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Richard Simmons had a long and memorable history with David Letterman, dating back to the early 1990s. The fitness guru always suspected he was one of...
Rumors that Robin Williams stole jokes have persisted for decades, and his fellow comedians have continued to share stories about his alleged theft as...
NewsRadio debuted on NBC on March 21, 1995. The popular comedy series ran for five seasons and centered around news director Dave Nelson (Dave Foley)...
In 1968, Richard Pryor set out to write his first movie, which changed titles several times during production. At different points, it was known as...
“Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugarhill Gang is widely considered to be the first commercially successful rap record. Released in 1979, the hit...
A question can be an essential part of setting up a joke. A good enough one can sometimes even work as the punchline on its own, or at least in the...
Comedy Central has produced 22 celebrity roasts, which used to air on an almost annual basis up until the year before the pandemic. Among the big...
Before Chris Farley made his film debut in 1992’s Wayne’s World, he had an opportunity to appear in another beloved early ‘90s comedy: Home...
During a 2017 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Jay Leno shared a heartwarming story about visiting Rodney Dangerfield on his...
No matter what he does at this stage in his career, Jerry Seinfeld will forever be remembered as the comedian who started many of his jokes off by...
Despite being a commercial success, 2004’s Garfield: The Movie was by no means critically acclaimed. On the day of the film’s release, Chris...
Some of the visitors of Universal Studios Hollywood got a little more bang for their buck than they were probably expecting while taking the...
Unlike many of his contemporaries, Eddie Murphy never got into drugs or alcohol. In fact, according to him, he’s only ever drank twice in his life....
Bill Maher has gotten into plenty of heated debates in the 30 years that he’s been on television—just ask Ben Affleck, who went viral after...
Bad Boys was initially scheduled to start shooting in February 1993. At that stage, the film was a Disney production and had undergone several...
In the early ‘80s, a young Martin Short got the thrill of a lifetime—temporarily, at least—when he found himself seated behind I Love Lucy star...
The comedy world breeds just as many bitter rivalries as the rest of the entertainment universe. Some are minor and may be resolved in time, while...
The Monty Python troupe made their first foray into filmmaking with 1971’s And Now for Something Completely Different. Intended to introduce the...
Comedians from the early days of movies and television weren’t as prudish as people would have you believe. We’ve even touched on the fact that a...
As hard as it may be to believe, John Candy only hosted Saturday Night Live one time in his career. Despite working with a number of SNL cast members...
Although George Carlin was known for roasting anyone and anything he saw fit during his stand-up act, he wasn’t exactly what you’d consider a...
Seinfeld welcomed many guest stars throughout its nine-season run on NBC. Most of them, however, weren’t household names, nor would they go on to be...
For filmmakers Peter and Bobby Farrelly, getting their first movie off the ground was quite a process. It all began with Planes, Trains, and...
Dating advice has convinced many of us that there’s a single, correct version of attractive. It pushes people toward extremes and then acts shocked...
On August 24, 2004, Rodney Dangerfield underwent heart valve replacement surgery at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. When asked beforehand how long...
The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins star Tracy Morgan will be the first one to tell you that his name is a little unusual. In his 2009 autobiography,...
In 2008, Dr. Paul McDonald, the senior lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton’s School of Humanities, Languages, and Social Sciences in the UK,...
When Kevin Smith’s Clerks was first screened in a nearly-empty theater at the Independent Feature Film Market in 1993, the few people in attendance...
On the January 14, 1995 episode of Saturday Night Live, Adam Sandler and Jay Mohr appeared in a fake commercial for Aerosmith’s Greatest Hits....
When it was first announced that the Harry Potter books were being adapted into films, a number of Hollywood actors expressed interest in being...
If there’s one comedian whose name will forever be associated with O.J. Simpson, it’s Norm Macdonald. After Simpson was acquitted for the murders...
Before landing the role of Walter White on the hit AMC crime drama Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston was best known to TV audiences as Hal, the quirky...
When screenwriter Dale Launer first came up with the idea for My Cousin Vinny, he drew inspiration for the film’s titular character from stand-up...
In 2021, James Gunn revealed that Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind writer Charlie Kaufman once pitched a dark movie...
If you’ve ever asked yourself, “Am I the only one who doesn’t find such-and-such comedian funny?” you might be in good company. For every...
The Simpsons wrapped up its landmark 37th season this past Sunday (February 15), with the long-running animated series having aired over 800 episodes...
When it comes to movies that people think couldn’t be made today, Blazing Saddles is usually at the top of the list. Between its liberal use of...
The first sequel to 1999’s American Pie—appropriately titled American Pie 2—went into production 25 years ago this month. Returning for the...
Mike Judge’s Office Space landed in theaters on February 19, 1999, and…wasn’t a box-office hit. We know a lot of you love it, but where were you...
If you were a nightclub comic at any point between the 1930s and the 1960s, chances are you performed at a venue owned by the Mob. It didn’t matter...
During a recent episode of his Really? no, Really? In a podcast, Jason Alexander talked about some of the people who were considered to play George...
The first Hooters restaurant opened its doors in Clearwater, Florida, on October 4, 1983. The idea was conceived by six friends with no experience in...
Eddie Murphy’s four-year run on Saturday Night Live in the early 1980s literally saved the show from cancellation. During that time, the...
Jamie Foxx proved that he was more than just a comedic actor with his multifaceted performance as quarterback Willie Beamen in Oliver Stone’s 1999...
In 2018, Charlie Day told TheWrap that he hoped It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia would make it to Season 15 so that the show could finally reach a...
James L. Brooks’s 1983 dramedy Terms of Endearment explores the complex relationship between Aurora Greenway (Shirley MacLaine) and her rebellious...
Entertainers across the board have been given funny nicknames, and comedians, of course, are no exception. Some are pretty on-the-nose and don’t...
Gilligan’s Island made its debut on CBS on September 26, 1964. The iconic sitcom starred Alan Hale Jr. as Skipper Jonas Grumby and Bob Denver as his...
Much has been written about Abraham Lincoln in the 160 years since his death. Most of us know that he was a tall man with a beard who often wore a...
In case it slipped your mind, Valentine’s Day is upon us once again. You know, that time of year that you show your significant other how much you...
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