Comedian/musician/weirdo Reggie Watts performs some very strange one-liners, a pretty awesome theme song for Conan, and a scatting swing number—all in five minutes! A must watch if you love the Watts!
Comedy
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Where Can I Read Stupid Comments on the Internet?
/Techno Tuesday Today my friend Sean pointed me in the direction of Kevin Collier’s awesome continuing series, Get To Know an Internet Commenter, over on McSweeney’s. As the site describes the series: “Kevin Collier searches the Internet for people who comment a lot, then copies and pastes a fair representation of their output.” Comments are […]
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This Weekend in Comedy
“Do I have to suck each individual dick?” Fine weekend in comedy coming up. I mean, shit, “fine” is an understatement. Because as far as I’m concerned, Louis CK is the best goddamn stand up working today. Read my primer on CK from this week’s print edition. But you know about Louis CK—that’s why tickets […]
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The Best Comic Alive
The Devastatingly Funny Louis C.K.
The devastatingly funny Louis CK.
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Alan Partridge Is Back!
Alan Partridge*, host of British chat shows Knowing Me, Knowing You and I’m Alan Partridge, has returned! He’s hosting a radio show on North Norfolk Digital radio, called Mid Morning Matters. It’s slightly lower profile than his previous gigs, but hey, we’ll take any Partridge we can get. So now you can see Mid Morning […]
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You Supply the “Funny”!
Here is a funny picture! (Or an incredibly sad picture, depending on how you look at it.) WHY DON’T YOU CAPTION IT? Submit your hilarious or deeply depressing caption in the comments below.
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Comedy is OK – Tonight @ Clinton St.
Comedy Is OK recently celebrated their first anniversary and now they’re changing. Gone is former Mercury intern (and secret child labor law violator) Andrew Michaan. Taking his place is Paul Schlesinger, who’s a bit more raw. Schlesinger helped make this video, along with co-host Mikey Kampmann. I’m stoned, three hours ahead on East Coast time, […]
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Schedule for Tomorrow’s “Sanity Rally”
Here’s the schedule for tomorrow’s “Rally to Restore Sanity” on Comedy Central. (COME WATCH IT WITH US AT THE MISSION AHHHHHHHH!!!) I’m going to get a Bloody Mary and a breakfast sandwich during the “Sheryl Crowe” part. BOOOO!!!
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TOMORROW: Watch the Stewart/Colbert Rally with the Mercury!
You needed a reminder… so here is your reminder. GUYS! Join us TOMORROW (Saturday morning, Oct 30) at the Mission Theater to watch Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s “Rally to Restore Sanity” and “March to Keep Fear Alive” on the big screen! Why should you get up so early to do such a thing? THIS […]
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Rock and Morgan and Simon (and no Garfunkel)
During Comedy Central’s “Night of Too Many Stars” broadcast, Tracy Morgan and Chris Rock joined forces to do their take of “Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme” “Scarborough Fair,” featuring special guest Paul Simon (or as Morgan calls him, “Simon Garunkel.”) The clip could have gone without the rapping Simon breakdown (damn you, Rhymin’ Simon), but […]
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Behold! Norm MacDonald on Conan!
So Norm MacDonald’s in town this weekend, doing standup at Helium. I will be going, and I’m excited—but I’m also stoked that I now have an excuse to post a video of MacDonald’s 1998 appearance on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, which might very well be my favorite talk-show appearance of all time. This segment […]
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Jon Stewart on the Rally to Restore Sanity
Jon Stewart discusses his “Rally to Restore Sanity” with Larry King—who could really use some sanity restored himself. It’s funny. OH! And you should totally watch the “Rally” along with the “March to Keep Fear Alive” (Stephen Colbert’s thing) with the Mercury at the Mission Theater on Saturday morning, October 30! And YES, there will […]