“Daily Show” correspondent Jordan Klepper is hosting an hour-long gun control special on Comedy Central
Next month, Daily Show correspondent Jordan Klepper is going to fix our nation’s rampant gun problem, in a Comedy Central special titled Jordan Klepper Solves Guns. Much like The Daily Show itself, Klepper’s hour-long special will be part tongue-in-cheek comedic takes on hot topics, part investigative journalism combining interviews and field pieces to explore both […]
Kumail Nanjiani visits “The Daily Show” to discuss his new movie and racial stereotypes
Last night, comedian and Silicon Valley star Kumail Nanjiani stopped by The Daily Show to talk about his new movie, The Big Sick, and to talk accents with host Trevor Noah. “What’s been really exciting for me is watching how you don’t always play the role that many people would want your accent to play,” Noah […]
Wyatt Cenac is leaving “The Daily Show”
Word on the street is that comedian and generally hilarious guy <p> Wyatt Cenac </p> is leaving <p> The Daily Show </p> . Cenac will finish out this year as his last episode as a correspondent on the show will be Thursday, December 13th which is also the final new episode of TDS of 2012. […]
Mock the Vote: the funniest political videos of the 2012 Presidential Election
Well, we’re here Election Day 2012. After what seems like an infinite number of political speeches, it’s now in the hands of us, the voters. So it’s time for us to head out to our local polling station and cast our ballots to pick the leader of the free world for the next four years. […]
Key and Peele’s “Obama and anger translator Luther” to make final appearance on “The Daily Show”
As the President’s term comes to an end, Key & Peele’s famously popular characters Obama and his anger translator Luther are set to make a final appearance. The brand new original sketch featuring Keegan-Michael Key who plays “Luther, the anger translator” to Jordan Peele’s calm and mild-mannered Obama, will premiere tonight with Key as the […]
Roy Wood, Jr.’s “Father Figure” is essential for this generation of comedy lovers
Before getting onstage in Atlanta to perform, Roy Wood, Jr. rifles off a list of life lessons to his 9-month-old baby boy. Realizing the futility of the exercise, he picks up his child and places him into the guiding hands of a Frederick Douglass-like figure, saying “Thank you Frederick Douglass,” before ascending the stairs upwards […]
This week in comedy: why be normal when you can be special
This week the new Netflix series Special hit the streaming giant. It’s based on the memoir from Ryan O’Connell I’m Special: And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves and executive produced by Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory). O’Connell also stars in the series as a gay man living with cerebral palsy who decides to rewrite […]
The Daily Show: we’re Crabs in the Earth’s pubes
We’re fucked. You know that, right? After centuries of taking our daddy issues out on the Earth, we’re going to run out of fuel, global warming is going to flood all our cities and the volcanoes are going to rise up and steal all the good manufacturing jobs. None of that’s news. But if you […]
Nikki Glaser, “Everybody’s In LA” & “Hacks” Among Top Comedy TV Nominees For 30th Critics Choice Awards
Nikki Glaser, John Mulaney’s Everybody’s In LA & Hacks. Courtesy of HBO/Max & Netflix. The Critics Choice Association (CCA) today announced the TV category nominees for the 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards set to air on E! Sunday, January 12th with host Chelsea Handler. And among this year’s comedy nominations: stand-up comedy, late night & […]
Jon Stewart Shares Message On “The Daily Show” Election Night: “This Isn’t The End”
While all of the other late-night hosts were dark last night as the election results were filtering in, there was Jon Stewart. Stewart – who returned to the desk at The Daily Show for the lead-up to this moment before he eventually extended – was joined by the show’s correspondents for a live election special. […]