Before They Get Stale: Dave Chappelle, Robin Williams and Chris Rock

I'm sure you're all rabid James Lipton fans and know all about this, but Dave Chappelle will be interviewing him tonight for Inside the Actor's Studio. [Baltimore Sun]

Ricky Gervais contrasts scripted comedy from stand-up, "Stand-up is more of an evolution. The audience

chooses the best bits for you… they've sort of done the difficult bit..." [Toledo Blade]

Robin Williams performs at a secret show for 100 people. I once performed a secret show for 100 people. I was asked never to speak of it lest PETA finds out what we did to that poor donkey. [BBC News]

Scottish stand-up tells a Canadian newspaper the British hate comedy. That's outrageous! I never knew the Scottish, British, and Canadians were separate peoples. [Chortle]

I recently read The Gift of the Magi and realized, if you plan on getting me A Colbert Christmas DVD, please tell me before I buy your present by selling my eyeballs. [TV Shows on DVD]

Some Mr. Show people bring us Adult Swim's new The Jasmine Twins. If you find inbred babies hilarious, boy, have I got a show for you. [Street Carnage]

McCain will make his first post-election appearance on The Tonight Show. I was going to say, "I wonder if he'll awkwardly mention he was a POW like last time?" but I won't kick a man who's down. [Hollywood Reporter]

This news story is normal: Fox pushes back Family Guy spin-off The Cleveland Show to next fall. [Variety]

This news story is nuts: One of the recurring characters in The Cleveland Show will be voiced by Ariana Huffington. That is news that makes me say, "what?" [Zap 2 It]

How are black comedians adapting to the Obama news? [LA Times]

I woke up thinking, "When will South Park finally take High School Musical down a peg or two?" Tomorrow, I'm waking up thinking, "When will I finally not have herpes," because miracles happen. [Market Watch]

Chris Rock helps adapt Death at a Funeral for American audiences. It's now called Death at a Motherfucking Funeral. Wow. That was the easiest joke I've ever written. [UPI]