Happy 50th anniversary, Second City, the comedic birthplace of John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray, Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell and the best comedy troupe evah: John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Andrea Martin, Rick Moranis, Catherine O’Hara, Harold Ramis, Martin Short, Dave Thomas, and Eugene Levy, here spoofing Perry Como, the apparently chloroformed crooner, so he probably didn’t even feel the needling.

Recently named one of the best 20 comedians in Chicago by Comedy.com, Cameron Esposito will record her debut album Grab Them Aghast for Rooftop Comedy Productions. It’s going down in the Windy City’s Lincoln Lounge Dec. 3 and 4. Check out her site for updates.

Heavily tattooed comedian Marcus – best known for his high-profile appearance on the last season of Last Comic Standing – has made this hilarious video spoofing reality television.

Thank you, Onion News Network for existing. This news video about a tragic accident, in which the victim was not Fox News’ Glenn Beck made us smile… a lot.

The folks at Captain Morgan found a new way to sell booze: They’ve created a prank phone call generator, which you can use to prank your friends while drunk.

During the special Halloween edition of Today, allegedly drunk Ewoks spoiled an otherwise lame segment. Check out stupid Al Roker trying to maintain order.

Weezer makes fun of the Snuggie in this video and promotes their new album at the same time.

If you haven’t seen the web series Patrick Duffy and The Crab, you must. The Huffington Post reminded us how great it is this week when they posted this episode.

Dudes. Todd Barry is carting his ass around Texas, Toronto and New England bringing the finest damn stand-up available to the masses. Check out the details at his tour page. You can also download a tour poster here. Finally, Barry plays Carnegie Hall Nov. 5 with Ricky Gervais. Impressed yet, mofos?) The show’s sold out, so it’s not like you can do anything about it if you don’t already have tickets. We just enjoy typing.

Holy shit. This clip of Jimmy Kimmel one-upping Melissa Joan Hart made us squeal with delight.

Comedian Morgan Murphy performed at the first ever Bentzen Ball comedy festival in Washington DC last weekend. She also took a shit-ton of awesome photos while she was there. Here they are!

The folks at College Humor whipped out this video about manipulating one’s genitals. Yay!

In a Halloween-inspired Swiffer commercial spoof, Logo’s Big Gay Sketch Show paints a somewhat disturbing picture of the now-famous rejected mop.

If you’re in NYC, check out the comedy variety show Crime & Punishment every Tuesday at Cake Shop!

Barely Political, the folks behind the “Obama Girl” video, have made a music video tribute to trick-or-treaters. Warning: fake abs!

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