Schweddy Balls Are For Real! Ben And Jerry’s Make It So

The battle for Ben & Jerry ice cream supremacy now has a new contender. First it was just Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon vying for the top of the heap. But now, Saturday Night Live is tossing its hat into the ring.

Ben & Jerry’s announced the release of the Schweddy Balls flavored ice cream based on the popular SNL NPR-themed skit “Delicious Dish” that features SNL alums Ana Gasteyer and Molly Shannon along with host Alec Baldwin. Read the rest of this entry

Series Finale: Rescue Me’s Finest Moments

When Denis Leary created Rescue Me, the world was still very raw and trying to cope with life in a post-9/11 world. With Rescue Me Leary, along with Peter Tolan were trying to shine a light on the lives and jobs of America’s firemen.

The show premiered in July of 2004, about three years after 343 members of the FDNY were killed while helping evacuate the World Trade Center on 9/11. This topic would be addressed many times by many shows but none seemed to show the long-term effects of the tragedy like Rescue Me. Tommy Gavin (portrayed by Leary) lost his cousin and part of his life that day, resulting in him turning to booze, fighting with family members, adultery, risky behavior on the job, and talking to the ghosts of those he lost. It was heavy at times yet completely hilarious at others. It showed the light and the dark of coping with tragedy.

Now, with the show ending the week of the 10-year anniversary of 9/11, here are some of our favorite themes from the show. Read the rest of this entry

Jim Gaffigan Talks Parenthood On Fallon

Jim Gaffigan just recently welcomed his 4th child into his family. He made an appearance on Late Show with Jimmy Fallon last night to talk about what it’s like having a new baby in the household, “imagine you’re drowning, then someone hands you a baby.” Well, it’s looking like fatherhood hasn’t dulled any of Gaffigan’s edges.

Gaffigan then got serious and jumped into the charity he’s working for headed up by Snickers candy bars to help Feed America. So to recap, buy candy, feed people. This charity couldn’t be more up Jim Gaffigan’s alley if it were called “Jim Gaffigan likes candy bars while doing charitable work.” Buy a candy bar, visit www.snickers.com and enter your code and Snickers will feed people.

Jake And Elwood Blues: On A Mission For Primetime

Perhaps one of the most iconic of all Saturday Night Live sketches, the Blues Brothers is looking like it might become a TV show.

A new incarnation of the Blues Brothers is being shopped around to studios in an effort to make a TV series about the characters made popular by John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in the late ’70s.

The TV rights to the characters has long been owned by Aykroyd and Belushi’s widow Judy (who is spearheading the project), with the movie rights being owned by Universal, who released two movies based on the characters. One a comedy classic. The other…not so much.

A pilot has already been written with the freshly released from jail Elwood looking for his long-lost dad. There’s no word on whether casting for the show has yet to be determined. Aykroyd will participate in the project as the voice of Jake and Elwood’s parole officer.

If the pilot gets picked up, there is the plan to include music and feature a Blues Brothers band.

So like, maybe a watchable version of Glee? Time will tell.

It’s Always Sunny Season 7: “With This Season, We’ve Created A New Low”

Sunny Season 7 And its about time we have some actual clips from season 7 of It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia and as Danny Devito mentioned they managed to hit a new low…just like we like to see our Sunny cast.

There’s probably no way to better prep yourself for the new season than to just watch the gang sink in video form.

The new season begins on Thursday, September 15th on FX.

Charlie Sheen Learns To Love The Bomb

Charlie Sheen is a ticking timebomb… literally! And also according to the commercials that started to promote the upcoming Comedy Central Roast which he is the guest of honor. Seth MacFarlane will once again serve as the evening’s roastmaster and so far it’s been confirmed that Anthony Jeselnik, Harvey Levin of TMZ, Steve-O, Jeffrey Ross, and Mike Tyson will all be on hand to deliver some digs at Sheen. The show will tape on September 10th, then air on September 19the, the same night the new season of Two And A Half Men premieres with Sheen’s replacement Ashton Kutcher, timing. Read the rest of this entry

This Week In Comedy: Revamping The Late Night Lineups

Conan Ratings Last week ratings for Conan O’Brien’s show were released and the show isn’t burning up the airwaves as it once did when season 1 began. Obviously, he got an artificial boost when the show first started and now that things are leveling off putting the ginger host last in the late nigh wars. TBS has backed up O’Brien saying they are thoroughly satisfied, and invested some money for new lead-ins The Big Bang Theory, giving him every chance they can with some speculating his huge web presence is his saving grace while others suggest Turner needs a better sense of its channels.

However, the recent cancellation of George Lopez’s late night show should put things on notice that new strategy should be welcomed. What do you think? Read the rest of this entry

The Best “Sunny” Promo Photo Yet

There’s been a lot of promo videos and ads for the new season of It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia. Until this point, I’ve yet to share any of them but this new image that was just released might be one of the best promo photos I’ve ever seen. From Mac with his eyes closed, to Charlie holding a kitten…with kitten mittens, there’s not much about this picture that doesn’t make me grin.

Enjoy.