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Late-Night Laughs: The 5 Best Comedy Clips of the Week – TIME

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Late-Night Laughs: The 5 Best Comedy Clips of the Week
TIME
This week in late-night comedy, Stephen Colbert talked Cinnabon while Roseanne Barr announced her presidential run. Best Political Point: On The Daily Show, Jon Stewart introduced the "super committee," a group of legislators charged with finding …

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Comedy buff Eisenberg savors dark pizza tale – San Francisco Chronicle

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UGO

Comedy buff Eisenberg savors dark pizza tale
San Francisco Chronicle
The true-crime story has all of the elements of a tragedy, but "30 Minutes or Less" is played for black comedy. "The humor is more existential rather than circumstantial," observes Eisenberg. " 'I can't believe this is my life,' that kind of stuff. …
30 Minutes or Less: Film ReviewHollywood Reporter
'30 Minutes or Less' sends summer out on high noteOSU – The Lantern
Review: '30 Minutes Or Less' Is A Fun But Forgettable Conclusion To The Summer …Indie Wire (blog)
Examiner.com -ComingSoon.net
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Comedy is crude but has an underlying sweet sentiment – Omaha World-Herald

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USA Today

Comedy is crude but has an underlying sweet sentiment
Omaha World-Herald
So you saw the previews for "The Change-Up," and you're a fan of Jason Bateman or Ryan Reynolds, and the movie looks funny. So was "The Hangover," which had the same screenwriters, Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. …
'The Change-Up' disappoints as gross-out vulgar comedyTulsa World
Body-switch comedy an unremarkable rideTheNewsTribune.com
Body-swap comedy vile, pervertedTheChronicleHerald.ca
Examiner.com -Reuters -The Dagger
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Viacom profit beats on cable ads, digital – Reuters

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Hollywood Reporter

Viacom profit beats on cable ads, digital
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Viacom Inc., parent of MTV and Comedy Central, posted better-than-expected quarterly profit on strong growth in cable advertising and licensing of TV shows to online sites like Netflix and Hulu. …
Advertising rebound fuels Viacom profit surgeMonsters and Critics.com
Viacom fiscal 3Q earnings grow 37 percentBusinessWeek

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Life, love and food in Gaffigan’s comedy at Meadow Brook – Macomb Daily

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Life, love and food in Gaffigan's comedy at Meadow Brook
Macomb Daily
The 45-year-old comedian will perform at Meadow Brook Music Festival, bringing his hit show filled with observations on life, love and food. Gaffigan's sense of humor has won fans through the years in a variety of places, from his stand-up specials, …

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Louie Recap: Battles – New York Magazine (blog)

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New York Magazine (blog)

Louie Recap: Battles
New York Magazine (blog)
On last night's Louie, we finally got to see the showdown comedy nerds have been waiting for: Louis CK versus Dane Cook. Okay, it wasn'ta real showdown between the two men — Louis CK, of course, is actually playing a fictitious version of himself, …
Louis CK, Dane Cook work out their issues on FX's 'Louie' (video)Examiner.com
Louis vs. Dane Cook: Louie's Real Sitdown Beats "Reality" of Jersey ShoreHyperVocal

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Lucille Ball’s 100th birthday marked by unpublished photos release – Zap2it.com (blog)

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Los Angeles Times

Lucille Ball's 100th birthday marked by unpublished photos release
Zap2it.com (blog)
Comedienne Lucille Ball was a trailblazer in the world of television and comedy, treading a path for generations of women in the entertainment industry to follow. Saturday (Aug. 6) marks what would have been her 100th birthday and to …
Happy 100th birthday, Lucy!Los Angeles Times
Lucille Ball – Movie starCliqueClack TV
Hometown hopes to set Lucy-lookalike recordmsnbc.com
ABC News -Washington Post (blog) -Huffington Post
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Kirstie Alley Is Returning to TV – Gather Celebs News Channel

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Hollywood.com

Kirstie Alley Is Returning to TV
Gather Celebs News Channel
Kirstie's new comedy harkens back to that of another controversial comic actress, Roseanne Barr. That's because her proposed role also involves a female head of household who is loud, brash and extremely opinionated. The show's working title is The …
ABC To Order Family Comedy Pilot Starring Kirstie AlleyDeadline.com
Kirstie Alley Returning To Comedy On ABC?Yidio TV & Movie News
Report: Kirstie Alley To Star In Comedy Pilot For ABCYahoo! News Blogs (blog)
TV Guide -RumorFix -PerezHilton.com
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‘The Change-Up’ disappoints as gross-out vulgar comedy – Tulsa World

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Globe and Mail

'The Change-Up' disappoints as gross-out vulgar comedy
Tulsa World
RICHARD CARTWRIGHT/Universal Pictures/Associated Press By KIM BROWN World Scene Writer I heard women say that more than once as they were leaving a screening of the crude, bawdy and mostly unfunny body-switcher comedy, "The Change-Up." Glad I wasn't …
Review: 'The Change-Up' gives body-switching movies a shock comedy makeoverExaminer.com
Body-switch comedy an unremarkable rideTheNewsTribune.com
Body-swap comedy vile, pervertedTheChronicleHerald.ca
Reuters -The Dagger -Boston Globe
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Summer’s comedy king – Cincinnati.com

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AsiaOne

Summer's comedy king
Cincinnati.com
The 42-year-old stands to be the season's comedy king with his two R-rated flicks coming out just a few weeks apart. In "Horrible Bosses," he plays Nick Hendricks, a management candidate so frustrated by his twisted supervisor that killing him seems …
Horrible Bosses ReviewFront Row Reviews
'The Change-Up' a raunchy comedyLas Vegas Review-Journal

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Jonah Hill’s Comedy ‘The Sitter’ Gets First Red-Band Trailer – AceShowbiz

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HitFix (blog)

Jonah Hill's Comedy 'The Sitter' Gets First Red-Band Trailer
AceShowbiz
Produced by Michael De Luca with David Gordon Green taking the role behind the lens, the comedy is slated for December 9 release across the US Also lining up in the casting department are Ari Graynor, Sam Rockwell, Landry Bender, Max Records and Kevin …
Delightful Raunchy Red Band Trailer for the Jonah Hill Comedy 'The Sitter'Icon Vs. Icon
Watch This: Filthy Red Band Trailer for 'The Sitter' Starring Jonah HillFirst Showing
The Sitter Red Band TrailerUGO
BuzzSugar.com (blog) -I Am Rogue.com
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Edinburgh Festival 2011: the biggest ever Fringe opens – Telegraph.co.uk

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Telegraph.co.uk

Edinburgh Festival 2011: the biggest ever Fringe opens
Telegraph.co.uk
A host of top names in comedy will also appear during the month-long festival, with stand-up shows from Murray, Sarah Millican and Ed Byrne. Other well-known names include street dance group Flawless, who shot to fame after reaching the final of …
Meet the Welsh theatre and comedy talent heading to the Edinburgh Festival FringeWalesOnline
The Gilded Balloon and Festival Frank brings Edinburgh Fringe Comedy online to …DigitalJournal.com (press release)
Comedy shows are no place for childrenEvening Standard
PokerNews.com -BBC News -Edinburgh Festivals
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The Change-Up keeps summer’s raunch level high – Montreal Gazette

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Charlotte Observer

The Change-Up keeps summer's raunch level high
Montreal Gazette
Is it possible to make a good, oldfashioned raunchy comedy in such a hopelessly jaded age, when the only way a movie gets noticed is if it's louder, cruder and more outrageous than the one that opened a few weeks ago? In recent years, with the likes of …
'The Change-Up'Kansas City Star

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TV’s newest funny girl – Toronto Star

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HitFix (blog)

TV's newest funny girl
Toronto Star
In fact, her earliest aspirations combined situation comedy and standup. “The first time I remember the concept of comedy was . . . I was at a flea market when I was like 12 or 13, and I came across a book called Couplehood by Paul Reiser, …
Whitney Cummings, suddenly TV comedy's hottest property, once shared a luxury …NOLA.com

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The Satirical Political Report – If Reagan Fired PATCO Workers, Shouldnâ€™t GOP House Members Be TerminatedÂâ€‹?

HumorFeed News Headlines — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 04:00:01 +0000

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Late-Night Laughs: The 5 Best Comedy Clips of the Week – TIME

Comedy buff Eisenberg savors dark pizza tale – San Francisco Chronicle

Comedy is crude but has an underlying sweet sentiment – Omaha World-Herald

Viacom profit beats on cable ads, digital – Reuters

Life, love and food in Gaffigan’s comedy at Meadow Brook – Macomb Daily

Louie Recap: Battles – New York Magazine (blog)

Lucille Ball’s 100th birthday marked by unpublished photos release – Zap2it.com (blog)

Kirstie Alley Is Returning to TV – Gather Celebs News Channel

‘The Change-Up’ disappoints as gross-out vulgar comedy – Tulsa World

Summer’s comedy king – Cincinnati.com

Jonah Hill’s Comedy ‘The Sitter’ Gets First Red-Band Trailer – AceShowbiz

Edinburgh Festival 2011: the biggest ever Fringe opens – Telegraph.co.uk

The Change-Up keeps summer’s raunch level high – Montreal Gazette

TV’s newest funny girl – Toronto Star

The Satirical Political Report – If Reagan Fired PATCO Workers, Shouldnâ€™t GOP House Members Be TerminatedÂ­â€‹?

The Satirical Political Report – If Reagan Fired PATCO Workers, Shouldnâ€™t GOP House Members Be TerminatedÂâ€‹?