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If you had told me fifteen years ago that Julia Louis-Dreyfus would go on after Seinfeld to have the best career, I would have probably scoffed at you. As funny and capable of a comedienne Julia is, surely she would have to run par with her Seinfeld counterparts Jason Alexander and Michael Richards? I tend to be wrong...a lot. Pretty much the ...

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This Friday marks the premiere of HBO's Talking Funny. In it, four of the biggest comedy minds, Chris Rock, Louis C.K., Jerry Seinfeld, and Ricky Gervais sit down and talk about their craft of comedy. With that being said, it raises the question...if you were given the opportunity, what four funny people would you want to sit down with and ...

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Here's a reason to look forward to the dog days of summer. Because on July 10th, we will finally get ourselves the new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm. As mentioned in the past, a chunk of this season will take place in New York City. Scenarios which we're sure will allow for our anti-hero Larry David to get in ...

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Remember way back in 2010 when we told you of HBO's plans to gather Jerry Seinfeld, Louis C.K., Chris Rock, and Ricky Gervais together in the same room for the show Talking Funny? Of course you do. Now we have and update on that story. HBO is going to air the show at 9pm on April 22nd and here are ...

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Flight of the what-chords? HBO may have found the next great folk comedy duo. Garfunkel and Oates, composed of female comedians Kate Micucci and Riki Lindhome, have signed a deal to shoot a pilot episode for the popular cable network. Garfunkel and Oates gained prestige over the past few years playing charming, quirky folk comedy songs. Lindhome plays acoustic guitar and ...

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If you caught The Daily Show last night, you got to witness one of the funnest interviews the show's had in a long time. Mainly because Ricky Gervais, who was on hand to support his new stand-up special, stopped by to roll out some pretty well placed Stephen Hawkin, and audience humping jokes, just not possibly connected. Or are they? ...

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So the Golden Globes were announced this morning. And I'm pretty sure the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is trying to redefine what constitutes as a comedy 'cause there's some weirdness going on with some of these nominations, mainly in that for most of the comedy nominations aren't exactly what we'd define as comedy, even though the show might ...

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Ricky Gervais is at it again with the stand-up specials. He just announced his second special for HBO will make its debut on Saturday, December 18th at 10pm. Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2 (clever name there Richard) was filmed live at the Chicago Theatre just this past October and is said to include more of the comedian's ...

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