CBS passes on comedy pilots from Conan O'Brien and Louis CK

CBS has passed on pilots they greenlit for Conan O'Brien (in conjunction with Warner Brothers) and Louis C.K.

"Super Fun Night" (Producers: Conan O’Brien, Jeff Ross, David Kissinger, co-executive producer Rebel Wilson) would have followed Rebel Wilson and a group of friends as they try to have "SUPER FUN every Friday night".

The "UNTITLED LOUIS CK/SPIKE FERESTEN PROJECT" from FX's Louie star Louie C.K. and Spike Feresten (writer on Seinfeld and co-creator of the failed Michael Richards Show) would have featured a group of young artists trying to succeed in bad economic times.

Will another network pick them up? Should they? When CBS passed on Ringer last year their sister network made the unusual move in picking up the show however the ratings results have been less than stellar.

Since the CW skews to younger viewers both these shows make it possible they may be interested however they seem to have little interest in comedy generally.

Source: The Wrap

New Arrested Development eps coming via Netflix

It's been rumoured for ages but it's finally here! A deal has been inked for new Arrested Development episodes to appear on Netflix (and, one would assume, on DVD/BR at a later date)

Click here to read the story from Entertainment Weekly and check out a seven minute video below where the cast and crew discuss new episodes as well as an Arrested Development movie.

Unearthed Groucho Marx newspaper interview from 1937

Click here to read direct from Google News

and for the Groucho fan in your life click here to check out this nifty Groucho Ventriloquist Doll over at Amazon.com

Brief Woody Allen and Larry David interview on working together

Their new film is "Whatever Works" and premieres June 19

Sean Penn joins Jim Carrey in new Three Stooges movie

The weird thing is it's not a bio pic - it's actually going to be a slapstick comedy in the tradition of The Three stooges from the Farrelly Brothers (There's Something About Mary, Shallow Hal).

To be honest I'm not sure what to think...

Click here to read the whole story (to date) direct from Variety.com

Robin Williams to have heart surgery

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Jimmy Fallon on his new "Late Night" gig

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George Carlin honoured with Mark Twain award preview featuring Richard Belzer

It's a wonderful couple minute clip featuring Richard Belzer paying homage to the late, great, George Carlin during the Mark Twain Prize Ceremony for American Humor. You can also watch a promo from PBS below for the entire special which premieres on PBS February 4th.

Chris Rock inks book deal

According to the International Herald Tribune Rock has singned a deal with Grand Central Publishing to write a follow-up to his 1997 book "Rock This!"

Grand Central Publishing is also the same publishing house behind books by Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.

Saturday was "No Pants on Subway Day" - Watch what happened online!

Today across North America people rode the subway in their underwear thanks to Improv Everywhere.

There's no subway in my city and I'm certain they wouldn't welcome a naked guy however you can click here to check out the organizers page to get info on taking part next year or check out a bevy of user generated videos.

Click here to watch coverage of No Pants on Subway Day videos organized via Google Video

There's many videos from Toronto, New York, Chicago, Boston and a bevy more cities.

George Carlin honoured with Mark Twain award coverage featuring Jon Stewart, Garry Shandling, Richard Belzer and more!

The event will be airing on PBS Feb 4th. Below the interview video of the red carpet check out the PBS promo spot.

UK comic Russell Brand quits BBC after obscene on- aair calls to Fawlty Towers actor about his granddaughter

Click here to watch the coverage via Australia 7 News

Not sure what the hell this is all about? In nutshell Brand and fellow BBC programmer Jonathan Ross left obscene voice mail messages on the phone of UK actor Andrew Sachs (best known for his role as the waiter Manual in the John Cleese classic series Fawlty Towers) regarding sexual relations Ross had with Sach's granddaughter.

If that's not bad enough they did it on air during the Brand's program. If that's not bad enough the episode was actually a pre-taped and it was authorized to air on Oct 18th - which it did. (OUCH!)

Click here to read an indepth rundown direct from Wikipedia

Canadian TV comedian cuffed by cops during skit with Prime Minister

Click here to watch the coverage from The Canadian Broadcasting Corportion via Yahoo News

and click here to watch The CBC's "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" videos direct from CBC.ca

wow...Microsoft fires Jerry Seinfeld

After Bee Movie flopping this has got to be a real kick in the nuts for the guy.

Future ads will feature Bill Gates (of course) and celebs like Desperate Housewives actress Eva Longoria, hip-hop star Pharrell Williams and the author Deepak Chopra.

Click here to read the whole story direct from The London Times Online

30 minute Cheech Marin MP3 interview on his reunion with Chong and more

AP: The AP's Michael Weinfeld speaks with Cheech Marin about his decision to go on tour with Tommy Chong and how they managed to resolve their long-standing feud. Marin also talks about his movie "The Perfect Game."

Click here to play or right click to download to your PC in MP3

NPR asks comedy insiders - How Does Comedy Influence Politics?

Click here to play in embedded audio direct from NPR.org
Runs approx 30 minutes

NPR: Talk of the Nation, August 7, 2008 · Political comedy is everywhere these days, from The Colbert Report, to SNL skits, to political ads on YouTube. Lizz Winstead, co-creator of The Daily Show, and Adam McKay [writer of Anchorman, Talladega Nights, and Step Brothers and creator of the recent McCain/Paris Hilton ad] weigh in on the relationship between politicians and the comedians who mock them.

World's oldest joke discovered...yes it's a fart joke plus George Carlin on farting

Well I guess it shouldn't be that much of a surprise that that world's oldest joe turned out to be a joke about flatulence but the big surprise is that the joke came from an old Sumerian proverb dating back to 1000BC in what is now southern Iraq.

So you're wondeirng what the joke is? well here it is:

"Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband's lap,"

Click here to read more about it and other historic jokes direct from The BBC

and check out some of the wonderful fart jokes the late, great, George Carlin left us below:

"Time for some fart jokes"

9/11: F.A.R.T vs. Taliban
(what Carlin thought should be done to the Taliban days after the September 11th attacks)


and a bit on pusy farts:

Jerry Lewis detained for carrying gun at airport

Jerry, Jerry, Jerry...what are we going to do with you?

Click here to read the full story from Reuters

Cheech and Chong reuniting for comedy tour!

It's been rumored that Cheech Marin has balked at bringing the act back together because he objected to the promotion of marijuana in the old routines. However considering the word is the new tour is being called "Hey, What's That Smell?"....well I guess they've put those differences aside.

They'll be having a press conference about it later today (it's 6:24 EST at the time of this post) so stay tuned for more details and click here to read the whole story so far direct from the San Fransisco Chronicle.


Cheech and Chong by ~LabrenzInk on deviantART

The Office to be remade in Russia

BBC Worldwide has just licensed the rights to a new regional version of The Office to Russia's Channel One.

No word yet if Ricky Gervais will be playing a hand in it's production like the US version however Russia now joins France, Canada and Chile in producing a regional version of the program.

Click here to read the entire article direct from The BBC