The brilliant pranksters at Improv Everywhere have posted another successful mission! What happens when a distraught businessman threatens to leap off a non-lethal ledge? Read the full report here.

Comedian and Blogger Alex Blagg gives us a list of 5 Minor Characters Who Deserve Their Own Movie on the Comedy Central Movies page.

Want to read more of Alex Blagg? Check out his blog!

It seems like Election Day is the only time things don't blow up in Iraq.

Another item from the gift suggestion desk is Me Write Book: It Bigfoot Memoir, the lonely primate's reflection on life, parental abandonment and the dangers of peach schnapps. It's the follow-up to the equally poignant In Me Own Words: The Autobiography of Bigfoot, also by cartoonist Graham Roumieu, and features such chestnuts as: "Me once believe in good. Now, no. World go sh*t, like Bigfoot screenwriting career."

A preview of tonight's 1-hour Showbiz Show season finale (at a special time, 10p / 9c):

Brokeback Mountain 2: now with hot girl-on-girl action!

We don't want our president infected by germs of doubt.

Dermot Mulroney and Stephen talk about whether Dermot's movie is hurting America.

Quitters should pay more attention to America's coach — George W. Bush.

When Stephen is fully lathered, he needs to shave off his anger.

Comedians and comedy lovers are a neurotic bunch. We found this new book: The Hypochondriac's Pocket Guide to Horrible Diseases You Probably Already Have. It's the perfect gift for that special person who thinks s/he has everything! (groan)

Legend has it that every time you say "Happy Holidays," an angel gets AIDS.

By not giving you health insurance, your company is fighting off the infection that is you.

Harry and Stephen discuss the difference between a journalist and a "TV guy."

Laugh Machine points to this In Focus Magazine interview with Freaks and Geeks creator Judd Apatow, in which he talks about interviewing comedians in his high school days:

“When I interviewed Seinfeld, I was grilling him for literally 45 minutes about how to write jokes — and he tells me, in incredible detail, using examples from his act, how he thought of it, how he developed it, what the stages were…. It became a blueprint for how to be a comedian and a comedy writer. So when I started writing, I already had 15 hours of conversations about how to do it. And I didn’t just interview comedians; I interviewed writers like Michael O’Donaghue and James Downey…”

Read the rest here.