This is old (for like five duh reasons), but until someone sent this yesterday I had no idea that the late, lamented Mitch Hedberg, "The Other Bill Hicks Of The Internet," was on That '70s Show. And if I remember anything about That '70's Show, he must have written his own lines, too:
The definition of surreal: Mitch Hedberg and Ashton Kutcher interacting in any way.
Weird. Friday night, the Friar's Club had a surprise roast of noted comedian Matt Lauer, and even Tom Cruise showed up to make fun of him (using his own material!) This morning The Today Show aired some "highlights":
The actor also recounted a golf outing Lauer had with O.J. Simpson. "Matt said to O.J., 'If people have your memorabilia, go back and get the (stuff) back. People will love you for it.' "
And why why why couldn't they have shown this earth-shattering moment on TV:
Couric, Lauer's former TODAY co-host, suggested Cruise was threatened by Lauer. "He wants to be the only heterosexual man in the room who everyone thinks is gay," she said.
Apparently, Ann Curry's greatest fear is stand-up comedy, so in a bizarre morning show stunt, she did her first comedy set at Caroline's Comedy Club in front of an audience, and today they showed it on The Today Show. And she went blue! If you've always wanted to see Ann Curry imitate her Japanese mother telling her that men need sex and calling her a slut, wow is this your lucky day!
Promises are important, you guys. When you make a promise, you stick to it. Mostly that just means don't make stupid promises. We make very few promises at Videogum because we recognize that we spend most of our time disappointing people, why make it a contractual obligation to disappoint. But when we do make promises, as is the case with both the "Tracy Morgan Promise" and the "Louis C.K. Promise," promises to bring you the latest information and video footage of these two high caliber talents, those promises are set in stone. In blood. In stones covered in blood. The truest promise. And so it's always kind of a relief when we are able to simultaneously fulfill the promise and also bring you something that knocks it out of the park. The promise park. I need to shut up now.
Louis C.K. was on Conan last night and it is the eight funniest minutes of the day. Watch it. And then watch it some more. Watch this all day.
Thanks to tipster Randi, I learned today that the real Norm MacDonald is a new member of Facebook, and that he (or his Facebook Intern) is accepting friend requests from just any old person. Like me! Facebook friendship is a sacred circle of trust, and I don't want to compromise Norm's and my budding BFFhood by revealing too much of what I've learned about him from perusing his profile, but here are some things I've learned about him from perusing his profile.
I have to be honest, when I posted a clip from Louis C.K.'s upcoming stand up special, Chewed Up, airing on Showtime, October 4th, I didn't feel great about it. Sure, we made a Videogum promise to bring you anything Louis C.K. related AS IT HAPPENED, and I made good on that promise. But not only was the sound out of synch, I didn't even like the joke that much. That's a hard truth for me to put in my pipe and smoke as someone who thinks that Louis C.K. is the single best stand up comedian working today, but the tobacco of the matter is I just don't really care about how badly he feels the need to cum all the time. BUT SO, it is with great pleasure (ew) that I bring to you another clip from his upcoming stand up special, Chewed Up, airing on Showtime October 4th, because it reminds us that we weren't wrong when we took that solemn oath almost two and a half months ago.
In this clip from the latest College Humor live show, Neal Brennan, who was Dave Chappelle's writing partner on Chappelle's Show, describes a sketch they never got the chance to do on the show. He should go through his notes and put out an entire DVD of these, because nobody else is doing the kind of stuff that show did:
Via CC Insider's Matt Tobey, whose idea for a comedy version of Storytellers is at least as good as any of the new Comedy Central shows.
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