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COMEDY CENTRAL STRIKES GOLD WITH “NATHAN FOR YOU”

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… One example includes a segment where Nathan helps bring customers into a frozen yogurt shop by creating a new flavor. That flavor is poop. Continue reading

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DIG THIS: WORKAHOLICS/NICK KROLL SHOW VIEWING PARTY @ THE WILBUR

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What are you doing on Tuesday? If the answer is “sitting around, kinda just hating myself,” consider this. Continue reading

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JILLY’S DVD CORNER OF SHAME: THE SARAH SILVERMAN PROGRAM: SEASON 3

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Column title aside, let’s be clear about something: The only shameful thing about The Sarah Silverman Program is that it’s no longer on. Continue reading

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DEFEND YOURSELF!: LAMONT PRICE

Chris chats with Lamont Price, who is  co-producer and host of the “Comedy is King” show tomorrow at OBERON and will be in four other shows of Magner’s Comedy Fest this week. Continue reading

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DIG THAT: WEIRD AL YANKOVIC LIVE, THE APOCALYPSE TOUR

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In small doses, Yankovic is wholly palatable. But a 17-plus song concert left me wanting literally anything else, so long as it didn’t feature an accordion. Continue reading

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DEFEND YOURSELF: DOUG BENSON

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On the eve of his show at the Wilbur Theatre, we talked to Comedy Central alum Doug Benson about his past, Super High Me and his favorite pastime. Continue reading

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DIG THAT: ME DOING STAND-UP

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Despite not touching upon a single topic that would be considered even remotely amusing, in Norm Macdonald’s stand-up DVD, released today, he somehow manages to string together one of the funniest hours of stark observations on the intolerable cruelty of living in an uncaring universe I’ve ever seen. Continue reading

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SOUTH PARK: THE COMPLETE FOURTEENTH SEASON

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If only to continue your obsessive-compulsive collecting of TV season DVD box sets you’ll watch once—and then never pick up again, only to let them sit on the shelf chronologically as trophies of first place consumerism—here’s South Park: The Complete Fourteenth Season! Continue reading

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DEFEND YOURSELF: LISA LAMPANELLI

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She has been known to have screwed more Black guys than FEMA. She has never had Tommy Chong or had any desire to. Her new stand-up special is called Tough Love at it premiers premieres on Comedy Central on March 27th and she just recently roasted Donald Trump. She is the Queen of Mean. She is headed to Lowell tomorrow. Watch out. Continue reading

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TV PARTY: SPORTSDOME

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Tonight the Onion begins its assault on ESPN and the culture of sports with SportsDome on Comedy Central Continue reading