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After covering the first annual Comedy Awards last year in 2011, I looked forward to covering this year’s as well. I knew it would be exciting, and it was. Exec Produced by legendary producer Don Mischer, directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller, and with a 32 member Board of Directors that included Brad Grey, Adam McKay, James Dixon, Jon Stewart, Sandy Wernick, ...

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Today is John Oliver's birthday. So in celebration of one of our favorite Daily Show correspondents we figured we'd make him the clip of the day. Here's one of him talking about the speeches in sports movies.

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The NY Times just published a survey conducted by Comedy Central, and the good news for them is that it appears the Millennial generation (well at least its males) view comedy as "essential to how young men view themselves and others." More than personal style and more than music. It's obviously good news for a channel that relies ...

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Rob Riggle stopped by CNN to for an interview as part of their comedy series. Since Riggle is a former Marine himself, talking to him for Veterans Day is only fitting. In the piece he discusses his days of breaking wood on The Daily Show which then prompted him to find some CNN property to destroy. To all that serve ...

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Last night, The Laugh Button took a trip to 155 East 3rd Street NYC for Comedy Central’s new bi-monthly comedy show at UCBeast, “Corporate Retreat.” What a better way to start the week before New York Comedy Festival? As expected, Comedy Central recruited a great line up for the night: Wyatt Cenac (correspondent and writer on ...

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We recently had the distinct pleasure to meet up with and ask wrestling legend Mick Foley a couple questions. Topics included his new career as a stand-up comedian, if he thinks comedy is harder than wrestling, and a pretty amazing item he’s putting up for charity. Hint, the item was given to him by Jon Stewart during a ...

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Lewis Black’s new CD, The Prophet will hit stores this Tuesday, September 27th. In celebration of the release, LB autographed a limited amount of CD booklets for fans to pick up when they pre-order the album at Newbury Comics. Right now, if you visit Newbury Comic’s website you can pre-order the album and lock in an ...

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If you're one of those people who is just "kind of" a nerd, like enough of a nerd where you can still carry on a conversation without alienating your average-everyday person, then comedian Wyatt Cenac is just like you. Best known as the current resident black expert/correspondent on The Daily Show, but Cenac also did time as a writer for ...

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