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Download Doug Benson’s new album “Hypocritical Oaf” for $3.99; today only

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Doug Benson

That’s right, comedy lovers. You read that right. For today only, you can download Doug Benson’s brand, spanking new album — his third — for $3.99. We’ve listened to the disc a few times already. If you’re a fan of Doug’s, you won’t be disappointed. New ground really isn’t the order of the day for Doug, but the man will make you laugh your ass off.

To check out the full thing, you need only click this link and start consuming. And tomorrow, on Punchline Magazine, we’ll be rolling out a new video interview with the man himself.


Super Troopers to release stand-up comedy DVD through Comedy Central

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Broken Lizard

Chances are if you’re on this site, you’ve seen Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter and Erik Stolhanske on the big or small screen making you piss your pants with laughter. But you know them by Broken Lizard, or maybe by “the dudes in Super Troopers and Beerfest (photo above).”

But you probably haven’t seen them perform stand-up. Well, it turns out the men recorded a night of live stand-up comedy at the El Rey theater in Los Angeles and are now set to release the results through Comedy Central; they’re calling it, fittingly: Broken Lizard: Stands Up.

It first airs on Comedy Central on Sept. 11 and will hit stores Sept. 14.

The disc promises more than 30 minutes of content not seen on the televised version of the show– 70 minutes in total. And hey, you can pre-order it right now. Just click the image below.


Comedian Dwayne Perkins stars in social networking pilot for Comedy Central

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Dwayne150It looks like Comedy Central might be taking a chance at a second show based around the Internet. It’s worked swimmingly so far for the network, with the monster success of Daniel Tosh’s Tosh.0, which, as you probably know, pokes fun at viral videos and the people who make them.

If this newest movement comes to fruition, comedian Dwayne Perkins will host a show — tentatively titled Dwaynebook — all about social networking. It’s in the pilot phase now, which means, there’s a good chance it won’t see the light of day. But if it does, TheWrap reports:

[Producer Matt] Schuler said “Dwaynebook” will differentiate itself from the competition with “traditional segments and sketches” featuring recurring characters who portray staffers on the show. “Dwaynebook’s” producers are currently looking to cast one of these roles, “Angela,” a sexy research assistant who was hired because of her looks and makes the rest of the show’s staff nervous.


Comedy Central’s Daniel Tosh breaks his own ratings record

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Daniel ToshComedy Central’s Tosh.0 keeps climbing up the ratings latter. On Wednesday the show reached a new high, bringing in 2.7 million viewers. This broke the old record Tosh set on July 7, the show raked in 2.4 million, displacing Chappelle’s Show as the most watched show on that network’s slot.

This, of course, proves that Tosh knows what people like– horrible accidents, spills, bodily fluids and pure human stupidity caught on film. People also like when Tosh makes fun of those things.

Last year before the show premiered Tosh’s friend, comedian Todd Glass in a “half serious, half joking” way, told Tosh why his show would never succeed. Hilarious!

Tosh.0
Video Blog – Todd Glass
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Comedy Central hits Israel in 2011

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Comedy CentralAt the start of next year, Comedy Central will debut its network in Israel, making it available to more than 1.3 million households.

According to the Hollywood Reporter: “The channel will broadcast a mix of international and local comedy programming; from timeless classics to the newest hit series, from sitcoms to stand up, from animation to sketch shows.”

Comedy Central is currently seen in nine other countries and commonwealths besides the U.S. They are: Poland, Hungary, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, Germany, Italy and the U.K.

One country you won’t soon see the network? China.


New Futurama tonight on Comedy Central; check out a preview

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In the latest Futurama episode, we learn that if you’re taking someone out to lunch, you should show up on time.

The ever-tardy Fry is late to Leela’s birthday lunch. Little does he know that she carried on with the meal without him. Check out a clip below and be sure to tune in tonight at 10 pm EST on Comedy Central.

Futurama Thursdays 10pm / 9c
Preview – Leela’s Birthday Lunch
www.comedycentral.com


Comedy Central’s bi-annual autism benefit returns

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Comedy Central and Jon Stewart’s Busboy Productions will join together again for their third bi-annual charity event Night Of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert For Autism Education.

The concert will be hosted again by Jon Stewart and will have appearances by comedians Lewis Black, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey, Ricky Gervais, Joel McHale, John Oliver, Chris Rock, and Sarah Silverman with many more to be announced. The show will be taped at the Beacon Theatre in New York City on Saturday, Oct. 2.

Tickets can be purchased starting Aug. 2 for the live event on TicketMaster.com. Night of Too Many Stars will air on Comedy Central Oct. 21, 9 pm ET and will include live wrap-arounds with Jon Stewart among others.

Let’s say we get a taste of what’s to come by looking a the past. Check out Ricky Gervais’ appearance on the last Night of Too Many Stars following by comedian Amy Schumer interviewing Sarah Silverman on the red carpet. Fun!

Night of Too Many Stars Sunday April 13, 2008
Ricky Gervais
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Night of Too Many Stars Sunday April 13, 2008
Red Carpet – Sarah Silverman
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David Hasselhoff holds puppies in latest Comedy Central roast video

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David Hasselhoff is at it again promoting is upcoming Comedy Central roast with a music video, “Do You Really Want to Hurt the Hoff.” The 30-second bit features the actor singing a cover of “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me” against a backdrop of a wild array of incongruous images referencing his roles throughout the decades. At the end he is holding two tiny dogs, which we guess is supposed to convince us not to hurt him/make him cry, but he’s being all coy about it, so we haven’t made up our minds yet.

Check out the video in all of its self-mocking glory below. The Roast of David Hasselhoff premieres Sunday, August 15th at 10 p.m EST.

The Roast of David Hasselhoff Sunday, August 15
Tease – Do You Really Want to Hurt Hoff?
www.comedycentral.com


First look at Nick Swardson’s Comedy Central sketch show

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With all the poor and starving people in the world isn’t it great when rich people like to leave all of their fortune to the family pet? Enter the world of the newest rich cat, Mr. Stitches!

But not all is right in this kitty’s world. His dead owner’s son, Edmond, boiled over with jealousy has run Stitches over with a car. Paralyzed from the waist down, Stitches is now confined to a wheelchair, but his powerful story is being told in the new hit reality show Wheelchair Cat: Trust Fund Kitty.

Well, no, actually he’s the star of a sketch in comedian Nick Swardson’s Comedy Central show, Nick Swardson’s Pretend Time, premiering Oct. 12.

If a slimy businessman version of Stephen Hawking in a cat’s body is just a small taste of Pretend Time, then who knows what other magnificent lands and alternate realities Swardson’s twisted imagination will take us next. Check it out.

Nick Swardson’s Pretend Time Tuesday, October 12
Preview – Wheelchair Cat
www.comedycentral.com


Futurama’s “Lethal Inspection” premieres tonight; watch a preview

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Nobody’s perfect. And Futurama is out to prove it.

In tonight’s new episode “Lethal Inspection” — 10 pm EST on Comedy Central — Bender boasts about being a flawless towering inferno of physical perfection. But after the gang puts on a war reenactment, Bender discovers he might not be so perfect after all when he wets his chair with an unspecified liquid.

Is it urine or oil? Only a taste test can solve it, so watch the clip and find out!

Futurama Thursdays 10pm / 9c
Bender’s Physical Perfection
www.comedycentral.com

And while you’re at it, check out this cool clip with John DiMaggio, who voices the drinking, smoking and womanizing robot, Bender.

Futurama Thursdays 10pm / 9c
The Voices of Futurama – John DiMaggio on Bender
www.comedycentral.com