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'Last Week Tonight' Fans Worry That John Oliver Will Be First on the Chopping Block
3+ hour, 2+ min ago (199+ words) HBO is most likely going to fall into the hands of President Donald Trump's cronies. John Oliver is in danger. When Netflix announced that they gave up their WBD pursuit, fans of Oliver's long-form news satire show immediately began to…...
Conan O'Brien Says His Audience Grew After He Left Late Night
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (484+ words) Conan O'Brien needed a friend, so he went out and found a few million of them. Meanwhile, the podcasting space continues to pick up middle-aged-to-elder comedians like Route 66 hitchhikers. And, with extra free time to spend working on his own…...
The Olympian Parodied In ‘SNL's Luge Sketch Hopes It Will Get More People Into Luge
3+ week, 1+ hour ago (455+ words) Today marks the beginning of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, which means that Gertie Burper should be coming down with a bad cold right about now. The Winter Olympics have always been fertile territory for sketch…...
Meet The Comics From The Inaugural Cast Of ‘Saturday Night Live U.K.’
3+ week, 3+ hour ago (559+ words) Over 50 years after Lorne Michaels launched the longest-running sketch show in American TV history,Saturday Night Liveis coming to the United Kingdom to show them how a Canadian does comedy. On March 21st, the U.K. broadcaster Sky will debut the Michaels-producedSaturday Night…...
Here's Why Will Forte Is Making A Sketch Series With His Mom
4+ week, 1+ day ago (189+ words) Every comedian knows the feeling of having relatives attempt to pitch sketch, stand-up or series ideas that are completely unusable. Well, Will Forte has found a use for them. I'd bet that Hannah Einbinder could rack up a dozen more…...
Here's Why These Influencers Are Beefing With A Los Angeles Comedy Club
4+ week, 2+ day ago (338+ words) The average would-be comedian's first attempt at performing stand-up comedy usually ends with them bombing. The Kalogeras Sisters' first open mic allegedly ended in bomb threats. The Kalogeras Sisters were openly displeased with the event, and they chastised the audience…...
Kam Patterson Says That 'Saturday Night Live' is "Not for Me" in 'Kill Tony' Performance
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (455+ words) Lorne Michaels probably thought that he would finally get the right-wing comedy scene to watch Saturday Night Live'when he cast Kam Patterson, but now they're just laughing at'SNL'instead of with it. During his performance in the recently released Netflix special…...
Tina Fey Predicted the Biggest Comedy Podcasting Controversy of 2026
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (314+ words) We're not even two weeks into the year and we already have the social media firestorm that will probably define non-Manosphere comedy podcasting in 2026, and Liz Lemon saw it coming. "Any time a politician is making it too obviously about…...
Right-Wingers Predictably Misinterpreted Conan O’Brien’s Take on Anti-Trump Comedy
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (593+ words) Right-Wingers Predictably Misinterpreted Conan O'Brien's Take on Anti-Trump Comedy'Cracked.com Right-Wingers Predictably Misinterpreted Conan O'Brien's Take on Anti-Trump Comedy Conan O'Brien wants left-leaning comedians to keep their cool when it comes to President Donald Trump and resist the urge to…...
Josh Weinstein Says This Classic ‘Simpsons’ Cliffhanger Has No Punchline
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (221+ words) Josh Weinstein Says This Classic "Simpsons" Cliffhanger Has No Punchline'Cracked.com No matter how much they bother the writers, Simpsons fans will never know what Bart said to Mabel back in 1997, because he didn"t actually have anything to say....