Can comedy make a difference? Maybe, maybe not. But one thing is certain: Eugene Mirman made fun of the band HyJinx's name and now they've gone and changed it to Stealing Jane. Punchline talked to the band about Mirman and the name change. Meanwhile, here's the bit in question:

Andy Kindler is about to go on tour with Eugene Mirman and Marc Maron, so The Bob and Davider posted tour-dates and a short Q&A Bob did with Andy. Here's one of the five Q's and A's:

2.   Do you notice a growth in your audience from your steady Letterman gigs?  (an emotional growth)
More people show up wearing ascots and sunglasses, if that helps, and I assume it doesn't. Does that mean my audience is affected? Or are they addicted.....to my comedy! I notice my audience is getting taller. Or maybe I'm slumping more.

For the tour dates and to read about Andy Kindler's career as a singer/songwriter, head over to BobandDavid.com.

Meanwhile, in other Bob and David news, they were in an AHA video.

TV's 50 Best Comedies Ever (I'll save you 50 clicks, The Simpsons is #1). [AOL]

Lewis Black interview. [Ventura County Reporter]

Bob Saget interview. [Edmonton Journal]

Jim Norton interview. [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]

Brian Regan interview. [Monterey Herald]

Jim Breuer interview. [Eastern Progress]

Alec Baldwin on Tina Fey and Jerry Seinfeld on Chris Rock. [USA Today]

Seth Meyers and Judah Friedlander to host Webby Awards. [Webby Awards]

Posehn, Hader, Oswalt and Seinfeld among top-ten celebrity comic-book geeks. [Pulp Secret]

Article about The Alternative Comedy Festival with quotes from Eugene Mirman. [Wicked Local]

Jamie Kennedy's documentary Heckler has been hitting the festival circuit for the past few months, and now a NSFW trailer has been posted on the movie's MySpace page. It's got a lot of people you like in it:

Heckler Trailer

Other cool people who appear in the movie, but not in the trailer include Patton Oswalt, Greg Fitzsimmons, Judah Friedlander, Eugene Mirman and Henry Winkler.

[Via Stage Time]

Previously: Death to Hecklers

From what I'm reading, tomorrow's Democratic primary in Pennsylvania is the first time the Keystone State has mattered in American politics since Lincoln beat Washington. It's exciting, but it's pretty complicated too, so we're lucky Eugene Mirman can makes sense of it all:

[From 23/6 via John Hodgman]

And now for your daily knock on the door from mortality. Sub Pop Records is turning 20 years old!

And yes, that's kind of bad news, because if you remember when Soundgarden and Nirvana first released albums, you're very surely stumbling toward irrelevancy on an artificial hip. But, it's also good news, because they're throwing a birthday bash with bands like Iron & Wine and Flight of the Conchords and some awesome comedians:

SP20 Comedy Show
The SP20 activities will commence with a comedy show on July 11 at The Moore Theatre. Among the performing comedians are Sub Pop artists Eugene Mirman and Patton Oswalt, label friend and fan Todd Barry, and special guests.

Brooklyn Vegan has more details.

South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut named one of the 25 best movie musicals. [EW]

Adam McKay, Mat