TV Comedies

The Daily Show Teaches Dallas Immigration Marchers How to Really Celebrate Cinco de Mayo

On Sunday, The Daily Show's Jessica Williams donned a novelty sombrero and festive pink dress and came to Dallas in search of an authentic Cinco de Mayo fiesta. What she found instead was a few thousand disappointingly sober people gathered downtown to march for immigration rights. Instead of drunk ... More >>

At the Rose Room, Re-Designing Women Puts Men in Dresses and the Audience in Stitches

In Defense of New Girl (Hear Us Out...)

Melissa McCarthy Is Not Your Best Friend Anymore

Jessica Simpson's TV Show Means She's Finally Famous for Being Famous for Being Famous

Jessica Simpson's TV show--that is, her new TV show, a sitcom set to air on NBC--is going to be about her life as a celebrity. You should immediately be able to spot the problem, here: Her life as a celebrity is already about her life as a celebrity. The first 22 episodes are going to be board-room ... More >>

Jon Stewart on What Really Killed the Twinkie

The Daily Show with Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cThe Employees Strike Back - Twinkie's Endwww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical Humor & Satire BlogThe Daily Show on Facebook On The Daily Show last night, Jon Stewart took on Hostess, finally providing the definitive postmortem on ... More >>

Next Fall and Tigers Be Still Have Issues (Bring Tissues)

Don McLeroy, Noted Texas Creationist, Braved the Colbert Report Last Night

The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive It's one of those interviews that probably would've worked better a half hour earlier on the Daily Show, since Colbert can't quite accomplish what he wants to question-wise and still let his charac ... More >>

A Family Affair

Double Your Funny, Guaranteed

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.)

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 >>

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 >>

Soon to Have a Cult Following

A Piping Hot Cup of Tig

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 >>

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 >>

The British One

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Mr. Important

Blue Mooney

Flightless

In The Weeds

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 >>

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 >>

Flight of the Conchords, Eugene Mirman

Tuesday, May 5, at Nokia Theatre, Grand Prairie

Mo Money

Rocca brings the laughs for a good cause

Character Actor

Tracy Morgan plays a different role

Mom Likes Them Best

Life on the edge, 1960s style

David Finfrock and Mother Nature Ruined My Must-See TV

Crazy Kids

See the legends of Canadian comedy live

WFAA: To Catch a Peabody

Revenge of the Nerd

Friedlander wows the Improv

Game, Blouses

Charlie Murphy visits the Addison Improv

Seasoned Premiere

See Desperate Housewives at Firehouse

Of Thee I Sing

MCMC takes a hard look at Iraq

Our top DVD picks for the week of May 23.

Mother's Day Comes Early

Kodachrome

LBM sings in full color

Beanertown

Friends in Need

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Black's Back

Lewis Black brings his routine back to Texas

School's In

There's Strangers, then there are its strange fans

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

'Toon Man

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