TV Comedies

Mother's Day Comes Early

WFAA: To Catch a Peabody

David Finfrock and Mother Nature Ruined My Must-See TV

Tonight on The Daily Show, Jesuit Grad Wyatt Cenac Becomes Part of "The Best F*&#ing News Team Ever"

Words To Live By...

"Why is cheese delicious on Italian food, but when you melt it on Chinese food, it's disgusting?" (Jason Jones, The Daily Show)

'Toon Man

Robert Smigel is the hottest animator you've never heard of

Joe Bob in Bloom

John Bloom has taken his alter ego, Joe Bob Briggs, and gone Hollywood. But watching America's favorite drive-in movie critic on television these days, a new character is emerging: John Bloom himself

Character Actor

Tracy Morgan plays a different role

Mom Likes Them Best

Life on the edge, 1960s style

Crazy Kids

See the legends of Canadian comedy live

School's In

There's Strangers, then there are its strange fans

¡Ask a Mexican!

There's Strangers, then there are its strange fans

Mo Money

Rocca brings the laughs for a good cause

Beanertown

Rocca brings the laughs for a good cause

Kodachrome

LBM sings in full color

Of Thee I Sing

MCMC takes a hard look at Iraq

Seasoned Premiere

See Desperate Housewives at Firehouse

Game, Blouses

Charlie Murphy visits the Addison Improv

Revenge of the Nerd

Friedlander wows the Improv

Our top DVD picks for the week of May 23.

Friedlander wows the Improv

Friends in Need

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Black's Back

Lewis Black brings his routine back to Texas

Rescue 9/11

This year, a handful of shows provided the healing power of laughter

It's a Black thing

Lewis Black is the smart guy as smart-ass

Live from New York?

Saturday Night Live and DreamWorks Records team up for two not-ready-for-prime-time compilations

Flight of the Conchords, Eugene Mirman

Tuesday, May 5, at Nokia Theatre, Grand Prairie

Rhett Miller Prepares To Not Watch Himself On 30 Rock On Thursday Night (Kinda).

The cover of Miller's upcoming solo disc. (Post updated at 4:34 p.m...see after jump)There's a lot of interesting things you can learn while following Rhett Miller on his Twitter account. For instance, a few weeks back, Miller said it was likely that the summer's upcoming Old 97's tour is goin ... More >>

Elvis Costello

Secret, Profane & Sugarcane (Hear)

Veggie Guy: Cereal Bar

​"Little boxes on a hillside, little boxes made of ticky-tacky, little boxes, little..." Okay, okay--I'll stop. But doesn't The Colony remind you of that town Agrestic from the show Weeds? Well, maybe not quite as affluent. And there definitely aren't any hills to speak of. But the houses all loo ... More >>

In The Weeds

​"Little boxes on a hillside, little boxes made of ticky-tacky, little boxes, little..." Okay, okay--I'll stop. But doesn't The Colony remind you of that town Agrestic from the show Weeds? Well, maybe not quite as affluent. And there definitely aren't any hills to speak of. But the houses all loo ... More >>

Flightless

​"Little boxes on a hillside, little boxes made of ticky-tacky, little boxes, little..." Okay, okay--I'll stop. But doesn't The Colony remind you of that town Agrestic from the show Weeds? Well, maybe not quite as affluent. And there definitely aren't any hills to speak of. But the houses all loo ... More >>

The Daily Show Sends Jason Jones to Get to the Bottom of Dallas Gay Divorce Case

Peter Schulte and the petitioner still known as J.B. on The Daily Show last night ... but what is it about that vase ...?​No doubt you recall the October ruling from Judge Tena Callahan of Dallas County's 302nd Family District Court, who said there was no good reason for the courts not to consider ... More >>

Blue Mooney

Peter Schulte and the petitioner still known as J.B. on The Daily Show last night ... but what is it about that vase ...?​No doubt you recall the October ruling from Judge Tena Callahan of Dallas County's 302nd Family District Court, who said there was no good reason for the courts not to consider ... More >>

Mr. Important

Peter Schulte and the petitioner still known as J.B. on The Daily Show last night ... but what is it about that vase ...?​No doubt you recall the October ruling from Judge Tena Callahan of Dallas County's 302nd Family District Court, who said there was no good reason for the courts not to consider ... More >>

Mark Cuban Selects the Hottest Girl in America. Sort Of.

​Had a day off from 105.3 The Fan Wednesday (thank you, Texas Rangers) so - in between writing a Dallas Cowboys-centric Observer cover story that will hit stands September 2 - I caught up on some Tivo. Daily Show = Good. Entourage = Better. True Blood: More better. Family Guy = Best. The ... More >>

Heads Up, Park Cities: Good Christian Bitches, Still Sans New Title, Is Headed to ABC

​That's the just-posted, very-latest exclusive from Deadline Hollywood, which earlier brought news that several networks were vying for Sex and the City creator Darren Star's adaptation of Kim Gatlin's semi(?)fictional tome about the Park Cities. Reports Nellie Andreeva:I hear ABC's new chief Paul ... More >>

Don't Mince Words, Jon Stewart. How Do You Really Feel About Downtown-Based AT&T?

​Verizon announced yesterday that beginning next month, it too will offer service via the iPhone -- thus ending iPhone users' long national nightmare known as AT&T exclusivity. Jon Stewart's so excited by the news he used some seven minutes at the top of last night's Daily Show  to celebr ... More >>

Jon Stewart Spends 22 Minutes With T. Boone Pickens, "The Wilt Chamberlain of Fracking"

​Speaking of vehicles powered by compressed natural gas ...Mayor Tom Leppert was deeply involved in the Dallas Area Rapid Transit board's decision (after much debate and delay) to spend $210 million to convert its liquefied natural gas and clean diesel bus fleet to CNG. Mayor Tom was also deeply i ... More >>

In TV Series News: Dallas Is Coming to Look at Dallas. And: ABC Gives Bitches an Order.

Patrick MichelsLarry Hagman, Patrick Duffy and Linda Gray at Southfork Ranch at the Dallas reunion in November '08​The teevee networks, major and minor and cable and otherwise, are starting to slow-roll-out their next-season pilots. And two, very specifically, affect Dallas -- which would love to ... More >>

The British One

Patrick MichelsLarry Hagman, Patrick Duffy and Linda Gray at Southfork Ranch at the Dallas reunion in November '08​The teevee networks, major and minor and cable and otherwise, are starting to slow-roll-out their next-season pilots. And two, very specifically, affect Dallas -- which would love to ... More >>

Really, We Have to Wait a Whole Year Till Modern Family Cast Comes to Brinker Forum?

Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet will be at the Winspear in April​Mixmaster Merritt has posted the lineup for next season's TITAS performances, which will be spread across the Winspear and Wyly beginning September 1. Here, we bring you the roster for next season's Brinker Inte ... More >>

Burn Bans Force Colbert to Mess With Texas

The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video ArchiveOn Tuesday, you'll recall, Dallas County went under a 90-day outdoor-burn ban, which includes shootin' off fireworks within the city limits. Violators will be popped with a class-C misdemeanor tic ... More >>

Jon Stewart Joke About Rick Perry's Origin Story Sets Up Wayne Slater's Punch Line

​Speaking of Rick Perry video round-ups ...On the other side you'll find two clips. First up is last night's Daily Show, in which Jon Stewart dissects the Texas governor's entry into the presidential race over the weekend. Stewart, like Gawker, "confuses" Perry with Josh Brolin in W. But, look, sa ... More >>

A Piping Hot Cup of Tig

​Speaking of Rick Perry video round-ups ...On the other side you'll find two clips. First up is last night's Daily Show, in which Jon Stewart dissects the Texas governor's entry into the presidential race over the weekend. Stewart, like Gawker, "confuses" Perry with Josh Brolin in W. But, look, sa ... More >>

Soon to Have a Cult Following

​Speaking of Rick Perry video round-ups ...On the other side you'll find two clips. First up is last night's Daily Show, in which Jon Stewart dissects the Texas governor's entry into the presidential race over the weekend. Stewart, like Gawker, "confuses" Perry with Josh Brolin in W. But, look, sa ... More >>

This Morning's Video Wake-Up with Leppert, Jeffress, Perry, Olbermann and Jon Stewart

​Last night, in the comments below, a Friend of Unfair Park mentioned that Tom Leppert made Keith Olbermann's "Worst Persons in the World" round-up for his End Occupy website. Sure enough -- finally, some national pub for the former Dallas mayor and candidate for U.S. Senate, for whom a crazy-left ... More >>

This Morning's Video Wake-Up Part II, Redux, the Sequel: Colbert Calls Out WFAA-Channel 8

​Several Friends of Unfair Park have pointed out, in the comments below and via email, that Stephen Colbert last night tackled the NBA lockout ... and, while he was at it, WFAA-Channel 8, for refusing to run his latest Super PAC ad in support of NBA owners working hard to save the basketball seaso ... More >>

Famed Producer and Musician Brian Eno Helps Build a 10,000-Year Clock in Texas

The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video ArchiveFor many who watched the interview with Brian Eno on the Colbert Report, there was interesting news about Eno's current project. No, it's not a reunion for Roxy Music, his band in the '70s, or pro ... More >>

Mario Batali and Jon Stewart Demonstrated How to Chew Food for Other People Last Night

On last night's Daily Show, John Stewart and Mario Batali schooled us on Super PACs in a way that will be forever seared in our minds. If my poli sci teacher used even an ounce of this type of imagery, who knows where I'd be now. (Working for a Super PAC, presumably.)

Double Your Funny, Guaranteed

On last night's Daily Show, John Stewart and Mario Batali schooled us on Super PACs in a way that will be forever seared in our minds. If my poli sci teacher used even an ounce of this type of imagery, who knows where I'd be now. (Working for a Super PAC, presumably.)