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TV Comedies

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2012

    Tonight: Meet Us In the Ladies Room (On Indie-Verse)

    The fine folks over at Indie-Verse had a severe lapse in judgment and offered myself, Mixmaster editor Jamie Laughlin and The Overserved columnist Deb Doing Dallas a weekly radio show, which will air on Friday evenings. It's called The Ladies Room, and we will serve as your guide to the weekend, off ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 19, 2012

    Opposites Attract

    The fine folks over at Indie-Verse had a severe lapse in judgment and offered myself, Mixmaster editor Jamie Laughlin and The Overserved columnist Deb Doing Dallas a weekly radio show, which will air on Friday evenings. It's called The Ladies Room, and we will serve as your guide to the weekend, off ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 29, 2012

    It's Good to Be King

    The fine folks over at Indie-Verse had a severe lapse in judgment and offered myself, Mixmaster editor Jamie Laughlin and The Overserved columnist Deb Doing Dallas a weekly radio show, which will air on Friday evenings. It's called The Ladies Room, and we will serve as your guide to the weekend, off ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2011

    Bill Hader as Rick Perry: "I'd Be Such a Good President If There Wasn't Talking Involved"

    Pretty lackluster episode of Saturday Night Live last night -- and no, that isn't a cue for you to go on about how the show hasn't been worth watching since (insert whatever era during which you first saw the show). It's been strong lately, a nice mix of "funny ha-ha" and "funny weird," as comedy ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 30, 2011

    It's Time For A Full Mooney

    Pretty lackluster episode of Saturday Night Live last night -- and no, that isn't a cue for you to go on about how the show hasn't been worth watching since (insert whatever era during which you first saw the show). It's been strong lately, a nice mix of "funny ha-ha" and "funny weird," as comedy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    The Problem With... Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night"

    I'm starting to think the whole '80s retro thing has run its course. We've seen plenty of it in recent memory, and now Katy Perry's latest single "Last Friday Night" is the latest attempt to pull at your nostalgic side -- while referencing, of course, to the ABC sitcom block T.G.I.F.  Ugh. So. ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 28, 2011

    LaughenStuff

    I'm starting to think the whole '80s retro thing has run its course. We've seen plenty of it in recent memory, and now Katy Perry's latest single "Last Friday Night" is the latest attempt to pull at your nostalgic side -- while referencing, of course, to the ABC sitcom block T.G.I.F.  Ugh. So. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    State Rep. Johnson Would Like Gov. Perry to Go Get Some of That Federal Small-Bidness Money

    ​On the other side's a letter state Rep. Eric Johnson sent Governor Rick Perry yesterday, in which the District 100 representative asks Perry to apply for federal funds intended to "provide critical resources to help small businesses continue to drive economic recovery and create jobs." That's per ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 9, 2010

    Suds and Laughs

    ​On the other side's a letter state Rep. Eric Johnson sent Governor Rick Perry yesterday, in which the District 100 representative asks Perry to apply for federal funds intended to "provide critical resources to help small businesses continue to drive economic recovery and create jobs." That's per ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    Jon Stewart Doesn't Like Joe Barton, and He's Not Impressed With Rex Tillerson Either

    ​No doubt by now you've heard all about Rep. Joe Barton of Arlington telling BP chief exec Tony Hayward how sorry he is -- how so so so so so sorry he is -- that President Obama shook him down for a $20 billion "slush fund." And by slush fund, he meant dough to be doled out to those in the Gulf Co ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 20, 2010

    Beat It, Purple Rain

    ​No doubt by now you've heard all about Rep. Joe Barton of Arlington telling BP chief exec Tony Hayward how sorry he is -- how so so so so so sorry he is -- that President Obama shook him down for a $20 billion "slush fund." And by slush fund, he meant dough to be doled out to those in the Gulf Co ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 1, 2010

    Snaps For Finesse

    ​No doubt by now you've heard all about Rep. Joe Barton of Arlington telling BP chief exec Tony Hayward how sorry he is -- how so so so so so sorry he is -- that President Obama shook him down for a $20 billion "slush fund." And by slush fund, he meant dough to be doled out to those in the Gulf Co ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 7, 2010

    Be Klein, Rewind

    ​No doubt by now you've heard all about Rep. Joe Barton of Arlington telling BP chief exec Tony Hayward how sorry he is -- how so so so so so sorry he is -- that President Obama shook him down for a $20 billion "slush fund." And by slush fund, he meant dough to be doled out to those in the Gulf Co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2009

    The Daily Show Gets Motivated With Dubya; The Rachel Maddow Show Visits The Lodge

    Megan, of course, attended George W. Bush's coming-out as a motivational speaker Monday at the Fort Worth Convention Center; we've also got the slide show to prove it. Last night on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart weighed in; the Star-Telegram's reporting on the Get Motivated! founders gets a brief shou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    If The Drummer In The Background Looks Familiar, It's Because He Should.

    Wait till right around the one-minute mark in the above clip and you'll catch a familiar face backing Regina Spektor during her Saturday Night Live performance from this weekend: Denton-based Midlake and Fieros drummer McKenzie Smith. Neat-o!

  • Calendar

    September 24, 2009

    Bill of Laughs

    Wait till right around the one-minute mark in the above clip and you'll catch a familiar face backing Regina Spektor during her Saturday Night Live performance from this weekend: Denton-based Midlake and Fieros drummer McKenzie Smith. Neat-o!

  • Calendar

    September 24, 2009

    We Spy A Chevy

    Wait till right around the one-minute mark in the above clip and you'll catch a familiar face backing Regina Spektor during her Saturday Night Live performance from this weekend: Denton-based Midlake and Fieros drummer McKenzie Smith. Neat-o!

  • Music

    August 13, 2009

    Mos Def

    Tuesday, August 18, at House of Blues

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2009

    This American Life's Ira Glass Points Toward the "Wide-Open" Future of Journalism

    Kimberly ThorpeThis American Life's Ira Glass signed books and DVDs for Mayborn'ers late into the night Saturday in Grapevine.​For Ira Glass, the 50-year-old host of Chicago Public Radio's This American Life, doing radio is like talking on the phone to somebody late at night. "There's an intimacy ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 16, 2009

    Full Mooney

    Kimberly ThorpeThis American Life's Ira Glass signed books and DVDs for Mayborn'ers late into the night Saturday in Grapevine.​For Ira Glass, the 50-year-old host of Chicago Public Radio's This American Life, doing radio is like talking on the phone to somebody late at night. "There's an intimacy ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 26, 2009

    Dirty Work

    Pablo works in his "blue period"

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    Stephen Colbert (Ahem) Supports (Wink Wink) Pete Sessions's "Insurgency" Remarks

    Last week, Rep. Pete Sessions had to be interrupted by an aide during an interview with the National Journal when he just couldn't stop putting the words "insurgency," "Republican Party" and "Taliban" in the same sentences. Which is how Sessions, makin' the 32nd District proud, wound up as the subje ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 22, 2009

    Family Affair

    Tony Rock plays the Improv

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2008

    Oh, And Tonight's Ice Cube Show? Canceled.

      Hope you watched Barbershop on Comedy Central this afternoon (no joke, it just finished up a few minutes ago), as that's the closest you'll get to seeing Ice Cube today. The Prophet Bar's Web site is now reporting that the show has been canceled. No word yet on any reschedules. --Pete Freedm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2008

    Live from a Dallas Private School, It's ... Barack Obama on SNL? Maybe.

    Wyatt Cenac as Barack Obama Tina Brown's Daily Beast reports that four contenders are in the running to oust Fred Armisen as Saturday Night Live's Barack Obama -- and two of them, heyheyhey, happen to be Dallas private schools graduates. One we introduced back in June, when Jesuit College Prepara ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 9, 2008

    Blue By Them

    Wyatt Cenac as Barack Obama Tina Brown's Daily Beast reports that four contenders are in the running to oust Fred Armisen as Saturday Night Live's Barack Obama -- and two of them, heyheyhey, happen to be Dallas private schools graduates. One we introduced back in June, when Jesuit College Prepara ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2008

    So, What Did I Miss?

    Wyatt Cenac as Barack Obama Tina Brown's Daily Beast reports that four contenders are in the running to oust Fred Armisen as Saturday Night Live's Barack Obama -- and two of them, heyheyhey, happen to be Dallas private schools graduates. One we introduced back in June, when Jesuit College Prepara ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 17, 2008

    Mr. Minimal

    Wyatt Cenac as Barack Obama Tina Brown's Daily Beast reports that four contenders are in the running to oust Fred Armisen as Saturday Night Live's Barack Obama -- and two of them, heyheyhey, happen to be Dallas private schools graduates. One we introduced back in June, when Jesuit College Prepara ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2008

    The Flavor of Terrell Owens

    Wyatt Cenac as Barack Obama Tina Brown's Daily Beast reports that four contenders are in the running to oust Fred Armisen as Saturday Night Live's Barack Obama -- and two of them, heyheyhey, happen to be Dallas private schools graduates. One we introduced back in June, when Jesuit College Prepara ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 13, 2008

    Two-Death Minimum

    Solve a mystery at the Improv

  • Calendar

    January 17, 2008

    Big Bad Bill

    Please don't boo Mr. Burr

  • Home Entertainment

    November 29, 2007

    Touch of Evel

    Please don't boo Mr. Burr

  • Calendar

    October 11, 2007

    Lady Laughsalot

    Please don't boo Mr. Burr

  • Home Entertainment

    September 6, 2007

    Seasons in the Sun

    Please don't boo Mr. Burr

  • Calendar

    January 25, 2007

    Fort Worth Curves

    Please don't boo Mr. Burr

  • Calendar

    December 28, 2006

    Just for Laughs

    Burghart brings the funny

  • Calendar

    December 7, 2006

    Holiday Haggis

    Burghart brings the funny

  • Calendar

    November 30, 2006

    Coop in the House

    Mark Curry visits Addison

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2006

    So Very Beck-cellent!

    Mark Curry visits Addison

  • Calendar

    October 12, 2006

    Press Time

    Mark Curry visits Addison

  • Calendar

    March 9, 2006

    Burr-ly Man

    This stand-up gets some hearty laughs

  • Calendar

    September 4, 2003

    Paint it Black

    Black is back

  • Culture

    March 8, 2001

    Good Cop, Bad Cop

    Denis Leary is on The Job, but can ABC find him an audience?

  • Culture

    February 3, 2000

    Girls, girls, girls

    The Kids (in the Hall) are still quite all right

  • News

    December 17, 1998

    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

  • Film

    April 11, 1996

    Kid in a Candy store

    Brain Candy's Scott Thompson charts the strange evolution of the Kids in the Hall

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