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Will Ferrell and Adam McKay are turning Julie Klausner's book, I Don't Care About Your Band, into an HBO series starring Lizzy Caplan. [Julie Klausner]

Zach Galifianakis has signed on for the email-centric comedy Reply-All. If it's successful, I assume we can expect the sequel, Mark as Unread. [AV Club]

Russell Brand will be starring as a swordsman in the period action comedy Hawkwood. [Deadline]

Jimmy Fallon busted out the Neil Young getup again for a rendition of "Double Rainbow." What does this mean?! [LNwJF]

Hannibal Buress talks about balancing stand-up with his writing gig on SNL in the latest episode of A Tight Five. [Punchline]

While promoting Scott Pilgrim, Bill Hader talked a bit about the in-development Les Grossman movie. [MTV Movies]

The highly-anticipated third season of Legend of Neil premiered this week. Watch the first episode after the jump. [Atom]

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From Indecision…

As you've probably heard, a lot of people are talking about President Obama appearing on that insipid TV show where a bunch of morons sit around and yap about bullshit for an hour. Why everyone is talking about Obama's last Meet the Press appearance is beyond me. That was like two years ago, you guys! You should be talking about him being on The View yesterday.

The Daily Show airs Monday through Thursday at 11pm / 10c.

Hannibal Buress is a lot of things. He's one of the best young comedians working today, he's a writer for SNL, but most importantly, he's one of the comics slated to perform at next month's Gathering of the Juggalos. Naturally, you'll want to familiarize yourself with his work before you and your family visit the big ICP festival, so while you're out stocking up on Faygo and machetes, be sure to also pick up a copy of Hannibal's new comedy record, My Name Is Hannibal. It also makes a great gift.

Hannibal Buress' new Comedy CD "My Name Is Hannibal" makes a great gift from Hannibal Buress on Vimeo.

Those people look like they're having a good time, right? And unless there's a guy with a t-shirt canon out of the shot, I have to assume it's because they're enjoying the gentleman onstage. He's Big Jay Oakerson, and you can soon experience the same t-shirt-canon levels of excitement as this crowd, because Big Jay Oakerson is coming to a town near you.

Click past the jump for the dates. And if you're allergic to fresh air, fret not, because you can still get your fill of Big Jay Oakerson on his digital album from Comedy Central Records, An American Storyteller.

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Just like a 1775 Chateau Lafite, stand-up should be savored and enjoyed. Lucky for you, there's a new episode of Russell Simmons Presents Stand-Up at The El Rey, this Sunday at 11pm / 10c, featuring host JB Smoove, Smokey Suarez, Fahim Anwar and Kellye Howard. Here are two preview clips for your delicate palate — Smokey encounters hot women with roach problems and Fahim calculates the probability of a gangster rapper's death. It's a treat for the finest sommelier.

Click past the jump for another clip.

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We live in an amazing era of unprecedented, seemingly-magical communication technology. Back in the 1800s, if you wanted to ask Futurama's David X. Cohen a question at the San Diego comic-con, it would cost you a head of cattle and involved a team of a dozen men braving harsh elements for up to a month. If you were lucky, only half of them would die of dysentery-related bear-attacks en-route. But in 2010, all you have to do is tweet your question. That's what @schaeferboom12 did. He asked, "When will we see another Tale of Interest?" Here's Cohen's answer:

An all-new Futurama airs Thursday at 1opm / 9c.

On last night's Colbert Report, Stephen profiled a robot that can eat. And as with everything else that eats, it also poops. And, sure, that's impressive. But until they can blog while pooping, robots will remain inferior to humans.

The Colbert Report airs Monday through Thursday at 11:30pm / 10:30c.

From the Tosh.0 blog…

Daniel learns the definition of “rippin’ and tearin’”.

Tosh.0 airs Wednesdays at 10:30pm / 9:30c.

Meryl Streep and Tina Fey are slated to play mother and daughter in the upcoming comedy Mommy & Me. Sounds like Jesus heard that birthday wish I made on a shooting star. [THR]

Wake up from that nap little baby, Paul Scheer gets photoshopped in the Season 2 promo for FX's The League. [Paul Scheer]

Improv jocks and nerds convene in the basement of Gristedes for one weekend. Yes, and here's a Del Close Marathon cheat sheet. [The Apiary]

Methinks Russell Brand will play a Renaissance-era swordsman in the new comedy Hawkwood. [EW]

In the comedy justice system, joke stealing offenses are considered especially heinous. Who will investigate these vicious felonies? [Punchline]

Amy Heckerling (Clueless) will write and direct Vamps, a film about NYC socialite vampires. It will star Alicia Silverstone and Richard Lewis. Move over Edward and Jacob. [Reuters]

Coverage of Montreal's Just for Laughs festival — minus l'attitude de francais. [TimeOutNY]

Zach Galifianakis to star in the e-mail faux pas comedy Reply All. I think this will do way better than my e-mail faux pas tragedy BCC. [MTV]

Marc Maron talks about his truly excellent WTF podcast and his discussions about divorce with Larry David. Sometimes the Internet does pay it forward. [AV Club]

Episode 3 of the Dave Hill Podcasting Incident is up! With Dick Cavett! Finally, a reason to step down from this ledge! [Dave Hill]

Remember how the kids used to tease you because you were fat? They'd call you fatty and fatty fat fat? Ok, you don't remember. This is awkward. Watch Steven Carell riff on Zach Galifianakis on "Between Two Ferns." I laughed so hard it brought back all those delicate childhood memories.