as the title suggests, a documentary-style show that follows various, usually famous, individuals as they go about their everyday routine. Monday's episode featured a day in the life of Mario Batali, s ... More >>

Dana Gould Tells Us the Secrets to Creating a New Podcast (and Dishes on His Dave Grohl FX Comedy)

Comic and prolific writer Dana Gould has seemingly done all that Hollywood has to offer: performing on everything from Kimmel and Conan to HBO, Comedy Central, MADtv and The Daily Show; acting roles stretching back to The Ben Stiller Show, The Nanny, Roseanne, Ellen, Seinfeld and The King of Queens; ... More >>

John Hodgman

John Hodgman, Author of That is All , on the Trials of Being a Deranged Millionaire and Oprah's Secret Space Ark

Brantley Gutierrez, courtesy of DuttonFormer PC, John Hodgman hangs out with his favorite ferret skeleton​ Like a perfectly normal person, John Hodgman prowls the vast data tubes of the internet late at night...in his underwear....stuffing himself with kimchi. He devours factoids ranging from ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 10/10-10/14

Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Want to make a grown woman blush? Suggest that the reason she wants to go to Gjelina, the serene patio restaurant on Abbot Kinney, is because she wants to gaze deeply into a scruffy waiter's eyes." ... More >>

'L.A. VS. WAR' Exhibit: Less of a '9/11 Tribute,' More of a 'Circle-Jerk of Tired Grievances'

​ For more photos check out our slideshow: "L.A. vs. War II" Equally as superficial and reductive as its title, the "L.A. VS. WAR" exhibition in The Vortex last weekend was a hollow chorus of misdirected angst. Less a commemoration of 9/11 as it was a circle-jerk of tired grievances common to ... More >>

Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

Screenings with a shelf life to catch before it's too late

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TODAY'S SPECIAL

Bill Clinton Replaces Mel Gibson As Celeb Cameo Of Choice In 'The Hangover 2'

Psycho Hollywood bad boy out, vintage White House bad boy in​Zach Galifianakis threw a tantrum last month when "Hangover" director Todd Philips so much as considered giving the world's biggest arse a few minutes of screentime in the July 2011 sequel to the No. 1 bromantic comedy of the ots. W ... More >>

Daily Show Mocks Missile Mystery

The Daily Show -- which watches cable news so you don't have to -- takes a crack at the overreaction to the "mystery missile" story. For those who didn't get the memo, it turned out to be a plane. Enjoy. The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cMissile: Impossiblewww.thedailyshow.comDail ... More >>

Will You Watch 'Conan' At 11 Tonight, Or Stick With Jon Stewart?

Pulse2Back up off my slot, Stewart​All the bleeding gingerhearts on Team Coco finally lay down their arms tonight. After 10 months following "The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour," Conan O'Brien fans will gather J.Bieb-style outside the Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, w ... More >>

LOVERS AND OTHER DAILY SHOW CORRESPONDENTS

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 8/30-9/3

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "On the east side, it seems as if these chefs are trying to disguise the fact that their food comes from anywhere at all." First Bite: Looks Fusion, Cooks Orthodox, or Dip's Grill in Alhambra. "'No one remembers the art,' ... More >>

From the Onion: Stouffer's Suicide Prevention Tips

Now that The Daily Show has become the only news outlet worth watching, not only for comic relief but for actual reporting, perhaps it's not terribly surprising that The Onion should take over for other food news sources. This piece, on the frozen dinner company Stouffer's adding suicide prevention ... More >>

Catch a Risen Star

Civilized Media for This Modern World: the Dinner Party Download

​ The Great Fire of London. Khrushchev's visit to Cedar Rapids. The origin of computer viruses. Muhammad Ali's skirmishes with the U.S. military. The creation of the peace sign. No, these facts aren't from a Jeopardy! audition drill, but instead trivia you could be learning from the Dinner Pa ... More >>

Movie Reviews: The Last Airbender, Love Ranch, The Nature of Existence

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Live From East Hollywood!

'The Onion' Peels -- Out of L.A.

The semi-funny paper The Onion is shutting down its print editions in Los Angeles and San Francisco, according to Gawker, which notes the humor pub will still be available through U.S. Mail. "The Onion," Gawker says, "will retain its New York paper for the immediate future, though it is rumored to b ... More >>

GO LA: Rum, Sodomy and John Waters’ Filthy World

Plus plenty of high-brow, March 13-19

The Daily Morning Show

The State of Comedy? Idaho. Alaska.

The Worst Hoopla Ever!

What to do in L.A., January 2-8

Strike Struck, Oscar Lives!

What to do in L.A., Feb. 22-28

The Karlin Report

Last Night: The Office Night, UCB Theatre, 12/18

The Office Night Upright Citizens Brigade, Theater, 12/18 Review and photos by Nicole Campos (Right, Brent Forrester) What nuggets of Dunder Mifflin-esque hilarity would ensue as cast members and writers of The Office stormed an extremely yuletidy stage (inherited from the evening’s previous sho ... More >>

Who's That Girl? Lauren Weedman’s Search for Home

Alternative Comedy 2007

Right Hook, Weak Punch

Fox News' 1/2 Hour News Hour isn't even half-funny

TiVo Top 10

The year in good TV

Glenn and the Art of Locomotive Transformation

TiVo Top 10

The year in good TV

No Stunt Hair Necessary

For Steve Carell, the road to movie stardom was lined with dehydration and body waxing

Call me Nostradamus

10 signs of the apocalypse

TV 2004

Monkeys and Marionettes

Stewart vs. Crossfire and other comic battles

Shovin’ It

Democrats, Hardballers and Class Warriors

In Love, Pissed

Playwright/comedian Lewis Black’s One Slight Hitch

Crime Wave

Collateral Damage

Crown Thy Good

Good News About the New Season

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