Let's Discuss This Creepiness

The pilot episode of Community, starring Joel McHale, Chevy Chase, and Donald Glover is now on-line! You can watch it! The preview looked good! That Breakfast Club joke is probably a little awkward now, admittedly! Who knows?!... CONTINUE READING LET'S DISCUSS THIS CREEPINESS»

Posted on August 11, 2009 in New TV Shows (15 comments)
Tags: Chevy Chase | Community | Donald Glover | Joel McHale

The Informant! Sure Got Wacky And Fat All Of A Sudden

The Informant trailer, you guys: Huh. I actually read The Informant, Kurt Eichenwald's account of Mark Whitacre's enthusiastic participation in a covert FBI investigation into Archer Daniels Midland (supermarket to the world). I read it after hearing a really good... CONTINUE READING THE INFORMANT! SURE GOT WACKY AND FAT ALL OF A SUDDEN»

Community Actually Does Look Fantastic

NBC announced today that they're picking up the Joel McHale/Chevy Chase/John Oliver comedy Community, about a sleazy lawyer forced to go back to community college, and they released this new long trailer for it, in which it looks, in a... CONTINUE READING COMMUNITY ACTUALLY DOES LOOK FANTASTIC»

Posted on May 4, 2009 in New TV Shows, Sitcoms (28 comments)
Tags: Chevy Chase | Community | Donald Glover | Joel McHale | John Oliver

Stains "The Zombie Dog" Is Going To Be Dog-Famous

As an apology for perpetuating that dreadful cats-as-shark-bait conspiracy earlier, I present (well The Soup presents) Stains, the dog who will steal your heart, but not your cupcakes. Because he's in a trance: As a Soup watcher, I'm pretty sure... CONTINUE READING STAINS "THE ZOMBIE DOG" IS GOING TO BE DOG-FAMOUS»

Joel McHale's Evil Genius Son Says The Darndest Things

Judging from this interview on Conan last night, Joel McHale's 3-year-old son Eddie is on the fast track to turning The Soup into a McHale dynasty, with his un-PC quips about little people ("What is THAT?") and his own baby... CONTINUE READING JOEL MCHALE'S EVIL GENIUS SON SAYS THE DARNDEST THINGS»

Posted on December 10, 2008 in Interviews, Late Night (7 comments)
Tags: Conan O'Brien | Joel McHale

Matt Lauer To RFK, Jr.: "How's Your Dad Doing?"

It's hard to keep the Kennedys straight. They all look alike! But Robert F. Kennedy is the second most famous dead Kennedy, so when Matt Lauer, aka, "The smart one," interviewed his son Robert last week on The Today Show... CONTINUE READING MATT LAUER TO RFK, JR.: "HOW'S YOUR DAD DOING?"»

Posted on October 7, 2008 in Awkward Live TV, Morning Zoo (2 comments)
Tags: Coachella | Joel McHale | Matt Lauer | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | The Soup

Pick A Side: Anderson Cooper Vs. David Blaine

Just kidding, we're all on the same side, here. Anderson Cooper, who has lately found the confidence to voice his opinions about such uncontroversial subjects as Living Lohan, once again used his status as America's Dream BFF by speaking out... CONTINUE READING PICK A SIDE: ANDERSON COOPER VS. DAVID BLAINE»

Posted on September 29, 2008 in Feuds (3 comments)
Tags: Anderson Cooper | David Blaine | Joel McHale | The Soup

Keith Olbermann Goes On The Soup To Bash Brooke Hogan

On Friday, Keith Olbermann provided evidence that he's heard of Brooke Hogan in the only medium it's acceptable to do so: while on The Soup: (I will now go back to pretending not to know who Brooke Hogan is.)... CONTINUE READING KEITH OLBERMANN GOES ON THE SOUP TO BASH BROOKE HOGAN»

Posted on July 28, 2008 (1 comments)
Tags: Brooke Hogan | Joel McHale | Keith Olbermann | The Soup

Joel McHale Is Getting Famouser And Famouser

The August issue of Details has a nice profile of Joel McHale, who opens up in his "thinking woman's hearthrob" way about his aspirations as a serious actor, what it's like to balance his job hosting The Soup with being... CONTINUE READING JOEL MCHALE IS GETTING FAMOUSER AND FAMOUSER»

Posted on July 15, 2008 in Cute As Balls, Daytime Talk Shows (3 comments)
Tags: Joel McHale | The Soup

Joel McHale's Tyra-Taunting Is Getting A Little Suspicious

The Soup's unspeakably wonderful Joel McHale continues to insult Tyra Banks in every interview he does. Joel spoke at a film critics' meeting yesterday, whatever that is, and was at it again, poking at Tyra like it's a long-term plan... CONTINUE READING JOEL MCHALE'S TYRA-TAUNTING IS GETTING A LITTLE SUSPICIOUS»

Posted on July 9, 2008 in Daytime Talk Shows, Feuds (3 comments)
Tags: Joel McHale | Tyra Banks

Joel McHale Is My Boyfriend

Here's Joel on Craig Ferguson the other night, calling the Sex And The City movie "The Golden Girls Movie", and talking about his new movie with Matt Damon. And he's my boyfriend: Kristin Davis needs to stop flirting with him.... CONTINUE READING JOEL MCHALE IS MY BOYFRIEND»

Posted on June 5, 2008 in Late Night (3 comments)
Tags: Craig Ferguson | Joel McHale | Kristin Davis

Nevermind, Joel McHale Of The Soup Is Still Our Best Cultural Critic

Yesterday I complained that The Soup hasn't been as good lately. I must have just been grumpy about having to make that Survivor audition tape for Double Dog, because today's wonderfully comprehensive interview with Joel McHale on the A/V Club... CONTINUE READING NEVERMIND, JOEL MCHALE OF THE SOUP IS STILL OUR BEST CULTURAL CRITIC»

Posted on June 4, 2008 in Interviews (2 comments)
Tags: Joel McHale | My Super Sweet 16 | The Soup | Tyra Banks

The Soup Pits Dancing Boy Against Dancing Girl In A Battle They Will Never Know About

Is it still okay to like The Soup? I keep telling people I love it, and then those same people end up at my house one day and I show it to them and it's an episode with absolutely no... CONTINUE READING THE SOUP PITS DANCING BOY AGAINST DANCING GIRL IN A BATTLE THEY WILL NEVER KNOW ABOUT»

Posted on June 2, 2008 in Feuds (5 comments)
Tags: Joel McHale | Julia | Seth | The Soup

Joel McHale Watches Nothing But The Hills For 30 Days

Inspired by Super High Me, the new movie in which Doug Benson stays high for 30 days, and, of course, Morgan Spurlock's Supersize Me, The Soup's dreamboat Joel McHale dares to ask: "Could a person survive watching The Hills for... CONTINUE READING JOEL MCHALE WATCHES NOTHING BUT THE HILLS FOR 30 DAYS»

Posted on April 28, 2008 (2 comments)
Tags: Joel McHale | The Hills | The Soup