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    • New Wave Entertainment teams up with Fathom events to bring comedy to movie theaters

    New Wave and FathomIf you’re in the comedy industry you might’ve heard the name New Wave Entertainment tossed around here and there. NWE is a big content producer in the world of comedy, in a nutshell, they produce stand-up comedy specials and other content that’s then licensed to outlets like Epix, Showtime, or Comedy Central for broadcast. Them being the creators of content also affords them other great opportunities like releasing material on CD or DVD for people to purchase as well.

    Now it looks like NWE is teaming up with NCM Fathom Events to bring comedy into movie theaters across the country. Movie goers will know Fathom for putting together one of a kind experiences like one-night only concerts, festivals, opera, plays, or sporting events live in your local high definition theater. Now Fathon and New Wave have teamed up to bring A-list comedians to the cinema starting this summer. Read the rest of this entry

    Ben Affleck hosted Saturday Night Live: “It’s been alright, I’ve had a lovely night with you”

    Ben Affleck - SNLBen Affleck was saddled with a big responsibility as the host of the final episode of Saturday Night Live season 38. Though it was his night to be officially inducted into the Five Timers club, there wasn’t much hoopla made about it. In fact, other members didn’t show up for the introduction like they did for Justin Timberlake a few months back. Rather a great Bobby Moynihan and Affleck’s terrific wife were on hand to celebrate the evening. The reason there wasn’t much made about Affleck was because the night belonged to Bill Hader and Seth Meyers, both of which have officially decided that Season 38 would be their last as part of SNL. Also, without it being said, it was a set up for Fred Armisen’s swang song as well.

    Affleck is hot off winning a best picture Oscar for the movie Argo and has really grown into his own as a director, it was perhaps this newfound skillset that has allowed him to realize what is needed and where, allowing for him to be well aware of the fact that it wasn’t necessarily his night and happily took a backseat to the other big moments unfolding. In the end he helped put out an enjoyable show that was funny, a celebration, at times sad, and complete 180 from last week’s surprisingly bad Kristen Wiig hosting turn.

    Top off the booking of Kanye West as the musical guest just a few weeks before he drops his 6th studio album Yeezus this June, the night couldn’t have much more anticipation and thankfully enough it delivered on all points. Writers, cast,Affleck and West all brought their ‘A’ game, and we got ourselves one of the best episodes of the season.

    Since Bill Hader is the consummate utility man, he would no doubt be put in situations where he could show off one last time. While it will hopefully not be the cavalcade of annoying returning charracters we saw last week, we’d most definitely see some of his favorites like Herb Welch and without a doubt, there was no way we would not get a sendoff for Hader’s most popular character Stefon. Fun fact for you, while Stefon did make his debut as the city nightlife correspondent on Weekend Update in 2010, his SNL debut was in a random and somewhat forgettable sketch in 2008 alongside that night’s host… Ben Affleck! Read the rest of this entry

    ‘The Half Hour’ Dan St. Germain and keeping up with his friends on Facebook

    Dan St Germain - The Half Hour

    Tonight comedian and all around great bearded man Dan St. Germain will have his Half Hour special premiere on Comedy Central. We’re more than likely to see some burly comedy delivered over the course of the night, and, let’s be honest… everyone needs more burly comedy in their lives. So props to Dan for his first half hour. And for forcing me to try to creatively think of a new genre of comedy all by myself. And to think that my parents were often told to not let me think for my self. Read the rest of this entry

    Comedy Central will go dark to launch its new SiriusXM channel, Comedy Central Radio

    Comedy Central Radio

    Remember when we told you a while back that Comedy Central was going to launch its Comedy Central Radio channel on SiriusXM? Well this weekend at midnight on the Sunday, May 19th the channel will be officially live. So it’s time to celebrate. The TV channel will show itself some solidarity for its latest endeavor by going dark and simulcasting the air feed of the SiriusXM channel 95. This will mark the second time ever that Comedy Central has ever gone dark. The first time being on May 19, 1992 when the channel shut it down for an hour as Johnny Carson’s final broadcast of The Tonight Show aired.

    The cast of ‘The Office’ says their goodbyes

    Rainn Wilson

    Tonight,The Office will air it’s final episode in it’s 9th season forever. So there’s going to be a plenty of goodbyes and perhaps, maybe we’ll even find out who the Scranton Strangler is.

    Here are some videos of the cast saying goodbye to the show from the main characters and the secondary ones. The clips are long and has much of the cast telling their their favorite stories from the last 9 seasons. There’s tears of course so watch at your own risk. Yep, everyone gets a good cry on. There’s also lots of Steve Carell talk but no Steve Carell in the clips, but hey! They got Roy. Read the rest of this entry

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